The Dichroic Display: Promise Fulfilled?

Kevin J. Hathaway; Eric C. Henderson; Gene Carl Koch

doi:10.1117/12.970231

16 August 1983 The Dichroic Display: Promise Fulfilled?

Kevin J. Hathaway, Eric C. Henderson, Gene Carl Koch

Proceedings Volume 0386, Advances in Display Technology III; (1983) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.970231
Event: 1983 Los Angeles Technical Symposium, 1983, Los Angeles, United States

Abstract

A few years back, the Guest-host (dichroic) display received a great deal of attention at conferences and in the literature. However, more recently the number of Guest-host papers seems to have decreased. The Guest-host display attracted interest because of its promises of high brightness, wide viewing angle, color contrast, high reliability, and low cost when compared to a conventional twisted nematic (TN) LCD. Today, the Guest-host display has yet to make significant market inroads against the TN-LCD. Is the Guest-host display ready for applications? What is the state-of-the-art? Who is manufacturing the dichroic LCD? A critical evaluation of this technology will be presented from an applications engineering perspective. Performance, cost and reliability data will he included along with a survey of products in which this display is now found. A competitive comparison will also be made between the TN and Guest-host LCDs. Finally, the author will present his views on the expectations for the future of this technology.

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Kevin J. Hathaway, Eric C. Henderson, and Gene Carl Koch "The Dichroic Display: Promise Fulfilled?", Proc. SPIE 0386, Advances in Display Technology III, (16 August 1983); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.970231

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