GLOSSARY
| ACF | anisotropic conducitive film | |
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| AFLC | anti ferroelectric liquid cyrstal | |
| AM | active matrix | One of the driving system of display. |
| BM | black matrix | One of the part of the color filter. |
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| CCD | charge coupled device | |
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| CCFL | cold cathode fluorescent lamp | |
| CF | color filter | One of the method of colorization. |
| CIF | common intermidiate format | Format to be converted for TV etc. |
| CMOS | complementary metal oxide semiconductor | |
| COF | chip on film | |
| COG | chip on glass | The technology to in stall bear tip on glass substrates. |
| CRT | cathode ray tube | |
| CSH | color super homeotropic | One of the LCD mode. |
| CVD | chemical vapor deposition |
| DAC | digital to analog converter | |
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| DLP | digital light processing | |
| DMGH | double metal guest host | LCD mode called “Guest Host” (Double metal) |
| dpi | dot par inch | unit name for resolution for Printing and Display. |
| DSP | digital signal processer | |
| DSTN | dual-scan super twisted nematic | One of the STN LCD Panel method. |
| DVI | digital video interface |
| ECB | electrically controlled birefringence | One of the LCD made. |
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| ECR | electron cyclotron resonance | |
| EL | electroluminescence | |
| ELA | excimer laser anneal | |
| EMI | electro-magnetic interface | |
| EPD | electorophoretic display |
| FED | field emission display | |
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| FLC | ferroelectric liquid crystal | |
| FPD | flat panel display | |
| FS | field sequential |
| HDTV | high definition television | |
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| HPDLC | holographic polymaer dispersed liquid crystal | |
| HTPS | high temperature poly silicon | |
| HVGA | half video graphics array | Half VGA format,640×240 or 320×480 size. |
| IPS | in-plane switching | IPS is a screen technology for liquid-crystal displays (LCDs). Using in-plane switching, achieved consistent, accurate color from all viewing angles. |
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| ITO | indium tin oxide | One of the transparent conduction film. |
| LCD | liquid crystal display | |
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| LCOS | liquid crystal on silicon | |
| LED | light emitting diode | |
| LTPS | low temperature poly silicon | |
| LVDS | low voltage differential signaling | One of the low differential interface. |
| MCM | Multi-chip module | |
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| MD-TFD | Mobile Digital-Thin Film Diode | |
| MIM | metal-insulator-metal | |
| MLA | microlens array | Optical parts to focus light. |
| MLA | multi-line addressing | |
| MPEG | Moving Picture Experts Group/Moving Picture Image Coding Experts Group | organization to standardize color motion picture coding. |
| MVA | multi-domain vartically aligend | |
| MUSE | multiple sub-Nyquist samle encoding |
| NTSC | National Television System Committee |
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| OCB | optically compensated bend | optically compensated birefringence |
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| OD | optical density | |
| ODF | one drop filling | One Drop Filling process is dropping the liquid crystal directly onto one of the glass sheets uniformly, and bonding on the other glass sheet. |
| OLED | organic light emitting diode |
| PAL | phase alternation by line | Mainly Europe and China adopt this TV Broadcasting Mode. |
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| PALC | plasma addressed liquid crystal | |
| PDP | plasma display panel | |
| PPI | pixel per inch | |
| PVA | patterned vertically aligned |
| QCIF | quarter common intermidiate format | |
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| QVGA | quarter video graphics array |
| RGB | red、green、blue | |
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| RIE | reactive ion etching | |
| RSDS | reduced swung differential signaling | One of the Digital Interface for LCD. |
| SOG | spin on glass | |
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| STN | super twisted nematic | A super-twisted nematic display (STN) is a type of monochrome passive-matrix liquid crystal display (LCD),The molecules twisted from 180 to 270 degrees, have superior characteristics. |
| SVGA | super video graphics array | Generic name for Display mode over VGA. |
| SXGA | super extended graphics array |
| TAB | tape-automated bonding | The technology to install LSI tip on tape film. |
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| TCP | tape carrier package | Thin LSI package consisted of LSI tip bonded on tape film. |
| TEOS | tetraethylorthosilicate | One of the insulating film. |
| TFD | thin film diode | |
| TFT | thin film transistor | |
| TMDS | transition minimized differential signaling | One of the digital interface. |
| TN | twisted nematic | The twisted nematic effect (TN-effect) is one of a main technology of LCD.The molecules twisted 90 degrees, and high response speed. |
| UXGA | ultra extended graphics array | Generally 1600 x 1200 pixels Display format. |
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| VA | vertucally aligned | Vertical-alignment displays are a form of LCDs in which the liquid crystals naturally align vertically to the glass substrates.It can achieve high contrast ratio. |
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| VESA | Video Electronics Standard Association | Organization to standardize Visual and Audio. |
| VGA | video graphics array | 640 x 480 pixels Display format. |
| XGA | extended graphics array | 1024 x 768 pixels Display format. |
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