The DMD™
A DMD™ (Digital Micromirror Device™) is a true digital light modulator which utilises an array of up to 2.3 million moving aluminium mirrors,
with each one representing a pixel in the nal projected image. The outermost micromirrors in the array remain inactive (pond of mirrors)
and are not used in constructing the image.
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Casing
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Light shield
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Pond of mirrors
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Array
Each mirror element is suspended over address electrodes by a torsion hinge between two posts.
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Support posts
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Mirror element
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Torsion hinges
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Offset address electrode
Notes
DMD
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Mirror element with tilt mechanism
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