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Spacers for cells having spaced opposed substrates

CA 2353495 A1 · Owner: The Secretary Of State For Defence · Inventors: Yu, Tat Chi B.; Wilkinson, Timothy David; Crossland, William Alden

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In an active semiconductor backplane for a liquid crystal spatial light modulator, spacers (25) which are distributed over the backplane extend above an array of electrical and/or electronic elements and comprise at least two layers essentially of the same material and occuring in the same order as is found in at least one of the electrical or electronic elements such as an , NMOS transistor (52). The latter is formed from a stack of layers on a silicon substrate (51) comprising polysilicon (56) continuous silicon oxide (57) , modified to include gate oxide GOX (55) metallic gate electrode (59), continuous silicon oxide (58) and a metallic drain electrode (60) which is coupled to a …

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  • Filed December 16, 1999. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended December 16, 2019.
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FiledDecember 16, 1999
GrantedNo grant recorded
Term endedDecember 16, 2019
Patent numberCA 2353495 A1
Classification (IPC)G02F1/13 +2 more

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