Liquid Crystal Displays (eBook)

In this second edition of Liquid Crystal Displays, Ernst
Lueder provides a timely update to his successful text. His unique
combination of theory and practice presents all the information
required for the development and manufacture of modern high
performance and energy saving LCDs. The author also strives for an
easy to understand description of complex facts.

The second edition focuses on a variety of liquid crystal cells
and their electronic addressing, and outlines new developments
including:

* High performance VA cells, especially for TV, due to two
subpixels with excellent gamma-correction also at oblique
viewing

* Short optical response times in the range of 1 ms also for
inter-gray transitions due to novel addressing waveforms

* Fringe field switching for acceleration of rise and decay of
luminance eliminating frame memories

* Reduction of motion blur by scanning backlights, high frequency
frames, edge enhancement and motion blur modeling

* Very thin LCDs with power saving LED backlights exhibiting
unmatched color purity and larger than NTSC color gamut

* Printed layers on hydrophobic and hydrophilic areas replacing
photolithography

Practicing electrical engineers, physicists, chemists and
display specialists will find this a valuable resource. Researchers
will appreciate the practical guidance given for the design of
improved LCDs, whilst students are provided with a useful overview
of the field.

The Society for Information Display (SID) is an international
society, which has the aim of encouraging the development of all
aspects of the field of information display. Complementary to the
aims of the society, the Wiley-SID series is intended to explain
the latest developments in information display technology at a
professional level. The broad scope of the series addresses all
facets of information displays from technical aspects through
systems and prototypes to standards and ergonomics