Patent ID: 7172921

Claim:
A method of fabricating an integrated spatial light modulator, the method comprising: providing a first substrate including a bonding surface; processing a device substrate to form at least an electrode layer, the electrode layer including a plurality of electrodes; depositing a standoff layer on the electrode layer; forming standoff structures from the standoff layer, wherein the standoff structures are provided in a spatial manner as an array including a plurality of first standoff regions arranged in strips and a plurality of second standoff regions arranged in strips, the second standoff regions intersecting the first standoff regions to form the array; joining the bonding surface of the first substrate to the standoff structures on the device substrate; thinning the first substrate; patterning the first substrate to form a mask; and forming a plurality of moveable structures from the first substrate, at least one of the moveable structures aligned with at least one of the plurality of electrodes and adapted to rotate with respect to the standoff structures.