US Patent Issued to TEXAS INSTRUMENTS on June 24 for "Bias voltage adjustment for a phase light modulator" (Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,339,437, issued on June 24, was assigned to TEXAS INSTRUMENTS Inc. (Dallas).

"Bias voltage adjustment for a phase light modulator" was invented by Patrick Ian Oden (McKinney, Texas), James Norman Hall (Parker, Texas) and William C. McDonald (Allen, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An integrated circuit includes an electrode voltage controller, a micro-electromechanical system (MEMS) structure, and a bias voltage generator. The MEMS structure has a first electrode, a conductive plate, and a reflective layer on the conductive plate. The first electrode is coupled to the electrode voltage controller, and the conductive plate is configur...