LCOS - the Technology for High Performance HDTV

R. L. Melcher Chief Technology Officer Brillian Corp. robert.melcher@brilliancorp.com

What is the LCOS Advantage?

It is not TVs on the wall Its not cheaper HDTV products

LCoS provides the Perfect Picture

No compromise image quality
Like looking out a window Like being there!

HDTV
Digital
Bandwidth efficiency PC/TV convergence New applications

Format agnostic
Interlaced/ progressive Multi-resolution Multi-aspect ratio

Wide screen (16:9)

Encourages larger screens Technological revolution

A Few Digital TV Formats

Format Columns Rows Aspect Ratio Frame Bit Rate Rate (Hz) (Mbps)

1080p 1080i 720p 480p 480p

1920 1920 1280 704 640

1080 1080 720 480 480

16:9 16:9 16:9 16:9 (non-sqr) 4:3

60 30 60 60 60

1991 995 885 324 295

W i d e S c r e e n F o r m a t
( s m a l l e r s c r e e n f o r e q u i v a l e n t s c r e e n d i a g o n a l )

f o r m a t 4 : 3 a r e a = 1
diagonal=1

f o r m a t 1 6 : 9 a r e a = 0 . 8 9
diagonal=1

W i d e S c r e e n F o r m a t
( l a r g e r s c r e e n f o r e q u i v a l e n t s c r e e n h e i g h t )

f o r m a t 4 : 3 a r e a = 1
diag.=1

f o r m a t 1 6 : 9 a r e a = 1 . 3 3 diag.=1.22

Contrast Sensitivity of the Eye

(after Infante, SID'93, Seminar F-6)

300

200 100

Res. = 0.3mRad

10

100

Frequency (cycle/deg.)

How many Pixels Required to Achieve Eye Resolution?

Res. = 0.3mRad
-> 1920 horizontal pixels

16.5 deg
16/9H 3H

1920p format required

Projection TV - Market Forecast

6,000
Units (000s)

5,000 4,000 3,000 2,000 1,000 0 iSuppli MD Mkt iSuppli CRT Mkt

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

RPTVs dominated by microdisplays in 2006 and beyond

Microdisplays

The Magic of Microdisplays

Physical Size uncoupled from Image Size

LCoS

Optics

Large, high resolution image at low cost

Multiple applications with compact size

RPTV

LCoS Microdisplay Technology

Leverage Two Major Technologies: Liquid Crystal Silicon CMOS

Glass

Liquid

Silicon
CMOS

Crystal

LCoS Back Plane

Electrode Mirrors 8-12

CMOS Circuitry

LCOS-Liquid Crystal On Silicon

Glass Substrate
ITO Electrode

Liquid Crystal

Alignment Layer Third Metal

Second Metal First Metal

Silicon Substrate

Gate Source

Capacitor Polysilicon

Drain

Capacitor Diffusion

LC Controls Polarization of Light

Brillian LCOS Response Curve

1.E+00

Brightness (normalized)

1.E-01

1.E-02

CR > 10 000:1
1.E-03

1.E-04

1.E-05 0 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5 4

Voltage

Basic LCoS Projector

LCoS Device P&S S Video Signal PBS Projection Lens P

Condensing Lens Light Source

3-Panel LCOS Light Engine

PBS Projection Lens

Integration Rod

LCOS Imagers Arc Lamp

Pre-polarizer

High brightness, High contrast No video artifacts No moving parts

Brillian Cardon Light Engine

Why does LCOS win?

Resolution Color optimization Grayscale optimization Absence of artifacts associated with color wheel, screen door effect , grayscale and color

Small Pixels enable high Resolution at Low Cost

>2million pixels in 0.7" device

0.900

Color
Spectral locus

0.800

0.700

0.600

ITU 709

0.500

y
0.400 0.300

D65 Black Body

0.200 0.100

0.000 0.000

0.200

0.400

0.600

0.800

Analog Pixels Provide Optimal Gamma Correction

Gamma
Light output
Bright

Bright Area

Dark

Dark Area High

Input level

Low

Competition-DLP
Video artifacts Color sequential Digital grayscale Limited resolution Sole source (TI)

Source: TI DLP - Trademark of TI

Competition-HTPS
Pixelated Low contrast Motion smear Sole source (Seiko Epson)

Gen II LCoS
Features High aperture ratio (>92%) Smooth analog grayscale Full color palette Small pixel geometry True 1080p resolution Plus Exceptional dark state performance Higher contrast (Up to 4000:1) Faster response time (~<4mS) Long lifetime

Brillian 1080p LCOS HDTV

It is not the strongest of the species that survive, nor the most intelligent, but the ones most responsive to change
-Charles Darwin