Patent ID: 7133022

Claim:
An apparatus for projecting an image, the apparatus comprising: a source substrate layer comprising a plurality of sets of light sources, each set of light sources comprising a plurality of light sources, said plurality of light sources producing electromagnetic energy of differing wavelengths; a first modulator substrate layer comprising a plurality of micro-electromechanical mirrors, each micro-electromechanical mirror in said plurality of micro-electromechanical mirrors being associated with a set in the plurality of sets of light sources; a second modulator substrate layer comprising a plurality of micro-electromechanical mirrors, each micro-electromechanical mirror in said plurality of micro-electromechanical mirrors associated with a micro-electromechanical mirror associated with said first modulator substrate layer; a circuitry substrate layer comprising control circuitry, the control circuitry communicatively coupled to said source substrate layer, the first modulator substrate layer, and the second modulator substrate layer; and each substrate layer integrated into a single unit.