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SUMMARY:Reflective Display Technologies in Mobile Applications
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DESCRIPTION:John Hong\, Qualcomm MEMS Technologie\, Inc\nThe breathtaking 
 rate of smartphone proliferation across the globe continues to climb\, wit
 h shipments topping 1B in 2014 [1].  A recent entry into the mobile devic
 e arena is the wearable category\, expected by some to reach 200 million i
 n 2016 [2]. This exciting market development includes the likes of smartwa
 tches\, fitness/healthcare devices and wearable cameras.   Such personal
  devices integrate an impressive set of computing and communication capabi
 lities to satisfy the users’ demand for contextual\, relevant and immedi
 ate content. There are two unique display requirements that stem from mobi
 lity: ideally\, the display should be 1) always on and 2) always viewable.
   The always-on feature of a display isdifficult to implement since phone
 s are powered by batteries which have limited capacity that is not expecte
 d to improve significantly over time.  In addition\, mobile applications\
 , as a rule\, involve uncontrolled viewing conditions\, the most difficult
  of which is viewing in direct sunlight\, making the second mandate also d
 ifficult to satisfy.\nIn this presentation\, we introduce next generation 
 Qualcomm® Mirasol™ display technology that integrates an optical MEMS s
 tructure with an IGZO TFT backplane to implement a reflective color displa
 y system that supports great image quality in virtually all viewing condit
 ions and a power efficiency advantage that can be an order of magnitude be
 tter than competing technologies. We review the concepts of interferometri
 c absorption that gives rise to high gamut\, reflective color performance\
 , describe the system technologies that have enabled our developments\, an
 d present compelling demonstrations of our progress. By enabling always-on
  and always-visible applications\, low power Mirasol displays significantl
 y enhance the mobile user experience.\n[1] Trend Force\, http://press.tren
 dforce.com/press/20150120-1806.html\n[2] ABI Research\, Wearable Computing
  Report\, Feb 11\, 2014.
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