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Patent US7603001 - Method and apparatus for providing back-lighting in an interferometric ... - Google Patents
Methods and apparatus for providing light in an interferometric modulator device are provided. In one embodiment, a microelectromechanical system (MEMS) is provided that includes a transparent substrate and a plurality of interferometric modulators. The interferometric modulators include an optical stack...http://www.google.com/patents/US7603001?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US7603001 - Method and apparatus for providing back-lighting in an interferometric modulator display device
Publication number US7603001 B2
Application number US 11/357,702
Also published as US7933475, US20070196040, US20090310208, US20110199667, WO2008039229A2, WO2008039229A3
Publication number 11357702, 357702, US 7603001 B2, US 7603001B2, US-B2-7603001, US7603001 B2, US7603001B2
Patent Citations (102), Non-Patent Citations (98), Referenced by (59), Classifications (9), Legal Events (7)
US 7603001 B2
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U.S. Classification 385/1, 359/290, 359/237, 430/311
International Classification G03F7/00, G02F1/01, G02B26/00
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