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Transmissive Liquid Crystal Microdisplays

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Transmissive Liquid Crystal Microdisplays (T-LCMs) take the concept of the Active Matrix Liquid Crystal Display (AMLCD) and reduce it to the size of a postage-stamp or smaller. The principle of operation of T-LCMs is very similar to that of conventional AMLCDs as covered in detail elsewhere in this Handbook. In this Chapter we focus on the differences between regular-sized AMLCDs and T-LCMs and the differences between T-LCMs and reflective LCOS microdisplays.

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Abbreviations

α-Si:

Amorphous Silicon

AMLCD:

Active Matrix LCD

CMOS:

Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor

FF:

Pixel Fill Factor

FLC:

Ferroelectric Liquid Crystal

FET:

Field Effect Transistor

HMD:

Head-Mounted Display

HTPS:

High-Temperature Poly-Silicon

ITO:

Indium Tin Oxide

LCD:

Liquid Crystal Display

LCLV:

Liquid Crystal Light Valve

LCM:

Liquid Crystal Microdisplay

LCOS:

Liquid Crystal On Silicon

LCOSM:

Liquid Crystal on Silicon Microdisplay

LTPS:

Low-Temperature Poly-Silicon

MOS:

Metal Oxide Semiconductor

p-Si:

Polycrystalline Silicon

SLM:

Spatial Light Modulator

SSFLC:

Surface Stabilized Ferroelectric Liquid Crystal

T-LCM:

Transmissive Liquid Crystal Microdisplay

TN:

Twisted Nematic

t-Si:

Transferred Silicon

VA:

Vertical Alignment

x-Si:

Crystalline Silicon

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Further Reading

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

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Acknowledgments

The author wishes to thank Ahmad Wafi Mahmood Zuhdi, Krzysztof Nguyen of the University of Edinburgh for assistance in the preparation of the manuscript.

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  1. School of Engineering, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH9 3JZ, 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). Transmissive Liquid Crystal 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_127

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