Larry J. Hornbeck (born September 17, 1943) is an American physicist and inventor of the digital micromirror device (DMD). He took part in the realization of the DLP cinema technology while working at

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(TI).

Life and career

Larry Hornbeck received a Ph.D. in physics from

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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.American Institute of Physics : Larry Hornbeck.
/ref> In 2007, Hornbeck was elected a member of the

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for the invention and development of the DMD and its application to projection display technology.

Awards and honors

* Prize for Industrial Applications of Physics (2014-2015) * Progress Medal from the

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(2009) * Elected member of the

(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.

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