07/09/2015
Digital Light Processing (DLP) is a display device based on micro-electro-mechanical technology that uses a digital micromirror device. It was originally developed in 1987 by Dr. Larry Hornbeck of Texas Instruments. While the DLP imaging device was invented by Texas Instruments, the first DLP-based projector was introduced by Digital Projection Ltd in 1997. Digital Projection and Texas Instruments were both awarded Emmy Awards in 1998 for the DLP projector technology. DLP is used in a variety of display applications from traditional static displays to interactive displays and also non-traditional embedded applications including medical, security, and industrial uses.
DLP technology is used in DLP front projectors (standalone projection units for classrooms and business primarily), DLP rear projection television sets, and digital signs. It is also used in about 85% of digital cinema projection, and in additive manufacturing as a power source in some printers to cure resins into solid 3D objects.[1]
Smaller "pico" chipsets are used in mobile devices including cell phone accessories and projection display functions embedded directly into phones.
Contents [hide]
1 Digital micromirror device
2 Color in DLP projection
2.1 Single-chip projectors
2.1.1 The color wheel "rainbow effect"
2.2 Three-chip projectors
2.3 Light source
2.3.1 Xenon arc lamps
2.3.2 LED-based DLPs
2.3.3 Laser-based DLPs
3 Digital cinema
4 Manufacturers and marketplace
4.1 Pros
4.2 Cons
4.3 DLP, LCD, and LCoS rear projection
5 See also
6 References
7 Further reading
8 External links
Digital micromirror device[edit]
Main article: Digital micromirror device
DLP chip
In DLP projectors, the image is created by microscopically small mirrors laid out in a matrix on a semiconductor chip, known as a Digital Micromirror Device (DMD), these mirrors are so small that DMD pixel pitch may be 5.4 µm or less.[2] Each mirror represents one or more pixels in the projected image. The number of mirrors...
