Larry J. Hornbeck (born September 17, 1943) is an American physicist and inventor of the
digital micromirror device
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(DMD). He took part in the realization of the
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technology while working at
Texas Instruments
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(TI).
Life and career
Larry Hornbeck received a Ph.D. in physics from
Case Western Reserve University
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in 1974. He joined TI in 1973 and he began work on
optical microelectromechanical systems in 1977.
Larry Hornbeck had manufactured and demonstrated the first
DMD in 1987.
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In 2007, Hornbeck was elected a member of the National Academy of Engineering for the invention and development of the Digital Micromirror Device (DMD) and its application to projection display technology.
Awards and honors
* Prize for Industrial Applications of Physics (2014-2015)
* Progress Medal from the Royal Photographic Society
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(2009)
* Elected member of the National Academy of Engineering (2007)
* Academy Award® for his contribution to revolutionizing how motion pictures are created, distributed and viewed (2015)
Bibliography
Philippe Binant, "Au cœur de la projection numérique", ''Actions'', Kodak, Paris, Vol. 29, pp. 12-13 (2007).
Larry Hornbeck, "Digital Light Processing and MEMS : an overview", Texas Instruments, Dallas, Texas.
References
External links
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1943 births
Living people
21st-century American engineers
Members of the United States National Academy of Engineering