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Sculpted micromirror in a digital micromirror device
Patent number
11,977,220
Issue date
May 7, 2024
Texas Instruments Incorporated
William Craig McDonald
B81 - MICRO-STRUCTURAL TECHNOLOGY
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Patent Grant
Isolated protrusion/recession features in microelectromechanical sy...
Patent number
11,932,529
Issue date
Mar 19, 2024
Texas Instruments Incorporated
Patrick Ian Oden
B81 - MICRO-STRUCTURAL TECHNOLOGY
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Patent Grant
MEMS electrostatic actuator with linearized displacements
Patent number
11,256,083
Issue date
Feb 22, 2022
Texas Instruments Incorporated
William Craig McDonald
H02 - GENERATION CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER
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Patent Grant
Integrated circuit with scribe lane patterns for defect reduction
Patent number
11,094,644
Issue date
Aug 17, 2021
Texas Instruments Incorporated
Adrian Salinas
H01 - BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
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Patent Grant
Isolated protrusion/recession features in a micro electro mechanica...
Patent number
10,589,980
Issue date
Mar 17, 2020
Texas Instruments Incorporated
Patrick Ian Oden
B81 - MICRO-STRUCTURAL TECHNOLOGY
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Patent Grant
Apparatus providing over-travel protection for actuators
Patent number
10,371,939
Issue date
Aug 6, 2019
Texas Instruments Incorporated
William Craig McDonald
G02 - OPTICS
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Patent Grant
MEMS electrostatic actuator device for RF varactor applications
Patent number
9,966,194
Issue date
May 8, 2018
Texas Instruments Incorporated
Arun Gupta
B81 - MICRO-STRUCTURAL TECHNOLOGY
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Patent Grant
Operation/margin enhancement feature for surface-MEMS structure; sc...
Patent number
9,864,188
Issue date
Jan 9, 2018
Texas Instruments Incorporated
Patrick I. Oden
B81 - MICRO-STRUCTURAL TECHNOLOGY
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Patent Grant
Micromirror apparatus and methods
Patent number
9,709,802
Issue date
Jul 18, 2017
Texas Instruments Incorporated
William C. McDonald
G02 - OPTICS
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Patent Grant
MEMS electrostatic actuator device for RF varactor applications
Patent number
9,573,801
Issue date
Feb 21, 2017
Texas Instruments Incorporated
Arun Gupta
B81 - MICRO-STRUCTURAL TECHNOLOGY
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Patent Grant
Sloped electrode element for a torsional spatial light modulator
Patent number
9,448,484
Issue date
Sep 20, 2016
Texas Instruments Incorporated
Patrick I. Oden
G02 - OPTICS
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Patent Grant
Micromirror apparatus and methods
Patent number
9,348,136
Issue date
May 24, 2016
Texas Instruments Incorporated
William C. McDonald
G09 - EDUCATION CRYPTOGRAPHY DISPLAY ADVERTISING SEALS
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Patent Grant
MEMS electrostatic actuator
Patent number
9,263,973
Issue date
Feb 16, 2016
Texas Instruments Incorporated
Arun Kumar Gupta
B81 - MICRO-STRUCTURAL TECHNOLOGY
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Patent Grant
MEMS electrostatic actuator
Patent number
9,040,854
Issue date
May 26, 2015
Texas Instruments Incorporated
Arun K. Gupta
B81 - MICRO-STRUCTURAL TECHNOLOGY
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Patent Grant
Method and apparatus for increasing a perceived resolution of a dis...
Patent number
8,723,846
Issue date
May 13, 2014
Texas Instruments Incorporated
Stephen W. Marshall
H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
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Patent Grant
Method and system for forming resonators over CMOS
Patent number
8,541,850
Issue date
Sep 24, 2013
Texas Instruments Incorporated
Arun K. Gupta
H03 - BASIC ELECTRONIC CIRCUITRY
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Patent Grant
Energy storage structures using electromechanically active material...
