Larry J. Hornbeck

"DLP Cinema™ Projectors: Coming Soon to a Theater Near You"

ABSTRACT -- Dr. Hornbeck will describe DLP Cinema™ projection technology, its impact on the movie industry as the industry transitions from film projection to digital projection, and the results of ongoing DLP Cinema™ field demonstrations around the world.

SPEAKER -- Dr. Hornbeck is a TI Fellow in Digital Imaging at Texas Instruments in Dallas. In 1977, while working at TI, he began the development of analog, optical MEMS (micro-electromechanical systems) arrays for optical signal processing applications, and in the 1980s he focussed on printing and projection display applications. In 1987, Dr. Hornbeck invented the Digital Micromirror Device™ display chip, a MEMS array of fast digital light switches monolithically integrated onto a silicon address circuit. He has continued to develop architectures and fabrication processes to improve performance and reliability. The DMD™ display chip forms the basis for Texas Instruments Digital Light Processing™ projection display technology. Currently TI is providing display manufacturers with DLP™ projection display subsystems for conference room, mobile, home theater, HDTV, videowall, and large-venue applications. Dr. Hornbeck has received numerous awards for his invention of the DMD™ display chip, including Germany’s Eduard Rhein Foundation Technology Award, England’s Rank Prize, an Emmy™ from the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, and the Karl Ferdinand Braun Prize from the Society for Information Display. He holds thirty patents in CCD, IR image sensor and DMD technology, including the fundamental patent for the DMD™ display chip. Dr. Hornbeck received his Ph.D. in solid-state physics from Case Western Reserve University in 1974.

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