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Introduction to Microdisplays

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Handbook of Visual Display Technology

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This chapter defines the term “microdisplay,” then overviews the origins, history, and applications of microdisplays. It briefly describes and compares various microdisplay technologies that are, and have been, prevalent. Subsequent chapters go into greater detail on selected technologies.

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Abbreviations

α-Si:

Amorphous Silicon

AM:

Active Matrix

CMOS:

Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor

CRT:

Cathode Ray Tube

DLP:

Digital Light Processing

DMD:

Digital Micro-Mirror Device

EASLM:

Electrically Addressed SLM

EVF:

Electronic Viewfinder

FLCOS:

Ferroelectric LCOS

HMD:

Helmet (or “Head”) Mounted Display

HWD:

Head-Worn Display

LCD:

Liquid Crystal Display

LCOS:

Liquid Crystal On Silicon

LED:

Light-Emitting Diode

μLED:

Micro-LED

MOS:

Metal Oxide Semiconductor

MOSFET:

MOS Field Effect Transistor

MOST:

MOS Transistor (or MOSFET)

N-LCOS:

Nematic LCOS

NTE:

Near-to-Eye

OLED:

Organic Light-Emitting Diode

OASLM:

Optically Addressed SLM

P-OLED:

Polymer OLED

p-Si:

Poly-crystalline Silicon

PHOLED:

Phosphorescent OLED

PM:

Passive Matrix

SLM:

Spatial Light Modulator

SMOLED:

Small-Molecule OLED

TFT:

Thin Film Transistor

VGA:

Video Graphics Array

XLCOS:

Transmissive LCOS

x-Si:

Semiconducting Crystalline Silicon

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Further Reading

  • Armitage D, Underwood I, Wu ST (2006) Introduction to microdisplays. Wiley, Chichester

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  • Lueder E (2010) Liquid crystal displays, 2nd edn. Wiley, Chichester

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  • Wu ST, Yang D-K (2001) Reflective liquid crystal displays. Wiley, Chichester

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  • Yeh P, Gu C (1999) Optics of liquid crystal displays. Wiley, Chichester

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  • Shinar J (2004) Organic light-emitting devices: a survey. Springer Verlag publication, New York. ISBN 0-387-95343-4

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Acknowledgments

The author gratefully acknowledges the assistance of Ahmad Wafi Mahmood Zuhdi, Krzysztof Nguyen of the University of Edinburgh in the preparation and checking of the manuscript.

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  1. School of Engineering University of Edinburgh, King’s Buildings, Mayfield Road, EH9 3JL, Edinburgh, UK

    Ian Underwood (Professor of Electronic Displays)

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  1. Industrial Technology Research Institute, Hsinchu, Taiwan

    Janglin Chen

  2. Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham, UK

    Wayne Cranton

  3. Veritas et Visus, Texas, USA

    Mark Fihn

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Underwood, I. (2012). Introduction to Microdisplays. In: Chen, J., Cranton, W., Fihn, M. (eds) Handbook of Visual Display Technology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-79567-4_125

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