US Patent Issued to TEXAS INSTRUMENTS on July 21 for "1D control of a phase light modulator" (Texas Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,687,618, issued on July 21, was assigned to TEXAS INSTRUMENTS Inc. (Dallas).

"1D control of a phase light modulator" was invented by John Peter Fenske (Richardson, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus includes micromirrors in rows and columns of a two-dimensional (2D) array, electrode lines coupled to the micromirrors, where the electrode lines are coupled to respective sets of the micromirrors, and signal driving circuits coupled to the electrode lines, the signal driving circuits configured to control the respective sets of the micromirrors via respective electrode lines."

The patent was filed on Dec. 20, 2021, under Appl...