George H. Heilmeier Was LCD Pioneer

摘要

Liquid-crystal pioneer Dr. George H. Heilmeier passed away on April 22, 2014, in Piano, Texas. He and his team at RCA built the first liquid-crystal display that operated at or below room temperature. Heilmeier received his B.S. degree in electrical engineering from the University of Pennsylvania in 1958 and upon graduation was recruited by RCA to join the company's doctoral study award program in conjunction with Princeton University. He focused on parametric amplification, tunnel-diode down-converters, millimeter-wave generation, ferro- electric thin-film devices, organic semiconductors, and electro-optic effects in liquid crystals.