LCD (Liquid Crystal Display)
DSTN (Double Super Twisted Nematic - DualScan) passive transistor shift
TFT (Thin Film Transistor) active transistor shift

ISO 13406-2
number of pixel failure in panels

LCD manufacturer
Samsung
Toshiba
Panasonic
LG electronics
Fujitsu
Philips (Hosiden/Matsushita)
Matsushita
Samsung
Acer
Hitachi
IBM
Sharp
NEC
Hosiden
Mitsubishi
Hannstar
ADI

NEC NL-6448AC26-04 TFT 10.4" 640X480
NEC NL-6448AC30-10 TFT 9.4" 640X480
NEC NL-6448AC30-03 TFT 9.4" 640X480
NEC NL-6448AC33-10 TFT 10.4" 640X480
NEC NL-6448AC33-13 TFT 10.4" 640X480
NEC NL-6448AC33-18 TFT 10.4" 640X480
NEC NL-8060BC31-09 TFT 12'1 800X600
NEC NL-8060AC31-02 TFT 10.4" 800X600
NEC NL-8060AC31-01 TFT 10.4" 800X600
SHARP LQ10D42 TFT 10.4" 640X480
SHARP LQ10D421 TFT 10.4" 640X480
SHARP LM64C35P MONO 10.4" 640X480
Planar EL640.480-AA1 EL color 10.4" 640X480

Seiko L1634 series (16x4 char, LCD, integrated Samsung KS0066 controller)
Optrex DMC16433N
Hitachi LM041L
Samsung UC-164-01GNAR
Densitron LM2433A4C16S
Hantronix HDM-16416H


HR (high reflective), back-lighted

VESA (Video Electronics Standard Association)

backlight
CCFL (cold cathode fluorescense light)
InPlaneSwitching (3% light emitting)
TN (6% light emitting)
edge-light-system or multiple-tubing/direct-light
Planon (OSRAM)
BEF (brightness enhancement foile)
DBEF (dual BEF)

Display interface technologies
TN (twisted nematic)
TN (fast light/dark switching)
STN (super twisted nematic)
plain TFT
Retarder
IPS (InPlain-Switching)
IPS (very slow light/dark switching)
dual domain IPS
SuperFine
Vertical Alignment
MVA (Multi Domain Vertical Alignment - Fujitsu panels)
MVA (problems in grayscaling, slow light/dark switching)

LCD- signal protocol
TMDS (Transition Minimized Differential Signal) [VESA-Standard]
PanelLink (Silicon Image Chip) = TMDS = 'RAM-DAC' for didital video
LVDS (Low Voltage Differential Swing) [National Semiconductor, TI]
GVIF (Gigabit Video Interface)

LCD- interface plug
DFPP (Digital Flat Panel Port) [VESA-Standard] -> Molex-Plug
Plug&Display [VESA-Interface, IBM!!!]
DVI (Digital Visual Interface) [intel]
(DVI digital+analog, DVI digital only)
c't 17/99 p.116 pictures

Polymer

CSTN

LTPS

CRT (Cathode Ray Tube)
Trinitron
Flat-Technolgy (DynaFlat, NaturalFlat, FlatDisplay)

Plasma Display

Plastic transistor (electronic ink)
www.lucent.com
www.eink.com

OLED (organic light emitting device)


ELD (electro luminant display)

LTPS-TFT (low temperature polysilicon) polysilicon instead of amorph silicon
www.toshiba.com (15", 1600x1200)


OELD (organic ELD)
www.kodak.com
www.sanyo.com

FED (field emmission display)


analog, digital

MDA monochrome display adapter 80x25chars (IBM)
HGC hercules graphics card (MDA with support for graphics mode)

CGA (IBM 1981)
640x200 2 colors
320x200 4 colors
160x200 16 colors

PGA (IBM 1984)

VGA [VESA DDC / 9pin / 15pin]
name resolution pixels ratio limits first
  320x200   8:5 256 colors out of 262.144 possible  
QVGA 320x240 76.800 4:3    
HVGA 320x480        
EGA 640x350 224.000   16 colors out of 64 possible IBM 1984
  640x400        
VGA 640x480 307.200   16 colors IBM 1987
SVGA 800x600 480.000      
XGA 1024x768 786.432   256 colors IBM 1990
XGA-2 1024x768 786.432   65.536 colors IBM 1990
  1152x864        
WXGA 1365x768 1.048.320      
SXGA 1280x1024 1.310.720     VESA 1280
SXGA+ 1400x1050 1.470.000      
UXGA 1600x1200 1.920.000      
UXGA 1600x1280       VESA 1600
WUXGA 1920x1200        
QXGA 2048x1536 3.145.728      
  2560x2048        
  3200x2400        
8514/A
1024x768 256 colors @43.5Hz
640x480 256 colors @60Hz

9", 10.4", 11", 12.1", 14", 15", 16", 17", 18", 19", 20", 21", 34", 43"