Claims
- 1. An integrated circuit device comprising;
- a. an array of spatial light modulator elements, said elements arranged in rows and said rows grouped into subarrays:
- b. a block select decoder operable to select one of said subarrays; and
- c. an input register for receiving data and for transferring said data to said array of spatial light modulator elements, said input register having an output and a means for clearing said output such that all said spatial light modulator elements in said selected subarray may be simultaneously switched to an "off" state.
- 2. An integrated circuit device comprising:
- a. an array of spatial light modulator elements, said elements arranged in rows and said rows grouped into subarrays;
- b. a block select decoder operable to select one of said subarrays: and
- c. an input register for receiving data and for transferring said data to said array of spatial light modulator elements, wherein said input register is an array of demultiplexers, at least one demultiplexer per subarray, said demultiplexers electrically connected to an array of first-in-first-out buffers, which are in turn electrically connected to a second array of demultiplexers.
Parent Case Info
This is a divisional of pending prior application Ser. No. 08/255,610 filed on Jun. 8, 1994 which is a Divisional of 08/137,650, filed Oct. 15, 1993 (now allowed), now U.S. Pat. No. 5,339,116 which is a divisional of 08/035,525, filed Mar. 23, 1993 (U.S. Pat. No. 5,278,652), which is a continuation of 07/678,761, filed Apr. 1, 1991 (abandoned).
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