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MIT Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Spring 2002 Catalogue Supplement |
Professor Akinwande, Room 39-553, 8-7974
Prereq.: 6.002, 6.012 or permission of instructor
3-2-7
Description: The course covers the physical principles that are used in the operation of flat panel display devices. Topics that will be covered include: (a) The human visual system, the requirements it places on the display devices and the link to image compression; (b) physical principles of emissive flat panel displays - electroluminescence, photoluminescence and cathodoluminescence . Examples will include plasma display, field emission display and inorganic and organic electroluminescent displays devices; (c) physical principles of light valve displays - spatial light modulation. Examples will include various liquid crystal displays, deformable mirror displays, electrophoretic displays and membrane mirror displays; and (d) active back planes and devices for large area electronics that are required to spatially and temporally modulate the displays. The course will focus on organic and in-organic thin-film transistors and display drivers circuits.
Laboratories: The course includes a laboratory component in which (a) electroluminescent display, (b) organic light emitting display (OLED), (c) Twisted Nematic liquid crystal display (TN-LCD) and (d) Polymer Dispersed Liquid Crystal Display (PDLC) and (e) driver electronics will be built and characterized. There will be six laboratory sessions scheduled.
Design Project: There is also a design project at the end of the course.
Final Design Project: a final project on Micro-Display design will be handed out at mid-semester. Students will work in groups. A final project report and an in-class presentation is expected during the last week of the semester.
Homework: There are four problems sets for undergraduates and four longer problem sets for graduate students.
http://hackman.mit.edu/6.973
Please contact Professor Akinwande at akinwande@mtl.mit.edu if you have any questions.