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Displays

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Displays

This course is part of Active Optical Devices Specialization

Instructor: Juliet Gopinath

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3 modules

Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.

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Designed for those already in the industry

Flexible schedule

8 hours to complete

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3 modules

Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.

53 reviews

Advanced level

Designed for those already in the industry

Flexible schedule

8 hours to complete

Learn at your own pace

Build toward a degree

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What you'll learn

Describe the basic principles underlying electroluminescent displays
Describe the basic principles that drive display operation
Explain the technology of electrowetting, e-ink, plasma, and LED displays

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There are 3 modules in this course

This course can also be taken for academic credit as ECEA 5607, part of CU Boulder’s Master of Science in Electrical Engineering degree.

Displays Course Introduction 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. Course Learning Outcomes At the end of this course you will be able to… (1) Select a display technology for a given application (LIDAR, imaging, microscopy etc.) (2) Design a system around the limitations of a given display technology (ie. addressing) (3) Design a system that maximizes contract

Module details

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 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.

What's included

10 videos5 readings2 assignments1 discussion prompt

10 videosTotal 66 minutes

Intro to Displays1 minute
Intro to Liquid Crystal Displays2 minutes
Introduction to Displays10 minutes
Liquid Crystal Displays, Part I10 minutes
Liquid Crystal Displays, Part II4 minutes
Twisted Nematic Cell, Part I9 minutes
Twisted Nematic Cell, Part II5 minutes
Active Matrix Addressing7 minutes
Super Twisted Nematic Cells, Part I6 minutes
Super Twisted Nematic Cells, Part II12 minutes

5 readingsTotal 31 minutes

Course Updates and Accessibility Support1 minute
Non-Credit Students: Welcome and Where to Find Help10 minutes
References5 minutes
Reference Values and Equations10 minutes
Accessing MATLAB 5 minutes

2 assignmentsTotal 120 minutes

Liquid Crystal Displays Practice60 minutes
Liquid Crystal Displays60 minutes

1 discussion promptTotal 10 minutes

Introductions10 minutes

In this module, we will talk about electroluminescent displays. 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, light weight, and good display qualities. You will learn about fundamentals of this important class of displays and challenges. It's a very exciting topic!

What's included

2 videos2 readings2 assignments

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. I hope you have as great experience learning about these techniques as I have had in preparing the course material.

What's included

7 videos2 readings2 assignments

7 videosTotal 27 minutes

Introduction to E-Ink, Electrowetting, and Plasma Display Panels2 minutes
Plasma Display Panels4 minutes
AC Plasma Display Panel2 minutes
Discharge Gas4 minutes
Plasma Display Panel Phosphors5 minutes
Quantum Cutters3 minutes
Electrowetting and E-Ink Displays7 minutes

2 readingsTotal 15 minutes

References5 minutes
Reference Values and Equations10 minutes

2 assignmentsTotal 90 minutes

E-Ink, Electrowetting, and Plasma Displays Practice45 minutes
E-Ink, Electrowetting, and Plasma Displays45 minutes

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Juliet Gopinath

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Reviewed on Sep 7, 2022

The course is good and the material presented is useful, however, it seems the lecturer does not have the required confidence during presentation.

Reviewed on May 12, 2020

A good course including basic information of Electroluminescent Display, Plasma display panels. OLED display would have been incorporated in the course. A good experience.

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