On the development of VAN LCOS microdisplays

Author

De Smet, H. ; Van den Steen, J. ; Van Doorselaer, G. ; Cuypers, D. ; Carchon, N. ; Van Calster, A.

Author_Institution

ELIS-TFCG, Gent Univ., Belgium

Volume

2

fYear

2003

fDate

27-28 Oct. 2003

Firstpage

814

Abstract

A number of years ago it was recognized that the research on liquid crystal on silicon (LCOS) looked very promising. Right from the start it became clear that the vertically aligned liquid crystal mode yielded the best contrast, so most of the effort was reoriented towards the assembly of vertically aligned LCOS cells. In order to limit the voltage required to drive the VAN LCOS, it was decided to use inorganic alignment layers. The Microsystems lab participated in an ambitious European funded R&D project. The goal of this project was to develop a 5 million pixel - GXGA - microdisplay for high-end monitor applications. In collaboration with the Taiwan company TMDC a 0.9 inch XGA vertically aligned nematic liquid crystal on silicon (VAN LCOS) cells was developed.

Keywords

liquid crystal displays; liquid crystal on silicon; microdisplays; nematic liquid crystals; 0.9 inch; GXGA microdisplay; VAN LCOS microdisplay development; XGA VAN LCOS cell; high-end monitor applications; inorganic alignment layers; vertically aligned nematic liquid crystal on silicon cell; Assembly; Backplanes; Costs; Liquid crystal on silicon; Liquid crystals; Metallization; Microdisplays; Planarization; Polyimides; Voltage;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2003. LEOS 2003. The 16th Annual Meeting of the IEEE

ISSN

1092-8081

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7888-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/LEOS.2003.1253049

Filename

1253049