Rodriguez, Aeron Paul M.

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Group No. 2

Homework No. 1: Cell phone displays

LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY

An LCD is made with either a passive matrix or an active matrix display display
grid. The active matrix LCD is also known as a thin film transistor (TFT) display. The
passive matrix LCD has a grid of conductors with pixels located at each intersection in
the grid. A current is sent across two conductors on the grid to control the light for any
pixel. An active matrix has a transistor located at each pixel intersection, requiring less
current to control the luminance of a pixel. For this reason, the current in an active
matrix display can be switched on and off more frequently, improving the screen refresh
time.

Liquid crystal is formed by chemicals The molecules used have to be

anisotropic, and to exhibit mutual attraction. Polarizable rod-shaped molecules
(biphenyls, terphenyls, etc.) are common. A common form is a pair of aromatic benzene
rings, with a nonpolar moiety (pentyl, heptyl, octyl, or alkyl oxy group) on one end and
polar (nitrile, halogen) on the other. Liquid crystal are formed due to Liquid crystals find
wide use in liquid crystal displays, which rely on the optical properties of certain liquid
crystalline substances in the presence or absence of an electric field.

FINDINGS

Liquid crystals are used as a display panel as the presence of electrical is almost
voided. The radiation emmited by the cellphone was lowered due to anistropic property
of liquid crystals.