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http://dx.doi.org/10.3795/KSME-B.2012.36.5.487

Interferometric Color Display Using Micromechanically Coupled Digital Mirror Arrays  

Han, Won (Dept. of Bio and Brain Engineering, KAIST)
Cho, Young-Ho (Dept. of Bio and Brain Engineering, KAIST)
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Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers B / v.36, no.5, 2012 , pp. 487-493 More about this Journal
Abstract
We present interferometric modulators that reproduce RGB colors through the selective actuation of mechanically coupled mirror arrays having identical air gaps. The conventional transmittive interferometric modulators need additional backlights, which leads to high power consumption. The previous reflective interferometric modulators using ambient lights need three different air gaps for reproducing the three RGB colors, thus giving rise to process complexity. For process simplicity, we propose the use of reflective interferometric modulators that are capable of producing green, blue, red, and black colors with the aid of mechanically coupled mirrors with identical air gaps. In an experimental study, the present interferometric modulators reproduce green, blue, and red colors at the switching modes (000), (010), and (101). The spectrum peaks for the colors are measured at the wavelengths $511{\pm}5nm$, $478{\pm}3nm$, and $644{\pm}9nm$, respectively, with the bandwidths being $60{\pm}1nm$, $45{\pm}2nm$, and $105{\pm}4nm$, respectively; further, the maximum intensities of the colors are $77{\pm}5%$, $73{\pm}2%$, and $81{\pm}5%$, respectively. The black spectrum is measured below the intensity of $27{\pm}0%$. Thus, we experimentally demonstrate the color reproduction capability of interferometric modulators fabricated by using a simple process.
Keywords
Interferometric Modulator; Color Display; Mechanical Coupling; Digital Actuator;
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