A high image-quality LCD addressed by lateral MIM

Amorphous‐Metal Thin Films Enable Ultra‐High‐Definition Display Backplanes

“…This is precisely why manufacturers invested in MIM-TFD technology throughout the 1990s. 7,8 Single-select MIM-TFD technologies struggled with poor gray-scale control and large-area uniformity issues so that they could not compete with a-Si:H TFT backplane technology. The uniformity issues can be solved by moving to a dual-select drive circuit.…”

“…Reduced mask count and process simplicity can potentially have a tremendous impact on device yield and cost. This is precisely why manufacturers invested in MIM‐TFD technology throughout the 1990s 7 , 8 . Single‐select MIM‐TFD technologies struggled with poor gray‐scale control and large‐area uniformity issues so that they could not compete with a‐Si:H TFT backplane technology.…”

“…6 From the early 1990s to the mid-2000s, metal-insulatormetal thin-film-diode (MIM-TFD) and dualselect-diode (DSD) backplane technologies were developed as low-cost alternatives to TFT backplanes. [7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14] amorphous-metal non-linear resistor (AMNR). In our discussion, we will first introduce the AMNR device and then describe how it is utilized in an AMNR-DS backplane for UHD LCD TVs.…”

“…6 From the early 1990s to the mid-2000s, metal-insulatormetal thin-film-diode (MIM-TFD) and dualselect-diode (DSD) backplane technologies were developed as low-cost alternatives to TFT backplanes. [7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14] The Case for Amorphous Metals Our team at Amorphyx is developing a new generation of dual-select (DS) backplanes using amorphous-metal thin films. The device enabling these backplanes is the Amorphous-Metal Thin Films Enable Ultra-High-Definition Display Backplanes Amorphous-metal thin films can enable a new generation of TFT-free display backplanes for ultra-high-definition (UHD) LCD TVs.…”

“…The question as to whether there are alternatives to using TFTs in backplane technology has been asked for some time 6 . From the early 1990s to the mid‐2000s, metal‐insulator‐metal thin‐film‐diode (MIM‐TFD) and dual‐select‐diode (DSD) backplane technologies were developed as low‐cost alternatives to TFT backplanes 7–14 …”