Fault tolerant avionics display system

Discusses the fault-tolerant requirements of avionics display systems, and an open architecture which permits implementing these requirements. The fault tolerant requirements include the classes of hardware and software faults. Within each class, the requirements are broken down into fault types the system must tolerate. The designers of both hardware and software must develop and integrated approach to implementing fault detection, damage assessment, fault isolation, and recovery for the fault types. Active matrix (AM) liquid crystal displays (LCDs) used with high-performance graphics and video processors provide the capability needed to achieve these fault-tolerant designs