WTEC Panel Report on

Display Technologies in Russia, Ukraine, and Belarus

J. William Doane (Chair)
Patricia E. Cladis
Christopher Curtin
James Larimer
Marko Slusarczuk
Jan B. Talbot
Zvi Yaniv

December 1994

TABLE OF CONTENTS

JTEC/WTEC Staff
Disclaimer
Abstract
Foreword
List of Figures
List of Tables

Executive Summary

1. Overview

J. William Doan

• Introduction
• Subject Areas
• Highlights

2. Liquid Crystal Display Materials and Related Technologies

Patricia E. Cladis

• Why Evaluate Liquid Crystal Display Technologies in theFSU?
• Background for this Evaluation
• History of FSU Contributions to the Physics of
• Socioeconomic Structures
• Nonemissive Display Materials in the FSU
• Conclusions
• References

3. Liquid Crystal and Other Nonemissive Displays

Zvi Yaniv

• Introduction
• Passive Liquid Crystal Displays
• Active Matrix LCDs
• The LCD Industry in the FSU
• Conclusions
• References

4. Vacuum Fluorescent, Electroluminescent, Field Emission, and Other Emissive Displays

Christopher Curtin

• Introduction
• Cathode Ray Tubes
• Electroluminescent Displays
• Vacuum Fluorescent Displays
• Plasma Displays
• Light-Emitting Diodes
• E-Beam Pumped Laser Projectors
• Summary and Conclusions

5. Phosphors and Other Emissive Materials

Jan B. Talbot

• Introduction
• Powder Luminescent Materials
• Materials for Electroluminescent Displays
• LED Materials
• Other Thin-film Luminescence Materials
• FED Cathodes Materials
• Projection TV and Laser Materials
• Electrochromic Materials
• Summary

6. Infrastructure

James Larimer

• Introduction
• Anecdotes and Stories
• Flat Panel Display Infrastructure
• Summary

7. Business Perspective

Marko Slusarczuk

• Introduction
• The Way Things Were
• The Way Things Are Now
• What is Left?
• Getting Information on the Available Technology
• Getting There and Getting Around
• Who Owns the Technology?
• The Patent Dilemma
• The Actual Deal
• Conclusions

APPENDICES

A. Professional Experience of Panel Members

B. Professional Experience of Other Team Members

C. Russian Site Reports

• A.F. Ioffe Physico-Technical Institute
• Chromatron Plant Ltd.
• ELMA: Research and Production Organization
• Elorma Scientific Industrial Corporation
• Giricond Research and Development Institute
• Institute of Fine Mechanics and Optics
• Lomonosov Institute of Fine Chemical Technology
• Moscow Institute of Chemical Technology
• Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology
• Moscow State Institute of Electronics and Mathematics
• Moscow State University, Chemistry Department
• Niopik Organic Intermediates and DyesInstitute
• Piastr Engineering and Commercial Enterprise
• Platan
• Platan Scientific Production Corporation
• Pribor Company
• Reflector
• Rosich and Co., Ltd.
• Russian Academy of Sciences, Institute of Crystallography
• Russian Academy of Sciences, Institute of Analytical Instrumentation
• Sapphire Research and Production Amalgamation
• Vavilov State Optical Institute
• Volga Research and Development Institute
• Zelenograd Research Institute of Physical Problems

D. Belarus Site Reports

• Integral, Nemiga, and Electronika
• Planar
• Radioengineering Institute
• Sevtchenko Institute of Applied Problems

E. Ukrainian Site Reports

• Erotron Research Institute
• Institute of Physics, Ukraine Academy of Sciences
• Institute of Physics of Semiconductors, UkraineAcademy of Sciences
• Kyyiv Scientific Research Institute for Microelectronic Technique and Materials
• L'viv Polytechnica State University
• L'viv State University, Departments of Physics and Chemistry
• Helium Scientific Research Institute of Display Devices
• V.M. Glushkov Institute of Cybernetics, Ukraine Academy of Sciences

F. World View of Liquid Crystal Flat Panel Displays

Patricia E. Cladis

G. Structural Scheme of Ukrainian LCR&D

H. Glossary

Copyright 1994 by Loyola College in Maryland