Title :
The history of liquid-crystal display and its industry
Author :
Kawamoto, Hiroaki
Abstract :
Liquid-crystal display (LCD) was invented in 1964 at RCA Laboratories in Princeton, NJ. In 1970, twisted-nematic (TN) mode of operation was discovered, which gave LCD the first commercial success. The LCD manufacturers supplied small-size displays to portable products such as digital watches and pocket calculators. In 1988, Sharp Corporation demonstrated a 14-in. active-matrix full-color full-motion display using a TFT (thin-film-transistor) array. Observing this, Japan launched a true LCD industry. Large-size displays were first supplied to personal computers and then to television receivers. In the second half of 1990s, the industry has moved to Korea and Taiwan.
Keywords :
electronics industry; history; liquid crystal displays; television receivers; thin film transistors; RCA Laboratories; TFT; active-matrix full-color full-motion display; digital watches; industry; liquid-crystal display; pocket calculators; small-size displays; television receivers; thin-film-transistor array; twisted-nematic mode; Active Matrix; Fluorinated Liquid-Crystals; Heilmeier; Helfrich; IPS; Sharp; TN Mode;
Conference_Titel :
HISTory of ELectro-technology CONference (HISTELCON), 2012 Third IEEE
Conference_Location :
Pavia
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-3079-4
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4673-3077-0
DOI :
10.1109/HISTELCON.2012.6487587
