Four hundred technical contributions in eight distinct fields of electro-optical technology — how can a reviewer do justice to an event of this size? The simple answer, of course, is that it cannot be done. As a compromise PRECISION ENGINEERING asked two visitors simply to write on the presentations that they found of interest.

SPIE international technical conference/Europe

A large number of new display technologies are available for flat panel displays. Currently, each of the technologies has a unique set of features and limitations, which results in that technology being well suited for some applications and inappropriate for the others. After a brief explanation of the problems encounter in flat panel display systems, we will discuss the various categories of flat panel display technologies which can be divided into two groups : - Emissive displays such as flat cathode ray tubes electroluminescent display, plasma panel... - Non emissive displays such as the famous liquid cristal display. When considering any such display it is especially important that we consider the impact of the display on the whole system and particularly the electronic area as all flat panel displays are not driven with equal ease. In conclusion, the choise of flat panel display for 3D imaging will mainly depends on user's requirements and flat panel characteristics.

Jean-Noel Perbet

Papers

Flat Panel Displays For 3-D Imaging