Intellectual Property Law

US Patent 7549759 - MEMS ribbon display with enhanced contrast

This patent from Alces Technology teaches an optical system which can improve the contrast of micromechanical display devices. Claim 1 reads:

1. A polarization light modulator comprising:

a polarization displacement device;

a micro-electromechanical system (MEMS ribbon device); and,

a polarizer;

wherein, the polarizer passes light that has propagated through the polarization displacement device after being reflected by deflected ribbons in the MEMS ribbon device.

Full post as published by TinytechIP on June 23, 2009 (boomark / email).