ECEA 5607 Displays
3rd and final course in the Active Optical Devices Specialization
Instructor: Juliet Gopinath,ÌýPh.D., Professor
The course will dive deep into electronic display devices, including liquid crystals, electroluminescent, plasma, organic light-emitting diodes, and electrowetting based displays. You'll learn about various design principles, affordances, and liabilities, and also a variety of applications in the real world of professional optics.
Prior knowledge needed:ÌýUndergraduate courses in physics, calculus, multivariable calculus, differential equations, modern physics/waves, electromagnetism quantum mechanics or quantum physics, statistical mechanics or thermal physics semiconductor physics. Graduate level courses inÌýphysical optics, lasers, and completion of semiconductor devices specialization (ECEA 5630 Semiconductor Physics,ÌýECEA 5631 Diode: Junction and Metal Semiconductor Contact, andÌýECEA 5632ÌýTransistor: field effect transistor and bipolar junction transistor).Ìý
Specific skills to review before the course: Trigonometric &Ìýexponential functions, Algebraic manipulation, Polarization, Jones matrices/vectors and Birefringence.
Learning Outcomes
- Select a display technology for a given application (LIDAR, imaging, microscopy etc.).
- Design a system around the limitations of a given display technology (i.e. addressing).
- Design a system that maximizes contract.
Syllabus
Duration: 4 hours
The course will cover the basics of electronic display devices, including liquid crystals, electroluminescent, plasma, organic light-emitting diodes, and electrowetting based displays. At the end of this course, learners will be able to select a display technology and perform the basic design of the display and have a thorough grasp of basic principles that drive display operation. Module 1 will cover the fundamentals of liquid crystal displays, used in most computer monitors.
Duration: 2Ìýhours
Electroluminescence is the non-thermal generation of light caused by an applied electric field to a material. Displays using this technology have many advantages including fast response, wide viewing angles, high resolution, wide operating temperatures, lightweight, and good display qualities. You will learn about the fundamentals of this important class of displays and challenges.
Duration: 2 hours
In this module, you will learn about promising display technologies that include e-ink, electrowetting, and plasma displays. While the technology is different than the liquid crystal displays, these techniques have their own advantages in terms of contrast, scaling to large areas, and ultralow-power consumption.
Duration: 2Ìýhours
Final exam for this course.
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Grading
Assignment | Percentage of Grade |
Quiz: Liquid Crystal Displays | 20% |
Quiz: Electroluminescent Displays | 20% |
Quiz: E-Ink, Electrowetting, and Plasma Displays | 20% |
Final Exam | 40% |
Letter Grade Rubric
Letter GradeÌý | Minimum Percentage |
A | 90% |
B | 80% |
C | 70% |
D | 60% |
F | 0% |