Canon LCOS

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At InfoComm 08 trade show in Las Vegas, Canon presented its new LCOS Reflective LCD Panel for the use in multimedia projectors.
Liquid Crystal on Silicon reflective LCD panels deliver very high resolution for images, free of lattice effect, and the 2 Canon models measure 0.71 and 0.55 inches thick featuring 1,920 x 1,200 and 1,400 x 1,050 resolution respectively.

The 0.71-inch WUXGA is the world’s first LCOS panel of its size to achieve such a level of resolution and the technology is based on the company’s Aspectual Illumination System optical engine meant to maximize the panels’ performance achieving high brightness and high contrast while maintaining a compact design. It even supports HDTV projection.
These panels will be used in design, simulation, medicine and other similar sectors where users need high performance imaging.

Liquid Crystal on Silicon technology uses liquid crystals on the surface of a silicon chip coated with an aluminized layer with a highly reflective coating, while LCD projectors work based on transmissive liquid crystal display chips letting the light to pass through the liquid crystal.
The technology produces higher resolution than LCD and Plasma and is more cost effective.