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The birth and early childhood of active matrix — A personal memoir
Author(s) -
Brody T. Peter
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
journal of the society for information display
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.578
H-Index - 52
eISSN - 1938-3657
pISSN - 1071-0922
DOI - 10.1889/1.1985000
Subject(s) - abandonment (legal) , memoir , matrix (chemical analysis) , active matrix , position (finance) , computer science , history , sociology , business , art history , materials science , political science , nanotechnology , law , composite material , finance , layer (electronics) , thin film transistor
— The genesis and evolution of the concept of active matrix and its reduction to practice at Westinghouse Labs in the early '70s is recounted from a personal viewpoint by the author, who was manager of the thin‐film projects at the time. The story is continued beyond Westinghouse's abandonment of the project to the formation in 1981 of Panelvision, the first AMLCD company, and ends in 1985 when Panelvision was sold and Japanese companies assumed their present dominant position in the market. A postscript expresses views of the author on the future of active‐matrix displays.