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56.1: Sunlight Readability of Digital Micro Shutter Based Display Technology
Author(s) -
Gandhi Jignesh,
Kim Je Hong,
Hagood Nesbitt,
Steyn Lodewyk,
Fijol John,
Brosnihan Tim,
Lewis Stephen,
Fike Gene,
Halfman Mark,
Payne Richard
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
sid symposium digest of technical papers
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.351
H-Index - 44
eISSN - 2168-0159
pISSN - 0097-966X
DOI - 10.1889/1.3500603
Subject(s) - liquid crystal display , gamut , shutter , brightness , computer science , luminance , chromaticity , amoled , active matrix , display device , backplane , readability , computer graphics (images) , optoelectronics , optics , materials science , computer vision , computer hardware , thin film transistor , physics , programming language , layer (electronics) , composite material , operating system
The Pixtronix DMS™ (Digital Micro Shutter) display technology intrinsically provides exceptional image quality due to its optical architecture, device construction and device operation. This technology, based on MEMS micro‐shutters formed on active TFT backplanes, has enabled the development of color sequential, time division gray scale, direct‐view displays achieving breakthrough performance in wide color gamut, high brightness, high contrast ratio and wide view angles, all at roughly 1/4 the power consumption of competing TFT‐LCD or AMOLED displays of the same size and luminance. In addition, DMS™ technology also presents very good sunlight readability in transflective color modes. This readability can be attributed to reflective properties of the DMS™ optical architecture. This reflective nature enhances viewing characteristics of transmissive color modes in high ambient lighting conditions. The reflective performance is obtained without compromising transmissive mode performance as is typically the case in some of the existing display technologies. This paper will explain the performance of DMS™ display in reflective and transflective modes under high ambient lighting conditions.