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The DMDTM Projection Display Chip: A MEMS-Based Technology

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 January 2011

Larry J. Hornbeck
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The possibility of an all-digital (sourceto-eye) projection display was realized in 1987 with the invention of the Digital Micromirror Device™ projection display chip at Texas Instruments (TI). The DMD™ chip is a microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) array of fast digital micromirrors, monolithically integrated onto and controlled by an underlying silicon memory chip. Digital Light Processing™ projection displays are based on the DMD chip. DLP™ projection displays present bright, seamless images to the eye that have high image fidelity, and stability.

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MRS Bulletin , Volume 26 , Issue 4: Microelectromechanical Systems (MEMS): Technology and Applications , April 2001 , pp. 325 - 327
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2001

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