Micron's single-chip microdisplay panel

BOISE, USA: Micron Technology Inc. introduced a new microdisplay panel, leveraging technology it recently acquired from Displaytech, Inc. The introduction of the new microdisplay panel is part of Micron’s broader strategy of delivering differentiated products that leverage its expertise in semiconductor research and design.

The new panel Micron announced is a wide-screen quarter VGA (WQVGA) microdisplay solution designed to enable portable video and image projection for applications including head-mounted display products and embedded cell phone projectors.

At the heart of the new WQVGA panel is ferroelectric liquid crystal on silicon (FLCOS) technology, which delivers superior image quality and color fidelity when compared to competing microdisplay technologies, all in a single, tiny package with minimal power requirements.

The WQVGA panel is an integrated solution, incorporating the display panel and control circuitry in a compact all-in-one package. Consuming only 85 milliwatts, the product is low in power, ideal for applications where portability and battery life is most critical.

The product adds to Micron’s Displaytech FLCOS microdisplay projection panel line, which includes QVGA, VGA, SVGA and WVGA panels.

As more and more devices integrate capabilities to download images and videos, demand is growing for display technologies to enable consumers to easily view the content they have captured.

A key design challenge for consumer electronics manufacturers is creating a solution that is small enough to fit into today’s ever-shrinking products with minimal power requirements while providing the image size that consumers demand. FLCOS-enabled projection is the leading display technology that can deliver on all of these requirements.