Tiny Devices Project Sharp, Colorful Images

About this technology

Overview

Displaytech Inc., based in Longmont, Colorado and recently acquired by Micron Technology Inc., of Boise, Idaho, first received an SBIR contract in 1993 from Johnson Space Center to develop tiny, electronic, color displays, called microdisplays. Displaytech has since sold over 20 million microdisplays and was ranked one of the fastest growing technology companies by Deloitte and Touche in 2005. Customers currently incorporate the microdisplays in tiny pico-projectors, which weigh only a few ounces and attach to media players, cell phones, and other devices. The projectors can convert a digital image from the typical postage stamp size into a bright, clear, 4-foot-wide projection. The company believes sales of this type of pico-projector may exceed $1.1 billion within 5 years.