Introduction to Flat Panel Displays

by Jiun-Haw Lee (National Taiwan University ); David N. Liu (Industrial Technology Research Institute ); Shin-Tson Wu (University of Central Florida, USA)

• ISBN13: 9780470721940
• ISBN10: 0470721944
• Format: eBook
• Copyright: 2008-11-01
• Publisher: Wiley

Summary

Flat Panel Displays (FPDs) are a frequent feature in our daily lives, used in mobile phones, laptop computers, desktop computer monitors and TVs. Several display technologies have been developed for FPDs, such as liquid crystal display (LCD), plasma display panel (PDP), light emitting diode (LED), organic light emitting device (OLED) and field emission display (FED).Introduction to Flat Panel Displays describes the fundamental sciences behind each display technology: LCD, PDP, LED, OLED and FED including carbon nanotubes. It contains a comparative analysis of the different display technologies in which detailed overviews of each technology are linked together so as to provide a comprehensive reference for students and display engineers, alike. Solved problems as well as homework problems are provided in each chapter to help consolidate students' reading, as well as solutions hosted on an accompanying website.Features include:the classifications and specifications of display technologies as guidelines for developing a display and judging their performances;principles for designing color displays with good color saturation and wide color gamut;basic operating principles of thin-film transistors (TFTs) and their applications to state-of-the-art TFT-LCD and TFT-OLED; an overview of FED fundamentals comprising the physics of field emission, as well as FED structure and display mechanism.Senior undergraduate and graduate students taking courses in engineering, physics and chemistry will benefit from the systematic approach used throughout the book, which will help to prepare students for entry into a display profession. Display engineers, research scientists and technicians working on the development of flat panel display technology will also find this book an invaluable resource. Comparisons of the strengths and weaknesses of each of the display technologies will help professionals to decide which to use for their applications.

Table of Contents

Series Editor's Foreword

About the authors

Preface

Acknowledgements

Introduction.

Flat panel displays

Emissive and nonemissive displays

Display specifications

Applications of flat panel displays

Color science and engineering.

Introduction

The eye

Colorimetry

Production and reproduction of colors

Thin-film transistors.

Introduction

Basic concepts of crystallized semiconductor materials

Disordered semiconductors

Thin-film transistor characteristics

Passive matrix and active matrix driving schemes

Non-silicon-based thin-film transistors

Liquid crystal displays.

Introduction

Transmissive thin-film transistor liquid crystal displays

Liquid crystal materials

Liquid crystal alignment

Homogeneous cell

Twisted nematic

In-Plane switching

Fringe field switching

Vertical alignment

Optically compensated bend cell

Transflective liquid crystal displays

Future directions

Plasma display panels.

Introduction

Physics of gas discharge

Plasma display panels

Front plate techniques

Rear plate techniques

Assembly and aging techniques

System techniques

Light-emitting diodes.

Introduction

Material systems

Diode characteristics

Light-emitting characteristics

Device fabrication

Applications

Organic light-emitting devices.

Introduction

Energy states in organic materials

Photophysical processes

Carrier injection, transport and recombination

Structure, fabrication and characterization

Improvement of internal quantum efficiency

Improvement of extraction efficiency

Field emission displays.

Introduction

Physics of field emission

FED structure and display mechanism

Emitter

Panel process

Field emission array plate techniques

Phosphor plate techniques

Assembly and aging techniques

System techniques

Index

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