FPD manufacturing strategies

摘要

The challenge in discussing flat-panel displays (FPD) is that they are both a technology and an application. For example, the thin-film transistor liquid-crystal display (TFT-LCD) is a very specific technology that comprises an electronic backplane and an electro-optical frontplane. This technology combination results in an application, which is a trans-missive electronic display (and can also be reflective and transflective). The TFT-LCD is quite different structurally and functionally from a plasma display panel (PDP), which emits, rather than transmits, light. From an application standpoint, the LCD is ubiquitous in portable PCs and suitable in products as varied as cell phones, desktop monitors, and TVs. PDPs, however, seem to have found a niche in large-area markets such as signage and TV.