• DocumentCode
    1730157
  • Title

    A MEMS digital microshutter (DMS™) for low-power high brightness displays

  • Author

    Steyn, J. Lodewyk ; Brosnihan, Timothy ; Fijol, John ; Gandhi, Jignesh ; Hagood, Nesbitt, IV ; Halfman, Mark ; Lewis, Steve ; Payne, Richard ; Wu, Joyce

  • Author_Institution
    Pixtronix Inc., Andover, MA, USA
  • fYear
    2010
  • Firstpage
    73
  • Lastpage
    74
  • Abstract
    A new display technology has been developed that overcomes the losses in conventional liquid crystal displays (LCDs). At the heart of this new class of displays is a digital microshutter (DMS™) that eliminates the need for a polarizer that is required in LCDs. The DMS™ also has a response time of approximately 20 times faster than that of an LCD pixel, making it possible to produce a bright field sequential direct view display with increased color gamut (up to 145% NTSC, CIE 1976).
  • Keywords
    brightness; micro-optomechanical devices; optical elements; MEMS digital microshutter; low-power high brightness displays; Actuators; Backplanes; Films; Image color analysis; Micromechanical devices; Optical filters; Pixel;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical MEMS and Nanophotonics (OPT MEMS), 2010 International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Sapporo
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-8926-8
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-4244-8925-1
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/OMEMS.2010.5672179
  • Filename
    5672179