Microdisplay Panels

flcos panel

Real-World-Tested for Superior Performance
With more than 22 million of our microdisplays already built into an array of consumer applications, our panels are market-proven to achieve exceptional performance and reliability.

flcos sequential color pixelsThe Foundation of Brilliant Color

A great display device starts with a great display panel. Designed and built using superior ferroelectric liquid crystal on silicon (FLCOS) technology refined by our scientists and engineers over the last 25 years, our panels use fast pixel-switching speeds and superior optical qualities to create crisp, full-color video images, free of motion smearing. They are the ideal solution for miniature projectors and other mobile displays.

Microdisplay Panel Part Catalog and Documentation

Our microdisplay panels cater to demanding applications with these key advantages:
  • Color fidelity and saturation: Full-color, field-sequential pixels produce brighter, more true-to-life 24-bit colors.
  • Image clarity: Fine pixel borders and high resolution (as high as SVGA, 800 x 600) make for truly high-quality displays that show text clearly.
  • Seamless video: FLCOS pixel-switching technology is up to 100 times faster than typical LCOS, making it a superior imaging technique.
  • Power-efficient: With power consumption of less than 100mW, systems employing our microdisplay chips can operate for hours in battery-powered, handheld devices.
  • All-weather reliability: Our panels 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.
  • Small, single-chip footprint: Built on a CMOS process, the display panel, image processing, memory, and LED controllers are all included on a single chip, allowing for innovative end-product designs.
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 our microdisplays. Incorporating decades of DRAM process expertise into our microdisplay products also allows us to integrate more functionality into our panels, 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 WQVGA-2 VGA WVGA SVGA qHD QVGA
Display Format 392 x 224 640 x 480 852 x 480 800 x 600 960 x 540 300 x 224
Color 24-bit YCbCr; millions of colors 24-bit RGB 24-bit RGB 24-bit RGB 24-bit RGB 18-bit (6-bit RGB)
Nominal Power Consumption 85mW 75mW 85mW 90mW 160mW 65mW
Package Size 13.7 x 11.4 x 3.4mm 23.4 x 9.8 x 3.6mm 23.4 x 9.8 x 3.6mm 23.4 x 9.8 x 3.6mm 27 x 5.8 x 2.6mm 15.6 x 11 x 5.5mm
Video Interface Digital CCIR 601/656, 8-bit RGB serial data 24-bit digital RGB, 24-bit YCrCb 4:4:4, 16-bit YCrCb 4:2:2 24-bit digital RGB, 24-bit YCrCb 4:4:4, 16-bit YCrCb 4:2:2 24-bit digital RGB, 24-bit YCrCb 4:4:4, 16-bit YCrCb 4:2:2 24-bit digital RGB, 24-bit YCrCb 4:4:4, 16-bit YCrCb 4:2:2 Digital CCIR 601/656, 8-bit RGB serial data

Type Secure Title & Description ID# Updated Size
Thermal Applications:  Defines a general method and criteria for measuring and ensuring that Micron components and modules do not exceed the maximum allowable temperature TN-00-08 05/2010 252.18 KB
PCN/EOL Systems:  Explains Micron's product change notification and end-of-life systems. CSN-12 04/2012 79.21 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 04/2012 472.27 KB
Micron KGD Definitions:  Describes the testing specifications and parameters for Micron's KGD-C1 and KGD-C2 DRAM die. CSN-22 07/2009 65.52 KB
Micron Component and Module Packaging:  Explanation of Micron packaging labels and procedures. CSN-16 02/2012 887.13 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
Moisture Absorption in Plastic Packages:  Describes shipping procedures for preventing memory devices from absorbing moisture and recommendations for baking devices exposed to excessive moisture TN-00-01 02/2010 87.26 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
Proper Handling Procedures for WQVGA Display Panels:  Micron WQVGA display panels must be handled according to specific procedures at all times. Maintaining proper conditions, and using proper precautions, handling techniques, and cleaning methods will help ensure prolonged, reliable operation of your WQVGA display panel products. CSN-32 06/2011 657.79 KB
Proper Handling Procedures for qHD Display Panels:  Micron qHD display panels must be handled according to specific procedures at all times. Maintaining proper conditions, and using proper precautions, handling techniques, and cleaning methods will help ensure prolonged, reliable operation of your qHD display panel products. CSN-31 06/2011 2.97 MB
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
Microdisplay RMA Policy and Procedures:  Explains the RMA policy and procedures for Micron's Microdisplay products. CSN-29 10/2011 68.33 KB
Photonics Achromatic Rotator Flyer:  Product Flyer 10/2011 309.27 KB
Product Marks/Product and Packaging Labels:  Explains product part marking, and product and packaging labels. CSN-11 04/2012 724.89 KB
Proper Handling Procedures for Micron E330 Projection Engines:  MicronE330 Projection Engines must be handled according to specific procedures at all times. Maintaining proper conditions, and using proper precautions, handling techniques, and cleaning methods will help ensure prolonged, reliable operation of your E330 projection engines. CSN-35 03/2012 456.26 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 597.69 KB
Photonics Housing Flyer:  Product Flyer 10/2011 159.54 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. Technical Marketing Brief 08/2011 622.49 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. Technical Marketing Brief 08/2011 576.68 KB
Photonics Shutters Flyer:  Product Flyer 10/2011 223.95 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
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
Photonics Video Shutters Flyer:  Product Flyer 10/2011 247.27 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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