APPENDIX C. GLOSSARY

a-Si

amorphous silicon

a-Si TFT

amorphous silicon thin-film transistor

AGV

automated guided vehicle

ALCOM

advanced liquid crystalline optical materials

AM

active matrix

AMLCD

active matrix liquid crystal display

Anisotropy

directionally dependent

APCVD

atmospheric pressure chemical vapor deposition

Birefringence

having an index of refraction that is different for different polarization of light

Bistable

stable in two conditions

CCD

charge coupled device

CDT

color display tubes

CF

color filters

Chiral

material with either a left or right handed helical arrangement.

CMOS

complementary metal oxide semiconductor

CPT

color picture tubes

CRT

cathode-ray tube

DBS

direct broadcast satellite

DI

deionized

DTI

Display Technologies Inc. (joint venture company by Toshiba and IBM)

ECB

electrically controlled birefringence

EDTV

extended definition television

EL

electroluminescence

Electrodeposition

deposited electrically

ES

engineering services

Ferroelectric

material possessing spontaneous electric polarization

FID

field induction drain

FLC

ferroelectric chiral smectic

FLCD

ferroelectric LCDs

FPDs

flat-panel displays

FPS

frames per second

fps

fields per second

GTC

Giant Technology Corporation

HDTEC

High Definition Television Engineering Corporation

HDTV

high definition television

Homeotropic

liquid crystal uniformity aligned in a direction perpendicular to the planar substrate

HT

high tilt

ISDB

integrated services digital broadcasting

JKTC

Japan Key Technology Center

JSPS

Japan Society for the Promotion of Science

LC

liquid crystal

LCD

liquid crystal displays

LCM

liquid crystal modules

LDD

lightly doped drain

Lenticles

an array of small lenses

Liquid Crystals

states of matter in which the molecules are orientationally ordered but incompletely spatially ordered

LPCVD

low pressure chemical vapor deposition

LSI

large-scale integration

MBBA

(4-n-methoxybenzylidene-4'n-butylaniline)

Microlens

very small lenses

MIM

metal-insulator-metal

MITI

Ministry of International Trade and Industry

MOE

Ministry of Education, Science, and Culture

Monotropic

a liquid crystalline phase which is observed only upon cooling the sample

MOS

metal-oxide semiconductor

MPT

Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications

Multiplexing

switching between two or more locations

NCAP

name given to liquid crystal/polymer dispersions manufactured by the Raychem Corporation

NCIPT

National Center for Integrated Photonic Technology

Nematic

liquid crystalline phase with no spatial ordering of the molecules

NTT

Nippon Telephone and Telegraph

OIS

optical imaging systems

PCM

pulse code modulation

PDLC

polymer-dispersed liquid crystals

PDP

plasma display panels

PECVD

plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition

Photolithography

use of optically-exposed photoresist masks to produce patterns

Photopolymerization

light induced polymerization

PLC

polymer liquid crystals

p-Si

polycrystalline silicon

RGBG

red, green, blue, green pixel pattern

RGBW

red, green blue & white pixel pattern

RODIC

the name of a Japanese company formed as a joint venture between Dainippon Ink and Hoffmann LaRoche

SEM

scanning electron microscope

SEMI

Semiconductor Equipment and Materials Institute

SFT

superthin film transistor

Smectic

a liquid crystalline phase where the molecules are arranged in layers

STN

supertwisted nematic

TFEL

thin film electro-luminescent displays

TFT

thin-film transistor

TN

twisted nematic

TPM

total productive maintenance

VGA

video graphic adapters

VLSI

very large scale integration

VTR

video tape recorder