A high image-quality LCD addressed by lateral MIM

A novel lateral MIM-LCD, (liquid crystal display) has been developed which has a high pixel density (about 270 dpi) and a high contrast ratio over a wide temperature range (over 130:1 from 0 degrees C-80 degrees C). Two types of lateral MIM-LCD are presented: a 4.2-in-diagonal, 640-pixel*240-pixel LCD with each pixel addressed by eight parallel-lateral-MIMs and a 2.98-in-diagonal 640-pixel*480 pixel LCD with each pixel addressed by back-to-back lateral MIM. This lateral MIM can be used for an electric view finder or a light valve because the pixel-size can be designed to be sufficiently small and can attain high aperture ratio. In addition, the redundancy of pixel defects can create high yield ratio when fabricating displays such as the full color workstation display.<
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