Patents by Inventor Marc M. Mignard

Marc M. Mignard has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Passive circuits for de-multiplexing display inputs
    Patent number: 7777715
    Abstract: A display array which can reduce the row connections between the display and the driver circuit and methods of manufacturing and operating the same are disclosed. In one embodiment, a display device comprises an array of MEMS display elements and a plurality of voltage dividers coupled to the array and configured to provide row output voltages to drive the array, wherein each row is connected to at least two inputs joined by a voltage divider.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2010
    Assignee: QUALCOMM MEMS Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Clarence Chui, Alan Lewis, Marc M. Mignard
  • Two primary color display
    Publication number: 20080111834
    Abstract: A color display comprising a plurality of pixels is disclosed, wherein each pixel comprises two or fewer subpixels. In one embodiment, a color display comprises a fixed color display element configured to provide light of a first color, and a variable color display element configured to provide light of a variable second color, wherein the second color is variably controlled such that the variable color and fixed color display elements collectively and operatively display light of a perceivable color.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2006
    Publication date: May 15, 2008
    Inventor: Marc M. Mignard
  • Passive circuits for de-multiplexing display inputs
    Publication number: 20080001867
    Abstract: A display array which can reduce the row connections between the display and the driver circuit and methods of manufacturing and operating the same are disclosed. In one embodiment, a display device comprises an array of MEMS display elements and a plurality of voltage dividers coupled to the array and configured to provide row output voltages to drive the array, wherein each row is connected to at least two inputs joined by a voltage divider.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2006
    Publication date: January 3, 2008
    Inventors: Clarence Chui, Alan Lewis, Marc M. Mignard