A 160/spl times/120 pixel liquid-crystal-on-silicon microdisplay with an adiabatic DACM

Author

Ammer, J. ; Bolotski, M. ; Alvelda, P. ; Knight, T.F.

Author_Institution

MIT, Cambridge, MA, USA

fYear

1999

fDate

17-17 Feb. 1999

Firstpage

212

Lastpage

213

Abstract

The ability to display high-resolution images is a requisite of widespread use of high-bandwidth portable information devices. Liquid-crystal-on-silicon (LCOS) technology enables same-die integration of control circuitry and display for substantial overall system power reduction. This 160/spl times/120 LCOS microdisplay uses 25 /spl mu/m pixels based on a 0.8 /spl mu/m 3-metal silicon backplane. The display integrates 6b sampled-ramp digital-to-analog converter (DAC) column drivers that consume 7.25 mW (worst case) at 4 MHz and 5 V.

Keywords

digital-analogue conversion; driver circuits; liquid crystal displays; nematic liquid crystals; 0.8 micron; 120 pixel; 160 pixel; 25 micron; 4 MHz; 5 V; 7.25 mW; adiabatic DACM; column drivers; high-bandwidth portable information devices; high-resolution images; liquid-crystal-on-silicon microdisplay; same-die integration; sampled-ramp digital-to-analog converter; system power reduction; Circuits; Electrodes; Latches; Liquid crystal displays; Liquid crystal on silicon; Microdisplays; Shift registers; Switches; Voltage; Wire;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Solid-State Circuits Conference, 1999. Digest of Technical Papers. ISSCC. 1999 IEEE International

Conference_Location

San Francisco, CA

ISSN

0193-6530

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5126-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ISSCC.1999.759198

Filename

759198