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Active Matrix Liquid Crystal Displays (AMLCDs)

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The active matrix liquid crystal display (AMLCD) is now the display of choice for most applications and dominates the current market. The most important technology is the amorphous silicon thin-film transistor-based display. Liquid crystal technology has enabled both passive and active types. The passive display has the advantages of ease of fabrication and low cost, but suffers in performance. Active matrix electronics resolve the scanning limitations of these and the cross-talk problem and deliver a display that meets the requirements for today’s markets.

A detailed account of the operation and fabrication of AMLCD devices will be given together with an examination of the address scheme. The parasitic capacitive effects will be studied to look at effects such as voltage offsets and motion blur, and the choice of materials will be analyzed in terms of gate delays and getting signals on to the panel.

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Abbreviations

a-Si:H:

Hydrogenated amorphous silicon

AMLCD:

Active matrix liquid crystal display

ITO:

Indium tin oxide

LC:

Liquid crystal

LCD:

Liquid crystal display

LTPS:

Low-temperature polysilicon

MOSFET:

Metal–Oxide–Semiconductor Field-Effect Transistor

PECVD:

Plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition

P-Si:

Polycrystalline silicon

TFT:

Thin-film transistor

TN:

Twisted nematic

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  1. Division of Electronic Engineering and Physics, University of Dundee, Nethergate, DD1 4HN, Dundee, UK

    Mervin Rose

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  1. Industrial Technology Research Institute Display Technology Center, Hsin Chu, Taiwan

    Janglin Chen

  2. Nottingham Trent University School of Computing & Informatics, Nottingham, United Kingdom

    Wayne Cranton

  3. Veritas et Visus, Temple, TX, USA

    Mark Fihn

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Rose, M. (2016). Active Matrix Liquid Crystal Displays (AMLCDs). In: Chen, J., Cranton, W., Fihn, M. (eds) Handbook of Visual Display Technology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-35947-7_95-3

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