On September 11-15, 1995, UCLA Extension will present the short course,
"High-Information-Content Flat-Panel Display Technologies", on the UCLA
campus in Los Angeles.
The instructors are Lawrence E. Tannas, Jr., Tannas Electronics; Peter S.
Friedman, Photonics Imaging; Jules D. Levine, Texas Instruments; and Roger
G. Stewart, David Sarnoff Research Center.
Technological advances in Japan and by the ARPA-led U.S. display initiative
have created a renewed interest and vigor in flat-panel displays. This
course addresses that interest and is designed for engineers, scientists,
inventors,
and entrepreneurs who require foundational knowledge of the state of the art
of flat panel displays. The course covers success and problems in achieving
good-quality FPDs as related to CRTs. It treats the subject primarily at
the component level and is devoted to providing a thorough understanding of
fundamental principles, technical barriers, requirements, approaches,
motivations, and solutions to high-information-content (HIC) FPDs.
The course begins with a discussion of the fundamental aspects of displays
engineering and human factors engineering needed to grasp the concept
and status of HIC FPDs. Concepts in photometry, colorimetry, ergonomics,
flicker, vision, etc. are introduced. The basic problems of efficiency,
addressing, contrast, gray scale, color, and cost are presented in detail.
Lectures review the historical development of the CRT and FPDs up to the
present state of the art and prediction on future developments. The physics
and phenomenology of the most successful HIC flat display technologies
are covered in detail, including plasma panel (gas discharge), field
emissive (vacuum fluorescent), electroluminescent, and liquid crystal
displays. Electrophoretics, electrochromics, light-emitting diodes, and
other techniques
are also discussed, along with CRTs for background knowledge. This course
concludes with the status of current HIC FPD applications to projectors,
helmets,
and other products. Demonstrations are given throughout the course.
The course fee is $1595, which includes extensive course materials.
For additional information and a complete course description, please contact
Marcus Hennessy at:
(310) 825-1047
(310) 206-2815 fax
mhenness@unex.ucla.edu