Patents by Inventor Sauri Gudlavaleti

Sauri Gudlavaleti 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).

  • Method and apparatus to reduce or eliminate stiction and image retention in interferometric modulator devices
    Patent number: 7855826
    Abstract: Method and apparatus to reduce or eliminate stiction and image retention in interferometric display devices are disclosed. In some embodiments, a display element comprises a plurality of interferometric modulator devices configured in a matrix, each interferometric modulator device having a movable reflective layer and a plurality of supporting posts, the plurality of posts defining a post spacing distance in at least one direction that is greater for one or more interferometric modulator devices disposed adjacent to an edge of the display element than one or more interferometric modulator devices disposed nonadjacent to an edge of the display element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2010
    Assignee: QUALCOMM MEMS Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Wilhelmus A. de Groot, Sauri Gudlavaleti, Yeh-Jiun Tung
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS TO REDUCE OR ELIMINATE STICTION AND IMAGE RETENTION IN INTERFEROMETRIC MODULATOR DEVICES
    Publication number: 20100039696
    Abstract: Method and apparatus to reduce or eliminate stiction and image retention in interferometric display devices are disclosed. In some embodiments, a display element comprises a plurality of interferometric modulator devices configured in a matrix, each interferometric modulator device having a movable reflective layer and a plurality of supporting posts, the plurality of posts defining a post spacing distance in at least one direction that is greater for one or more interferometric modulator devices disposed adjacent to an edge of the display element than one or more interferometric modulator devices disposed nonadjacent to an edge of the display element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2008
    Publication date: February 18, 2010
    Applicant: QUALCOMM MEMS Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Wilhelmus A. de Groot, Sauri Gudlavaleti, Yeh-Jiun Tung