Patent ID: 8243360

Claim:
A display, comprising: an interferometric modulator including an active area that displays data and one or more non-active areas that do not display data; an electrically-conductive light-absorbing first film stack disposed to mask a first non-active area of the interferometric modulator, at least a portion of the first film stack coupled to the interferometric modulator to provide an electrical path between the first film stack and the interferometric modulator, the first film stack including a first reflective layer spaced from a second reflective layer by a layer therebetween; and an electrically-conductive light-absorbing second film stack disposed to mask a second non-active area of the interferometric modulator, at least a portion of the second film stack coupled to the interferometric modulator to provide an electrical path between the second film stack and the interferometric modulator, the second film stack including a first reflective layer spaced from a second reflective layer by a layer therebetween.