Digital Light Processing/sup TM/ for color printing

Author

Nelson, W.E.

Author_Institution

Texas Instrum. Inc., Dallas, TX, USA

fYear

1996

fDate

5-9 Aug. 1996

Firstpage

19

Lastpage

20

Abstract

A significant commercial opportunity exists for MEMS in the form of a silicon spatial light modulator (SLM) suitable for both digital display and digital printing applications. The Digital Micromirror Device/sup TM/ (DMD/sup TM/) SLM has been under development at Texas Instruments since 1987, and is the core component of TI\´s Digital Light Processing/sup TM/ (DLP/sup TM/) businesses. This paper covers the benefits of DLP in digital color printers capable of producing "photorealistic" quality on plain paper, quickly and inexpensively.

Keywords

micromechanical devices; mirrors; optical information processing; printing; spatial light modulators; DMD SLM; Digital Light Processing; Digital Micromirror Device; MEMS; Si; digital color printing; silicon spatial light modulator; Business; Digital modulation; Digital printing; Displays; Instruments; Micromechanical devices; Micromirrors; Optical modulation; Printers; Silicon;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

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

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/LEOSST.1996.540776

Filename

540776