US Patent Issued to Orbotech on March 25 for "Method for fabricating a liquid-crystal-based electro-optical light modulator using surface MEMS techniques for flat panel display inspection" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,259,606, issued on March 25, was assigned to Orbotech Ltd. (Yavne, Israel).

"Method for fabricating a liquid-crystal-based electro-optical light modulator using surface MEMS techniques for flat panel display inspection" was invented by Jason S. Reid (San Jose, Calif.) and Karla Gutierrez Cuevas (San Jose, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electro-optic modulator is a liquid-crystal-based electro-optical light modulator. The liquid-crystal-based electro-optical light modulator is fabricated using surface Micro-electromechanical Systems (MEMS) techniques. The electro-optical light modulator is used for inspecting flat panel display...