Liquid Crystal Display Research in Japan |
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Authors: | T Sasaki |
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Institution: | Engineering Center , Sharp Corporation , Tenri-city, Nara, 632, Japan |
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Abstract: | The technology development of liquid crystal display started having a remarkable influence on the technology innovation of up-to-date electronic calculator. While a digital display using liquid crystal display has been developed in its earlier stage as the segment type which sets a limit of display to numeric and certain symbols, it is also spent an effort to develop the X - Y matrix type which can display alpha-numeric and moreover kana characters. As a practical application of the X - Y matrix type liquid crystal display, an alpha-numeric type scientific electronic calculator and electronic translator will be reported. Further, the present status of liquid crystal display applications and trend of R&D in other consumer and industrial electronic industries in Japan will be reported. Finally, activities in the Japanese academic circles will be presented. |
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Keywords: | phase transitions high pressure plastic crystals thermodynamics |
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