METHOD AND DEVICE FOR MANIPULATING COLOR IN A DISPLAY

1 . A display device comprising:

at least one first display element configured to selectively output cyan light; and

at least one second display element configured to selectively output yellow light and positioned proximately to the at least one first display element,

wherein each of the at least one first display element and the at least one second display element includes a reflective surface and a partially reflective surface, and

wherein the at least one first display element and the at least one second display element are disposed proximately so as to output cyan light and output yellow light that when combined together without light from other display elements produce white light.

2 . The display device of claim 1 , wherein the at least one first display element and the at least one second display element produce white light having a standardized white point.

3 . The display device of claim 2 , wherein the standardized white point is one of D55, D65, or D75.

4 . The display device of claim 1 , wherein each of the display elements is characterized by an optical path length d, between the reflective and partially reflective surfaces and wherein the optical path length of the at least one first display element is substantially equal to a wavelength associated with cyan light.

5 . The display device of claim 4 , wherein the optical path length of the at least one second display element is substantially equal to one half of a wavelength associated with yellow light.

6 . The display device of claim 1 , wherein the at least one first display element selectively outputs cyan light characterized by a second order resonant wavelength and the at least one second display element selectively outputs yellow light characterized by a first order resonant wavelength.

7 . The display device of claim 1 , further comprising:

a processor that is configured to communicate with the display elements, the processor being configured to process image data; and

a memory device that is configured to communicate with the processor.

8 . The display device of claim 7 , further comprising:

a driver circuit configured to send at least one signal to the display elements; and

a controller configured to send at least a portion of the image data to the driver circuit.

9 . The display device of claim 7 , further comprising:

an image source module configured to send the image data to the processor, wherein the image source module includes at least one of a receiver, transceiver, and transmitter.

10 . The display device of claim 7 , further comprising:

an input device configured to receive input data and to communicate the input data to the processor.

11 . A method of fabricating a display device, comprising:

forming at least one first interferometric modulator configured to selectively reflect cyan light incident thereon; and

forming at least one second interferometric modulator proximately to the at least one first interferometric modulator,

wherein the at least one second modulator is configured to selectively reflect yellow light incident thereon, and

wherein the at least one first interferometric modulator and the at least one second interferometric modulator are disposed proximately so as to selectively reflect cyan light and selectively reflect yellow light that when combined together without light from other interferometric modulators produce white light.

12 . The method of claim 11 , wherein forming the modulators includes forming the modulators to produce white light characterized by a standardized white point.

13 . The method of claim 12 , wherein the standardized white point is one of D55, D65, or D75.

14 . The method of claim 11 , wherein each of the modulators is characterized by an optical path length d, and wherein the at least one first modulator is formed having the distance substantially equal to a wavelength associated with cyan light.

15 . The method of claim 14 , wherein the at least one second modulator is formed having the distance substantially equal to one half of a wavelength associated with yellow light.

16 . A display device fabricated by the method of claim 11 .

17 . A display device comprising:

means for outputting cyan light; and

means for outputting yellow light,

wherein the means for outputting cyan light and the means for outputting yellow light include electromechanical systems, and

wherein the means for outputting cyan light and means for outputting yellow light are disposed proximately so as to output cyan light and yellow light that when combined together without light from other light outputting means produce white light.

18 . The display device of claim 17 , wherein the means for outputting cyan light includes an interferometric modulator configured to selectively reflect cyan light or the means for outputting yellow light includes an interferometric modulator configured to selectively reflect yellow light.

19 . The display device of claim 17 , wherein the means for outputting cyan light and the means for outputting yellow light output white light having a standardized white point.

20 . The display device of claim 17 , wherein the means for outputting cyan light is configured to selectively reflect cyan light characterized by a second order resonant wavelength and the means for outputting yellow light is configured to selectively reflect yellow light characterized by a first order resonant wavelength.