Survey and Comparison of HDTV Display
Technologies
Abstract:
High definition television
(HDTV) is developing rapidly. More "on the
air" broadcasting is available and there are
a significant number of satellite sources
available. Newer display technologies are
being positioned to replace the CRT as the
display of choice for this new type of
programming. The presentation will survey
the HDTV display market and provide
comparisons of a selection of display
technologies, including DLP, plasma, LCD and
LCOS (rear projection). Some background on
the origins of LCOS in the photonics
industry will be provided.
Speaker Bio:
David
McDonald is currently Director of Technical Marketing at eLCOS
Microdisplay Technology, a liquid crystal on silicon (LCOS)
microdisplay company based in Sunnyvale, CA, and Hsinchu, TW. Mr.
McDonald has
extensive experience in the LCOS industry and has been responsible
for both component and system level development. Previously Mr.
McDonald was a senior program manager at Displaytech, Inc., where he
was responsible for a single panel projection project and for
management of relations with vendors of critical technology
components. At Compaq Computer Corporation he was responsible for
Intellectual Property management within the Advanced Engineering
Group and later was manager of the microdisplay development group in
a special project. Mr. McDonald is retired from the US Air Force
Reserve where he flew fighters for a number of years. He has
Bachelor of Science in Physics and Master of Science in Computer
Science degrees from Georgia Tech.
