Title :
Low operation voltage non self-emissive MEMS color filter pixels
Author :
Lo, Cheng-Yao ; Hast, Jukka ; Huttunen, Olli-Heikki ; Petäjä, Jarno ; Hiitola-Keinänen, Johanna ; Maaninen, Arto ; Kopola, Harri ; Fujita, Hiroyuki ; Toshiyoshi, Hiroshi
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Ind. Sci., Univ. of Tokyo, Tokyo
Abstract :
A 50% reduction of operation voltage improvement was achieved on a non self-emissive color filter pixels based on MEMS (micro electro mechanical system) Fabry-Perot interference device by minimizing its Newton´s rings´ size. Newly designed air grooves in spacer layer were proved to be efficient to evacuate air trapped inside pixels which in turn effectively lowered its operation voltage. A seesaw effect was also found if air groove occupied too large area which degrades the operation voltage lowering benefit.
Keywords :
Fabry-Perot interferometers; electro-optical filters; interference filters; low-power electronics; micro-optomechanical devices; optical design techniques; optical multilayers; Newton´s ring size reduction; air grooves design; least multilayer design; low operation voltage operation; microelectro mechanical system Fabry-Perot interference device; nonself-emissive MEMS color filter pixels; seesaw effect; spacer layer structure; Degradation; Displays; Electrostatics; Fabry-Perot; Filters; Interference; Low voltage; Mechanical systems; Micromechanical devices; Nonhomogeneous media; Fabry-Perot; MEMS (micro electro mechanical system); air groove; color filter; seesaw effect;
Conference_Titel :
Optical MEMs and Nanophotonics, 2008 IEEE/LEOS Internationall Conference on
Conference_Location :
Freiburg
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1917-3
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1918-0
DOI :
10.1109/OMEMS.2008.4607856