Friday, November 1, 2002
Iridigm Display Corporation's iMoD
Posted by Jason Dunn in "HARDWARE" @ 05:05 PM
http://www.iridigm.com/tech_overview.htm
Just when you thought OLED was the future, iMoD comes along to shake things up. I have to admit that after reading through the explanation of the technology I don't fully grasp it. Hey, I just woke up from a nap. :wink:
"The power of Iridigm displays derives from the replication of some of Mother Nature's most beautiful creations: Butterflies. The iMoD element uses interference to create color in the same way that structural color works in nature. Microscopic structures on butterfly wings and peacock feathers cause light to interfere with itself, creating the shimmering iridescent colors that we see in these creatures.
The iMoD elements in an Iridigm display work in the same way. Because interference is used to modulate the light, we call the device an Interferometric Modulator, or iMoD. Since the iMoD contains no pigments, the color is inherently stable and cannot fade like inks or dyes when exposed to light. At Iridigm, we are using natural iridescence to create a new paradigm for information display." Source: Craig Emmerich
Just when you thought OLED was the future, iMoD comes along to shake things up. I have to admit that after reading through the explanation of the technology I don't fully grasp it. Hey, I just woke up from a nap. :wink:
"The power of Iridigm displays derives from the replication of some of Mother Nature's most beautiful creations: Butterflies. The iMoD element uses interference to create color in the same way that structural color works in nature. Microscopic structures on butterfly wings and peacock feathers cause light to interfere with itself, creating the shimmering iridescent colors that we see in these creatures.
The iMoD elements in an Iridigm display work in the same way. Because interference is used to modulate the light, we call the device an Interferometric Modulator, or iMoD. Since the iMoD contains no pigments, the color is inherently stable and cannot fade like inks or dyes when exposed to light. At Iridigm, we are using natural iridescence to create a new paradigm for information display." Source: Craig Emmerich
