Common use of Texas Instruments Clause in Contracts

Texas Instruments. TI is making single-, two-, and three-panel display engines for large- area projection applications (VGA and SVGA). Customers include In Focus, ASK, Davis, Liesegang, n-View, Proxima, AmPro, Digital Projection, Electrohome, Sony, Synelec, Projectavision and Vidikron. TI is a recognized brand with an established distribution system. They have high switching speeds and the capability to use unpolarized light. However, manufacturing the DMD is challenging—fabrication requires 18 mask steps, and the die size is large which makes the cost of the device high. The device is intrinsically large due to its complex optical system. SXGA and higher resolutions are very hard to make, and size will increase as resolution increases. The DMD micro-mirrors only tilt +10 to -10 degrees, creating a limited acceptance angle for light.