Flat-Panel Displays

Technology Map Contents

April 2008

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Importance of the Technology

The Technology in Brief

• Liquid-Crystal Displays
  • Performance
  • How an LCD Operates
  • Passive-Matrix (Direct-Multiplex) Addressing
  • Supertwist LCDs
  • Active-Matrix Addressing
  • LCD Powering and Backlighting Issues
  • Large-Area LCDs
• Plasma Displays
• Organic Light-Emitting–Diode Displays
• Microdisplays (Virtual Displays and Projection-Based Displays)
• Field-Emission Displays
• Flexible or E-Paper Displays
  • Front-Plane Technology
  • Backplane Technology
• 3-D Displays

Commercial Development Parameters

• Demand Factors
• General Constraints
• Synergistic Technologies
  • Display Drivers
  • Critical Panel Materials
• Competing Technologies
  • Cathode-Ray Tubes
  • Virtual Display Systems

Implications of Commercialization

• Continued Dominance of LCD Technology
• Demand for Electronic Replacements for Paper
• Advances in the Mobile Industry
• Emergence of OLED Technology

Opportunities

• TVs
  • The Rise of FPD TVs
  • LCD-TV–Industry Structure
  • Commercial Opportunities
• Computer Monitors
• Displays for Mobile Handsets
  • Types of Displays
  • Value Chain for the Mobile-Handset Industry
  • Rise of Original Design Manufacturers
• Displays for Consumer Portable Electronic Devices
• Paper Replacements
  • Paper's Advantages
  • Retail Shelf and Counter Labels
  • Obstacles to Commercialization of E-Paper Labels
  • Text-Based Content Readers
• Public Displays

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