Patent number
7,355,777
Issue date
Apr 8, 2008
Texas Instruments Incorporated
Patrick Ian Oden
B81 - MICRO-STRUCTURAL TECHNOLOGY
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Patent Grant
Method and apparatus for increasing a perceived resolution of a dis...
Patent number
7,336,290
Issue date
Feb 26, 2008
Texas Instruments Incorporated
Stephen W. Marshall
G09 - EDUCATION CRYPTOGRAPHY DISPLAY ADVERTISING SEALS
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Patent Grant
Damped control of a micromechanical device
Patent number
6,891,657
Issue date
May 10, 2005
Texas Instruments Incorporated
Gregory J. Hewlett
G02 - OPTICS
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Patent Grant
Method for forming a polysilicon to polysilicon capacitor and appar...
Patent number
5,195,017
Issue date
Mar 16, 1993
Texas Instruments Incorporated
William K. McDonald
H01 - BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
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Patent Grant
Method for forming a polysilicon to polysilicon capacitor
Patent number
5,037,772
Issue date
Aug 6, 1991
Texas Instruments Incorporated
William K. McDonald
H01 - BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
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SPATIAL LIGHT MODULATOR WITH ARTIFACT REDUCTION
Publication number
20240134254
Publication date
Apr 25, 2024
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
WILLIAM C. MCDONALD
G02 - OPTICS
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Patent Application
SYSTEMS AND APPARATUS FOR MICROMIRROR DESIGNS WITH ELECTRODE CONTACT
Publication number
20230070502
Publication date
Mar 9, 2023
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
William Craig McDonald
B81 - MICRO-STRUCTURAL TECHNOLOGY
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Patent Application
ELECTROSTATIC ACTUATOR WITH 4-BIT DIGITAL ELECTRODE
Publication number
20220269067
Publication date
Aug 25, 2022
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
William Craig McDONALD
H02 - GENERATION CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER
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INTEGRATED CIRCUIT WITH SCRIBE LANE PATTERNS FOR DEFECT REDUCTION
Publication number
20210398910
Publication date
Dec 23, 2021
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
Adrian SALINAS
H01 - BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
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Patent Application
SCULPTED MICROMIRROR IN A DIGITAL MICROMIRROR DEVICE
Publication number
20210382296
Publication date
Dec 9, 2021
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
William Craig McDONALD
G02 - OPTICS
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Patent Application
BIAS VOLTAGE ADJUSTMENT FOR A PHASE LIGHT MODULATOR
Publication number
20210181499
Publication date
Jun 17, 2021
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
Patrick Ian Oden
B81 - MICRO-STRUCTURAL TECHNOLOGY
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Patent Application
MEMS-BASED PHASE SPATIAL LIGHT MODULATING ARCHITECTURE
Publication number
20210111537
Publication date
Apr 15, 2021
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
James Norman Hall
H01 - BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
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Patent Application
INTEGRATED CIRCUIT WITH SCRIBE LANE PATTERNS FOR DEFECT REDUCTION
Publication number
20210104468
Publication date
Apr 8, 2021
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
Adrian SALINAS
H01 - BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
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Patent Application
ISOLATED PROTRUSION/RECESSION FEATURES IN MICROELECTROMECHANICAL SY...
Publication number
20200207608
Publication date
Jul 2, 2020
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
Patrick Ian Oden
B81 - MICRO-STRUCTURAL TECHNOLOGY
Information
Patent Application
MEMS ELECTROSTATIC ACTUATOR WITH LINEARIZED DISPLACEMENTS
Publication number
20200209614
Publication date
Jul 2, 2020
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
WILLIAM CRAIG MCDONALD
G02 - OPTICS
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Patent Application
APPARATUS PROVIDING OVER-TRAVEL PROTECTION FOR ACTUATORS
Publication number
20190179135
Publication date
Jun 13, 2019
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
William Craig McDonald
G02 - OPTICS
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Patent Application
Isolated Protrusion/Recession Features in a Micro Electro Mechanica...
