SBIR Phase I: Next Generation Speed Ferroelectric Liquid Crystal-VLSI Spatial Light Modulators

*摘要96-61235 O‘Callaghan这个小型企业创新研究第一阶段项目旨在开发下一代模拟和数字铁电液晶-超大规模集成电路空间光调制器(SLM)，其速度比当前一代SLM快近一个数量级。除了作为微型显示器的商业用途外，当前一代FLC-VLSI SLM还实现了人们期待已久的、商业上可行的光学图像处理系统，其计算速度超过了纯电子处理器。当用作计算子系统的一部分时，当前一代的SLM的性能足以负担廉价通用数字计算机的数据带宽能力。这项第一阶段工作的目的是极大地扩展模拟数字FLC-VLSI SLM的性能，以匹配或超过当前高性能数字系统的数据吞吐速率。我们的计划是通过借鉴和扩展VLSI设计和FLC性能方面的综合进步来实现这一目标。建议的高速SLM可用于生物识别应用，如指纹和人脸识别、高速图像处理、体积3-D显示器、工业机器视觉和改进的顺序彩色微型显示器。***

*** ABSTRACT 96-61235 O'Callaghan This Small Business Innovation Research Phase I project aims to develop next generation analog and digital Ferroelectric Liquid Crystal (FLC)-VLSI spatial light modulators (SLMs) which surpass the speed of present generation SLMs by nearly an order of magnitude. In addition to their commercial use as miniature displays current generation FLC-VLSI SLMs are enabling long awaited, commercially viable, optical image processing systems whose computing speed outstrips purely electronic processors. When used as part of a computing subsystem the performance of present generation SLMs is enough to tax the data bandwidth capabilities of inexpensive general purpose digital computers. The intent of this Phase I effort is to greatly extend the performance of analogized digital FLC-VLSI SLMs to match or surpass the data throughput rates of current high performance digital systems. The plan is to achieve this goal by drawing on and extending combined advances in both VLSI design and FLC performance. The proposed high-speed SLMs can be used in biometric applications such as fingerprint and face recognition, high-speed image processing, volumetric 3-D displays, industrial machine vision, and improved sequential color miniature displays. ***