Larry Hornbeck


Larry J. Hornbeck is an American physicist and inventor of the digital micromirror device. He took part in the realization of the DLP CINEMA technology while working at Texas Instruments.

Life and career

Larry Hornbeck received a Ph.D. in physics from Case Western Reserve University 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.

Awards and honors