FLCOS Microdisplay Modules

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All Rolled Into One

Get the big picture in a pint-sized package—our microdisplay modules incorporate the display panel, polarization optics, LED illumination, and control circuitry all into a single, small-footprint unit.

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Build the base of your digital display devices on the top-notch performance you’ll get from our compact, easily integrated microdisplay modules. Using superior ferroelectric liquid crystal on silicon (FLCOS) technology refined by our scientists and engineers over the last 25 years, the superior image quality, low power consumption, and small form factor of our all-in-one modules make them an ideal solution for ultra-portable, low-cost display applications. They are especially well-suited for close-to-eye applications, such as viewfinders for digital still cameras, video camcorders, and night-vision devices.

Module Part Catalog and Documentation

Our microdisplay modules cater to demanding applications with these key advantages:
  • Easy integration: The unit is ready for easy drop-in to your design using an industry-standard flex connector.
  • Power-efficient: Our modules use less than 100mW and can operate for hours in battery-powered, handheld devices.
  • Reliability: Our modules can take the heat—or the cold (as low as –10°C)—providing reliable performance across a wide range of temperatures for go-anywhere consumer applications.
  • Color fidelity and saturation: Full-color, field-sequential pixels produce brighter, more true-to-life 24-bit colors.
  • Seamless video: Our proprietary FLCOS pixel-switching technology is up to 100 times faster than typical LCOS, making a superior image free of motion blur.
  • Small footprint: The display panel, polarization optics, LED illumination, and display driver are all incorporated into one space-saving unit.
Built on Great Technology
Our multi-patented microdisplay technology is built on nearly 25 years of FLCOS research and development—experience we leverage to design, build, and integrate the entire optical system. Incorporating decades of DRAM process expertise into our microdisplay products also allows us to integrate more functionality into our modules, driving new standards for microprojection.

Consumer-Product Proven
Our microdisplay technology is already designed into millions of consumer products. Unlike many of our competitors, we also have a global sales and support structure and years of experience delivering complex, high-volume products.

Resolution QVGA
Display Format 300 x 224
Color 18-bit color
Nominal Power Consumption 85mW
Package Size 15.2 x 11.3 x 9.2mm
Video Interface Digital CCIR 601/656, 8-bit RGB serial data

