Patent ID: 8159428

Claim:
A display apparatus comprising: an array of pixels arranged in rows and columns including a transparent substrate, and a plurality of MEMS-based light modulators; and a control matrix disposed on the substrate including, a common electrical connection among a set of pixels for providing a common voltage to each of the pixels in the set of pixels, the set of pixels including pixels in at least two of the columns and in at least two of the rows, a data voltage interconnect corresponding to one of the columns, and a switch incorporated into one of the pixels for controlling actuation of a corresponding MEMS-based light modulator in response to a voltage applied by the data voltage interconnect wherein at least one pixel in the array of pixels includes a first actuator for driving the MEMS-based light modulator in to a first state and a second actuator for driving the MEMS-based light modulator into a second state.