Patent ID: 6069728
Filing Date: 2000-05-30
Classification: G02F,H04N

Abstract:
Display device comprising:an illuminating source configured to emit radiation Is;a spatial light modulator illuminated by the radiation Is, and comprising a matrix of N.times.M elementary pixels (X.sub.i,j) of dimensions d.sub.N .times.d.sub.M divided into a plurality of groups of elementary image pixels by vertical and horizontal addressing electrodes, wherein elementary pixels X.sub.i,j and X.sub.i+1,j are separated by a spacing p.sub.N corresponding to the spacing of the vertical addressing electrodes and the pixels X.sub.i,j and X.sub.i,j+1 are separated by a spacing p.sub.M corresponding to the spacing of the horizontal addressing electrodes; andmeans for collimating the radiation Is in each pixel such that the spacing p.sub.N is greater by at least an order of magnitude than the dimension d.sub.N.