| US 7,457,026 B2 | ||
| Light modulator device | ||
| Robert W. Shreeve, Pullman, Wash. (US); Steve P. Hanson, Albany, Oreg. (US); Timothy R Emery, Corvallis, Oreg. (US); George Radominski, Corvallis, Oreg. (US); and Martha A. Truninger, Corvallis, Oreg. (US) | ||
| Assigned to Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, Tex. (US) | ||
| Filed on Sep. 12, 2005, as Appl. No. 11/225,319. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2007/0058236 A1, Mar. 15, 2007 | ||
| Int. Cl. G02F 1/03 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 359—245 [359/290; 359/302; 359/263; 359/247] | 23 Claims |
| 1. A light modulator array, comprising:
a plurality of light modulator devices, each said light modulator device including a resistor, a conductor coupled to a first
end of said resistor, a post coupled to a second end of said resistor, and a reflective plate supported by said post;
an insulator separating a first of said modulator devices from an adjacent light modulator device; and
an energy penetration reducer that is configured to shield a region of said insulator between a resistor of said first light
modulator device and a conductor of said adjacent device from an electron beam without structural support from said post.
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