Emerging display devices
Abstract
Different technologies require different types of display devices. The effort to find a single display device optimized for all purposes has thus far been fruitless. This paper discusses the various displays most commonly used today, and describes display technologies which will become available in the near future. Attention is given to the flat panel CRT which is the current mainstay of display technology, and to a comparison with new systems which may replace it. Among the systems mentioned are: gas-discharge (AC) displays, using a Ne-Ar mixture enclosed between dielectric coated conductors; DC displays, in which the electrodes are in direct contact with the gas mixture; liquid crystals and LED, especially large, multi-color displays; and electroluminescence, AC powder, DC powder, and AC film. In all systems, reliability (few peripheral circuits), readability, and power efficiency are stressed.
- Publication:
-
IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices
- Pub Date:
- February 1978
- DOI:
- 10.1109/T-ED.1978.19055
- Bibcode:
- 1978ITED...25..167P
- Keywords:
-
- Cathode Ray Tubes;
- Display Devices;
- Light Emitting Diodes;
- Liquid Crystals;
- Plasma Display Devices;
- Technology Assessment;
- Direct Current;
- Electroluminescence;
- Flat Plates;
- Gas Discharges;
- Power Efficiency;
- Reliability Engineering;
- Technological Forecasting;
- Instrumentation and Photography