High Definition Display Based on the Digital Micromirror Device (DMD) Spatial Light Modulator.

Abstract

This report describes the effort over a six year period to develop a high definition display using the Texas Instrument (TI) Digital Micromirror Device (DMD) formerly deformable mirror device. The majority of this work carried out at TI in Dallas, Texas and its subcontractor, the David Sarnoff Research Center (Sarnoff) in Princeton, New Jersey. The program began in March 1990 and ended in March 1996 with the delivery of an HD projection display to the Government. This program resulted in the world's largest micro-electro-mechanical system (MEMS) device, from the standpoint of the number of moving mechanical structures (2,359,296 mirrors), built on a single monolithic chip. Three of these chips were used to bulld a truly digital high definition front projection display.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1997
Accession Number
ADA321668

Entities

People

  • Jack M. Younse

Organizations

  • Texas Instruments

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Cameras
  • Color Television
  • Command And Control
  • Crystal Structure
  • Fungi
  • Geometry
  • Light Sources
  • Liquid Crystal Displays
  • Manufacturing
  • Measurement
  • Microelectromechanical Systems
  • Optical Modulators
  • Optical Properties
  • Optics
  • Plastic Explosives
  • Semiconductors
  • Test And Evaluation

Readers

  • Human-Computer Interaction (HCI).
  • Nanofabrication and Microfabrication.
  • Technical Research and Report Writing.

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics
  • Microelectronics - Microelectromechanical Systems