Contents:

1 Executive Summary 1.1. Overview of this Report 1.2. Primary Conclusions 2 Introduction 3 AMLCD Monitors - The State Of The Art 3.1. Performance and Key Operating Characteristics 3.1.1 Resolution 3.1.2 Contrast 3.1.3 Response Time and Motion Artifacts 3.1.4 Viewing Angle 3.1.5 Brightness 3.1.6 Power Dissipation / Efficiency 3.1.7 Cost 3.2. Architectures and Approaches 3.2.1 Color Filters 3.2.2 LC Cell 3.2.2.1 Twisted Nematic (TN) LCD 3.2.2.1 Vertically Aligned Nematic (VAN) LCD 3.2.2.2 In-Plane Switching (IPS) LCD 3.2.3 Backlight 3.2.4 Architectures for Mitigation of Motion Artifacts 3.3. Summary - Spatial Color Monitors 4 Field Sequential Color Monitors 4.1. Introduction 4.2. FSC Operating Principles and Issues 4.2.1 Color-Sequential Backlight 4.2.2 AMLCD Addressing and Timing 4.2.3 Motion Artifacts and Color Breakup 4.3. FSC Architectures and Approaches 4.3.1 Fast LCD Technologies 4.3.1.1 VAN (microdisplays) 4.3.1.2 Ferroelectric LCDs 4.3.1.3 Optically Compensated Bend (OCB) LCD 4.3.2 FSC Backlight Architectures 4.4. Recent FSC Activities and Demonstrations 4.4.1 Samsung 4.4.2 Toshiba 4.4.3 AU Optronics Corp (AUO) 4.4.4 Chunghwa Picture Tubes (CPT) 4.4.5 HDT 5 Summary - FSC vs Spatial Color 5.1. Performance Trades 5.2. Cost Trades 5.3. Power / Weight Trades 5.4. Risks / Concerns 5.4.1 OCB LCD technology 5.4.2 Backlight cost / complexity 5.4.3 Image quality 5.4.4 Refresh rate 5.5. Development Roadmap Table of Figures Figure 1: A half-century of field-sequential color Figure 2: Spatial Color AMLCDs have Limited Transmittance Figure 3: AMLCD Using Stripe Color Filter Mosaic Figure 4: AMLCD Color Filters each transmit selective portions of backlight spectrum Figure 5: Non-uniform Tilt Orientation Causes Visible Artifacts Figure 6: Twisted Nematic (TN) LCD Figure 7: Multidomain Vertical Aligned LCD (MVA) Figure 8: In-Plane Switching LCD (IPS) Figure 9: AMLCD Backlight Architectures Figure 10: Backlight Timing Figure 11: Field Sequential Color Image Generation Figure 12: FSC Timing Requirements Figure 13: Optically Compensated Bend (OCB) LCD Figure 14: Toshiba 32-inch Spatial Color OCB AMLCD Figure 15: FSC Scanning Backlight Figure 16: Lightguide Structure for FSC Scanning Backlight Figure 17: Samsung 32-in FSC Display (ca 2005) Figure 18: Mitigating Motion Artifacts with OCB Television (CPT) Figure 19: HDT Flight Information Display Table of Tables Table 1: Large Screen LCD Television and Monitor Performance Table 2: Notebook PC Displays Table 3: LC Operating Modes and Suppliers Table 4: Some Solid State Monitor Backlights Table 5: Comparing Four AMLCD Monitors Table 6: Cost Comparison Spatial Color vs. FSC Table 7: Development Roadmap

Companies Mentioned

- AU Optronics Corp (AUO) - Chunghwa Picture Tubes (CPT) - HDT - Samsung - Toshiba