Patent ID: 7471442

Claim:
A light modulator device comprising: a first electrical conduit; a second electrical conduit electrically isolated from the first conduit; a first display element configured to communicate with the first conduit and the second conduit, the first display element in an actuated state when a voltage difference between the first conduit and the second conduit has a magnitude greater than a first actuation voltage, the first display element in a released state when the voltage difference between the first conduit and the second conduit has a magnitude less than a first release voltage; and a second display element configured to communicate with the first conduit and the second conduit, the second display element in an actuated state when a voltage difference between the first conduit and the second conduit has a magnitude greater than a second actuation voltage, the second display element in a released state when the voltage difference between the first conduit and the second conduit has a magnitude less than a second release voltage, wherein either the first actuation voltage is substantially equal to the second actuation voltage and the first release voltage is different from the second release voltage or the first actuation voltage is different from the second actuation voltage and the first release voltage is substantially equal to the second release voltage.