A Brief Review of Histoty, Present Status, Developments and Market Overview of Liquid Crystal Displays

This paper reviews the present status, recent developments, future trend and market of liquid crystal displays. It also describes the historical developments very briefly. Today over 99% of LCDs are twisted nematic and their dominance is expected to continue in the near future. Recent developments in polarizers, glass plates, sealing, alignment, liquid crystal materials, etc., are described. Advances in multiplexing, thermally addressed S, displays and dichroic displays are discussed. Dye phase change and TFh may find considerable application in the future. Three major sectors of LCD market—calculator, watch and clock displays will remain almost static in terms of total dollar value though the number of units will be increasing. Trenendous growth rate of LCDs is expected in industrial and consumer items, office equipment, personal computers, business equipment, automobiles, avionics, military and telecommunications.