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

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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 worlds 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.

Author(s):
Younse, Jack M.
Author Organization(s):
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INC DALLAS
Descriptive Note:
Final rept. 9 Mar 90-30 Aug 96,
Pagination:
0262

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Distribution:
Approved For Public Release, Document Partially Illegible
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Collection: TR
Identifying Numbers
Report Number(s):
WL*-TR-97-1003
Contract/Grant Number(s):
MDA972-90-C-0008
Task Number(s):
02
Project Number(s):
DARK
Monitor Series:
TR-97-1003, WL*
 Subject Terms
Joint Capability Areas:
JCA_5_Command and Control; JCA_4.7.2_Installation Services; JCA_4.7_Base and Installations Support; JCA_5.3_Planning; JCA_5.3.4_Develop Courses of Action; JCA_5.3.5_Analyze Courses of Action; JCA_5.3.3_Develop Strategy; JCA_4.3_Maintain; JCA_5.5_Direct; JCA_5.5.3_Establish Metrics; JCA_1.2.1_Training; JCA_5.5.2_Task; JCA_1.3.2_Personnel Management; JCA_1.2.5_Lessons Learned; JCA_1.2.6_Concepts; JCA_4.2_Supply; JCA_5.4_Decide; JCA_1.2.2_Exercising; JCA_4.2.3_Manage Global Supplier Networks
Modernization Areas:
Microelectronics
Communities of Interest:
Advanced Electronics
Descriptor(s):
*MIRRORS, *PROTOTYPES, *DISPLAY SYSTEMS, *ELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES, *IMAGE PROJECTORS, SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION, MECHANICAL PROPERTIES, COCKPITS, DEFORMATION, MOTION, CHIPS(ELECTRONICS), RESEARCH FACILITIES, SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES, INSTRUMENTATION, MONOLITHIC STRUCTURES(ELECTRONICS), LIGHT MODULATORS
Field(s)/Group(s):
Electrooptical and Optoelectronic Devices, Optics
Keyword(s):
*HIGH DEFINITION DISPLAYS, DMD(DIGITAL MICROMIRROR DEVICE), MICROMIRRORS, TORSION BEAMS, PE62708E, WUWLDARK0204
Report Date:
1997 Jan 01
Creation Date:
1997 Mar 05