Qualcomm acquires manufacturer of mems displays about

Electronics company Qualcomm, the company Pixtronix acquired and that the decision about the PerfectLight-display technology of the company. This is based on mems technology and would be better than lcd.

Qualcomm confirmed the acquisition of the company compared to EETimes, but wants no details about the deal. According to the website there is a amount between 175 million and $ 200 million associated with the acquisition. Pixtronix had no products on the market, but worked together with Hitachi and Chimei Innolux to see in future products.

The scenes of Pixtronix are based on mems technology and differences in operation are essentially conventional lcd screens. Instead of liquid crystals, used Pixtronix’ PerfectLight technology, a mems shutter for the pixel. This is a tiny plate with narrow slots, which is very quickly back and forth can be scrolled.

For the color reproduction is not, as in lcd technology, use of color filters over the pixels, but the rgb-leds at the edges of the display using the field sequential system and the fast-moving mems shutters the right colors can show.

According to Pixtronix have PerfectLight screens compared to lcd’s a larger kleurengamut, lower power consumption and higher contrast, but they would with the same production lines manufactured.

Or Qualcomm PerfectLight now the market wants to go up, is not yet known. The company has also a display technology based on mems technology called Mirasol. Maybe Qualcomm parts of PerfectLight in Mirasol to integrate.