Patent ID: 7847999

Claim:
A pixel for a display device on a substrate, the pixel comprising: a first interferometric modulator on the substrate, the first interferometric modulator having a first normal direction substantially perpendicular to the first interferometric modulator and a first angularly-dependent reflectivity function comprising a first reflectivity in a first direction and a second reflectivity in a second direction, the first reflectivity greater than the second reflectivity, wherein a first angle between the first direction and the first normal direction is greater than a second angle between the second direction and the first normal direction; and a second interferometric modulator on the substrate, the second interferometric modulator having a second normal direction substantially perpendicular to the second interferometric modulator and a second angularly-dependent reflectivity function comprising a third reflectivity in the second direction and a fourth reflectivity in the first direction, the third reflectivity greater than the fourth reflectivity, wherein a third angle between the second direction and the second normal direction is greater than a fourth angle between the first direction and the second normal direction, wherein the first interferometric modulator is tilted with respect to a general plane of the substrate by a first tilt angle and the second interferometric modulator is tilted with respect to the general plane of the substrate by a second tilt angle, the first tilt angle approximately one half of the sum of the first angle and the second angle, and the second tilt angle approximately one half of the sum of the third angle and the fourth angle.