Type Secure Title & Description ID# Updated Size
PCN/EOL Systems:  Explains Micron's product change notification and end-of-life systems. CSN-12 08/2009 75.58 KB
Wafer Packaging and Packaging Materials:  Provides complete shipping and recycling information about each of the materials used for shipping Micron's products. CSN-20 09/2011 776.24 KB
Bare Die SiPs and MCMs:  Describes design considerations for bare die SiPs and MCMs. CSN-18 04/2009 151.06 KB
Shipping Quantities:  Provides tables of part quantity. CSN-04 10/2011 463.55 KB
Micron Component and Module Packaging:  Explanation of Micron packaging labels and procedures. CSN-16 02/2012 840.61 KB
ESD Precautions for Die/Wafer Handling and Assembly:  Describes the benefits of controlling ESD in the workplace, including higher yields and improved quality and reliability, resulting in reduced manufacturing costs. CSN-24 08/2010 119.08 KB
Electronic Data Interchange:  Describes EDI transmission sets, protocol, and contacts. CSN-06 09/2005 53.5 KB
RMA Procedures for Packaged Product and Bare Die Devices:  Outlines standard returned material authorization (RMA) procedures, as well as the differences associated with bare die RMAs. CSN-07 10/2010 82.64 KB
ISO System Management Standards:  Describes ISO system management standards. CSN-08 04/2004 39.18 KB
Photonics Shutters Flyer:  Product Flyer 10/2011 223.95 KB
Photonics Housing Flyer:  Product Flyer 10/2011 159.54 KB
Photonics Video Shutters Flyer:  Product Flyer 10/2011 247.27 KB
Ferroelectric-liquid-crystal/silicon-integrated-circuits spatial light modulator:  Cotter, Opt. Lett. Vol. 15 12/2009 438.66 KB
Ferroelectric liquid-crystal spatial light modulators for projection display:  Banas, Proc. SPIE 2650 12/2009 507.99 KB
2D SiliconIFerroelectric Liquid Crystal Spatial Light Modulators:  Drabik, Appl. Opt. vol. 29 12/2009 1.73 MB
Improvement of spatial light modulator optical input/output performance using microlens arrays:  Chase, Opt. Lett. Vol. 20 12/2009 379.81 KB
Diffractive ferroelectric liquid-crystal shutters for unpolarized light:  O'Callaghan, Opt. Lett. 16 12/2009 477.27 KB
Video Data Processing in the Micron V100 WQVGA Engine:  Describes the video data processing so customers can experiment with font size and color to find the desired level of performance. TN-07-08 05/2011 92.15 KB
Thermal Design Considerations of the Micron V100 WQVGA Engine:  Provides system design engineers with the thermal basics of the V100 engine, including describing methods for dissipating heat and calculating heat dissipation. TN-07-07 05/2011 138.21 KB
Selecting a Light Engine Volume-Calculation Method (E330 qHD):  This technical brief uses the E330 qHD light engine to explain three methodologies for measuring light engine volume—linear volume, displaced volume, and block volume—and provides a summary of the advantages and disadvantages of each. Technical Marketing Brief 07/2011 596.07 KB
Micron BGA Manufacturer's User Guide:  Provides information to enable customers to easily integrate both leading-edge and legacy Micron's ball grid array (BGA) packages into their manufacturing processes. It is intended as a set of high-level guidelines and a reference manual describing typical package-related and manufacturing process-flow practices. CSN-33 07/2011 353.32 KB
Pupil Lumen and Scotopic to Photopic Ratio (S/R):  The purpose of this technical marketing brief is to explain the human vision system and how the perceived brightness is evaluated as pupil lumen. 08/2011 576.68 KB
Laser Engines and Laser Speckle:  This technical marketing brief provides a high-level overview of laser engine technologies and describes laser speckle and its affect on laser-based engine designs. 08/2011 622.49 KB
Photonics Achromatic Rotator Flyer:  Product Flyer 10/2011 309.27 KB
Microdisplay RMA Policy and Procedures:  Explains the RMA policy and procedures for Micron's Microdisplay products. CSN-29 10/2011 68.33 KB
Product Marks/Product and Packaging Labels:  Explains product part marking, and product and packaging labels. CSN-11 02/2012 666.83 KB

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Why is a single chip solution for projection a good idea?
Enabled by a CMOS process, our single chip solution integrates the display panel, image processing, memory, and LED controllers—greatly simplifying projection designs. These products have a small footprint and draw less than 100mW of power.
Why is FLCOS better for sequential color projection?
FLCOS technology allows the liquid crystal to switch pixels on and off much faster than typical LCOS displays—as much as 100 times faster, at a switching speed of 1/10,000 of a second. This high speed provides higher optical throughput and wider operating temperature ranges than sequential color LCOS using nematic liquid crystals. It also allows FLCOS to operate at the industry’s highest color field rate and thus avoid the color breakup evident in typical LCOS and DLP solutions.
Why is sequential color better for projection?
Sequential color creates color by quickly cycling each individual pixel through shades of red, green and blue (instead of placing red, green, and blue pixels closely together as spatial color systems do). This method generates individual, full color pixels that provide the viewer with increased image quality and color fidelity. Sequential color also provides much higher optical throughput, achieving better efficiency than LCOS solutions using color filters.
What kinds of applications do your projection products support?
Our FLCOS microdisplays have shipped in more than 20 million consumer applications. As panels or modules, they are ideal for mobile applications like camera viewfinders and heads-up displays. They’re also an excellent choice for pico projectors for cell phones and handhelds.
What advantages do your hexagonal shaped pixels provide?
Our WQVGA panel is built with hexagonal pixels where each row is offset by a half pixel (much like a honeycomb). This pixel arrangement greatly improves the perceived resolution and smoothes diagonal lines. Along with the improved image quality provided by our sequential color displays, these hexagonal pixels produce DVD quality results from a WQVGA resolution panel, perfect for applications that project video.
What does FLCOS stand for?
FLCOS stands for ferroelectric liquid crystal on silicon. Ferroelectric describes how the liquid crystal is chemically organized and activated. For more detail on why FLCOS is a compelling choice for microdisplay technologies, please visit our FLCOS Innovations page.

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