Title :
Digital Light Processing and MEMS: an overview
Author_Institution :
Texas Instrum. Inc., Dallas, TX, USA
Abstract :
A new projection display technology called Digital Light Processing/sup TM/ (DLP/sup TM/) accepts digital video and transmits to the eye a burst of digital light pulses that the eye interprets as a color analog image. DLP is based on a microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) device known as the Digital Micromirror Device/sup TM/ (DMD/sup TM/). Invented in 1987 at Texas Instruments, the DMD is a fast, reflective digital light switch. It can be combined with image processing, memory, a light source, and optics to form a DLP system capable of projecting large, bright, seamless, high-contrast color images with better color fidelity and consistency than current displays.
Keywords :
display devices; image processing; micromechanical devices; mirrors; optical information processing; optical switches; Digital Light Processing; Digital Micromirror Device; MEMS; color image; digital light pulse; digital light switch; digital video; microelectromechanical system; projection display; Aluminum; Color; Fasteners; Micromechanical devices; Mirrors; Optical filters; Optical switches; Plasma applications; Video compression; Videoconference;
Conference_Titel :
Advanced Applications of Lasers in Materials Processing/Broadband Optical Networks/Smart Pixels/Optical MEMs and Their Applications. IEEE/LEOS 1996 Summer Topical Meetings:
Conference_Location :
Keystone, CO, USA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-3175-3
DOI :
10.1109/LEOSST.1996.540770
