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Spatial light modulator and method

US4566935A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJul 31, 1984
Grant dateJan 28, 1986
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Expiry dateJul 31, 2004

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG02B26/0841
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

Methods of fabrication of spatial light modulators with deflectable beams by plasma etching after dicing of a substrate into chips, each of the chips an SLM, is disclosed. Also, various architectures available with such plasma etching process are disclosed and include metal cloverleafs for substrate addressing, metal flaps formed in a reflecting layer over a photoresist spacer layer, and torsion hinged flaps in a reflecting layer.

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