Abstract :
A US company has developed a new technology that would drastically reduce power usage by mobile devices´ displays. The iMoD (interferometric modulator) approach would enable cellular phones, MP3 players, and other battery-operated, power-constrained devices to run all day in many cases. iMoD uses optical interference to display images. Pixels in an iMoD display consist of a flexible thin-film mirror located a few hundred nanometers from a transparent glass substrate. Many other companies are also working on low-power mobile-device screens
Keywords :
light interferometry; low-power electronics; mobile handsets; modulators; screens (display); MP3 player; battery-operated device; cellular phone; energy saving; flexible thin-film mirror; iMoD image display; interferometric modulator approach; low-power mobile-device screen; mobile device display; optical interference; power-constrained device; transparent glass substrate; Cellular phones; Digital audio players; Displays; Glass; Interference; Mirrors; Optical devices; Optical interferometry; Optical modulation; Transistors; data storage; mobile computing; security;
