Design and fabrication of high-resolution reflective light valves with silicon backplanes

Andre Van Calster

doi:10.1117/12.349365

20 May 1999 Design and fabrication of high-resolution reflective light valves with silicon backplanes

Andre Van Calster

Proceedings Volume 3634, Projection Displays V; (1999) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.349365
Event: Electronic Imaging '99, 1999, San Jose, CA, United States

Abstract

In this paper the design aspect and fabrication issues of a GXGA reflective silicon light valve are discussed. Special attention is paid to the layout and architecture of the silicon backplane using submicron CMOS processing with a medium voltage extension. A careful layout yields a silicon backplane with an analog DRAM architecture with a pixel pitch of 15 micrometers , addressed by analog integrate drivers using a 16-fold parallelism. The investigated reflective TN and vertical aligned NLC technologies showed both an acceptable performance for application in high-end reflective light valves, although the vertical aligned NLC showed a slightly better contrast ratio and black state.

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Andre Van Calster "Design and fabrication of high-resolution reflective light valves with silicon backplanes", Proc. SPIE 3634, Projection Displays V, (20 May 1999); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.349365

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