Table 2-1

Comparison of Current and Future Imagers

24

Table 2-2

Requirements for Projection vs. Personal Viewers

26

Table 2-3

Comparison of Color Systems

30

Table 2-4

Alternative Color Systems

32

Table 2-5

Comparison of Transmissive and Reflective Imaging Systems

33

Table 2-6

Comparison of MID Classes

34

Table 2-7

types of Liquid Crystal MIDs

35

Table 2-8

Types of Microelectromechanical MIDs

37

Table 2-9

Types of Emissive and Scanned MIDs

37

Table 2-10

Comparison of Alternative MID Technologies

39

Table 2-11

Throughput Efficiency Variables

42

Table 2-12

Comparison of MID Efficiency(%)

43

Table 2-13

Projector Parameter Description

46

Table 2-14

Comparison of Overall Throughput Efficiency

49

Table 2-15

Compactness Portability and Image Quality

51

Table 2-16

Field of View for Typical Objects

54

Table 2-17

Transmissive vs. Reflective Viewers

60

Table 2-18

Lumens per Watt for Various Personal Viewers

62

Table 4-1

Imaging Capability of Alternative Projection MIDs

67

Table 4-2

Parameter Description

69

Table 4-3

Lamp Parameters

70

Table 4-4

Projector System Losses

73

Table 4-5

Comparison with Published Data

73

Table 4-6

MID Definition and Diagonal

75

Table 4-7

Aperture Values

76

Table 4-8

Effective Transmission Values

77

Table 4-9

Summary of Projection Comparisons

77

Table 4-10

Etendue Related Assumption

78

Table 4-11

Large Area MID Performance

81

Table 4-12

Color Sequential SXGA MID Performance

82

Table 4-13

Comparison of Projection Imagers

84

Table 5-1

Personal Display Color Options

89

Table 5-2

Personal Display Developers

90

Table 5-3

Rating of Alternative Imagers

91

Table 5-4

Electro-Optic Power Requirements

93

Table 5-5

Buss Line Power Requirements

94

Table 5-6

Exit Pupil Limitations

95

Table 5-7

Overall Rating of alternative Personal Display MIDs

96

Table 5-8

Strengths and Weaknesses of Personal Display Alternatives

97

Table A-1

Liquid Crystal Cell Parameters

104

Table A-2

NLC Cell Configurations and Parameters

106

Table A-3

MID Matrix Addressing Power

115

Table A-4

MID Summary

116

Table B-1

Computed DMD Results for f=2.88 and (=550-nm

120

Table B-2

Pixel Diffractive Loss at Pixel Diffractive Loss at (=550-nm

121

Table B-3

Small Area Diffraction Efficiency

121

Table C-1

Square Wave Phase Grating Diffraction Efficiency

124

Table C-2

GLV Performance for T1=100%

131

Table C-3

GLV Performance for mirror gap=28m with outer rejected

132

Table C-4

Diffraction Efficiencies for Sinusoidal Phase Grating

133

Table C-5

Deformable Mirror Grating Performance

134

Table C-6

Parameters

136

Table D-1

Magnifier Parameters

137

Table D-2

Magnifier Values

139

Table E-1

Parameter Description

142

Table E-2

SXGA Resolution at 17-µPixel Pitch

143

Table E-3

VGA Resolution at 17-µPixel Pitch

144

Table E-4

Large Area Performance

145

Table E-5

Existing Projector Performance

145