Publication number
20180290880
Publication date
Oct 11, 2018
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
Patrick Ian Oden
B81 - MICRO-STRUCTURAL TECHNOLOGY
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Patent Application
MEMS ELECTROSTATIC ACTUATOR DEVICE FOR RF VARACTOR APPLICATIONS
Publication number
20170098509
Publication date
Apr 6, 2017
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
Arun Gupta
B81 - MICRO-STRUCTURAL TECHNOLOGY
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Patent Application
MICROMIRROR APPARATUS AND METHODS
Publication number
20160266377
Publication date
Sep 15, 2016
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
William C. McDonald
G02 - OPTICS
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Patent Application
MEMS ELECTROSTATIC ACTUATOR DEVICE FOR RF VARACTOR APPLICATIONS
Publication number
20160176701
Publication date
Jun 23, 2016
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
Arun Gupta
B81 - MICRO-STRUCTURAL TECHNOLOGY
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Patent Application
SLOPED ELECTRODE ELEMENT FOR A TORSIONAL SPATIAL LIGHT MODULATOR
Publication number
20160124311
Publication date
May 5, 2016
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
Patrick I. Oden
G02 - OPTICS
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Patent Application
OPERATION/MARGIN ENHANCEMENT FEATURE FOR SURFACE-MEMS STRUCTURE; SC...
Publication number
20160124302
Publication date
May 5, 2016
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
Patrick I. Oden
G03 - PHOTOGRAPHY CINEMATOGRAPHY ELECTROGRAPHY HOLOGRAPHY
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Patent Application
MEMS ELECTROSTATIC ACTUATOR
Publication number
20150229241
Publication date
Aug 13, 2015
Arun Kumar Gupta
B81 - MICRO-STRUCTURAL TECHNOLOGY
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Patent Application
MICROMIRROR APPARATUS AND METHODS
Publication number
20150070749
Publication date
Mar 12, 2015
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
William C. McDonald
G02 - OPTICS
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Patent Application
MEMS ELECTROSTATIC ACTUATOR
Publication number
20140076697
Publication date
Mar 20, 2014
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
Arun K. Gupta
B81 - MICRO-STRUCTURAL TECHNOLOGY
Information
Patent Application
DYNAMIC ACTUATION WAVEFORM FOR A DIGITAL MICROMIRROR DEVICE
Publication number
20130286463
Publication date
Oct 31, 2013
Lance W. Barron
G02 - OPTICS
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Patent Application
VARIABLE CAPACITANCE MEMS VARACTOR ARRAY METHOD & APPARATUS
Publication number
20130106527
Publication date
May 2, 2013
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
Arun K. Gupta
H01 - BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
Information
Patent Application
METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INCREASING A PERCEIVED RESOLUTION OF A DIS...
Publication number
20110304596
Publication date
Dec 15, 2011
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
Stephen W. Marshall
H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
Information
Patent Application
Method and System for Forming Resonators Over CMOS
Publication number
20100148880
Publication date
Jun 17, 2010
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
Arun K. Gupta
H03 - BASIC ELECTRONIC CIRCUITRY
Information
Patent Application
Method and Apparatus for Increasing a Perceived Resolution of a Dis...
Publication number
20080151104
Publication date
Jun 26, 2008
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
Stephen W. Marshall
H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
Information
Patent Application
Energy storage structures using electromechanically active material...
Publication number
20070263274
Publication date
Nov 15, 2007
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
Patrick Ian Oden
B81 - MICRO-STRUCTURAL TECHNOLOGY
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Patent Application
MEMS device and method
Publication number
20070188847
Publication date
Aug 16, 2007
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
William Craig McDonald
G02 - OPTICS
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Patent Application
Method and apparatus for increasing a perceived resolution of a dis...
Publication number
20050146540
Publication date
Jul 7, 2005
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
Stephen W. Marshall
H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
Information
Patent Application
Damped control of a micromechanical device
Publication number
20040233506
Publication date
Nov 25, 2004
Gregory J. Hewlett
G02 - OPTICS