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Plasma and TFT Display

TFT, or Thin Film Transistor, is a technology used in LCD and LED screens that allows for individual pixel control via transistors, enhancing responsiveness and reducing crosstalk. It encompasses various technologies such as TN Film, IPS, VA, and PLS, each with distinct advantages and drawbacks. Plasma displays, typically found in larger screens, utilize noble gases and electrodes to create images through ultraviolet light interaction with phosphors.

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Plasma and TFT Display

TFT, or Thin Film Transistor, is a technology used in LCD and LED screens that allows for individual pixel control via transistors, enhancing responsiveness and reducing crosstalk. It encompasses various technologies such as TN Film, IPS, VA, and PLS, each with distinct advantages and drawbacks. Plasma displays, typically found in larger screens, utilize noble gases and electrodes to create images through ultraviolet light interaction with phosphors.

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TFT Display

TFT is an abbreviation for "Thin Film Transistor". The color TFT LCD has transistors made of thin
films of Amorphous silicon deposited on glass. It serves as a control valve to provide an
appropriate voltage to liquid crystals for individual sub-pixels. That is why the TFT LCD is also
called an Active Matrix display.

A TFT LCD has a liquid crystal layer between a glass substrate formed with TFTs and transparent
pixel electrodes and another glass substrate with a color filter (RGB) and transparent counter
electrodes. Each pixel in an active matrix is paired with a transistor that includes a capacitor,
which gives each sub-pixel the ability to retain its charge, instead of requiring an electrical
charge sent each time it needed to be changed. Each pixel of an LCD receives a transistor that
makes switching it on and off. Also, since the TFTs are embedded within the panel itself, it
reduces the crosstalk between pixels, like in plasma. Crosstalk occurs when the signal
transmitted to one pixel induces an unwanted signal in another pixel. A TFT is also known as an
active matrix display technology, which is more responsive to change and has a faster refresh
rate.

Currently, TFTs have become the standard in producing LCD and LED screens. TFT uses four
types of technologies: Twisted Nematic + Film (TN Film), In-Plane Switching (IPS), Vertical
Alignment (VA), and Plane to Line Switching (PLS). TN Film is the most common of these due to
low production costs, but comes with certain drawbacks such as poor depth quality and
restrictive viewing angles. TN Film panels provide fast refresh rates and are based around a 6-
bit color depth, along with a Frame Rate Control (FRC). IPS, dubbed as the ‘super TFT’, was
created to remove the drawbacks of TN Film. While it improved viewing angles, it provided
poor response times, contrast ratios, and was expensive to produce. VA displays were originally
poor in response times, but they offer 8-bit color depth and a great static contrast ratio. PLS is a
new display technology t h a t offers improved viewing angles, low production costs, better
image quality, and increased brightness.

Plasma Display
Plasmas are more common in displays greater than 40 inches. A plasma panel has tiny cells of
noble gases (neon and xenon) and a small amount of mercury in compartmentalized spaces
between two glass panels. The panels also have two electrodes between the glass panels, an
address electrode, and the display electrodes. The display electrodes are surrounded by an
insulating dielectric material and covered by a magnesium oxide protective layer. To create the
pixels, the address electrode and the display electrodes are charged, which then releases an
electric current that flows through the cell. The charge stimulates the gas atoms in the cells to
release ultraviolet photons. The photons interact with the phosphor material on the cell walls
and give off light, creating a visible light photon. Each pixel has three subpixels, one coated with
red, one with blue, and one with green. By manipulating the intensity of the current, the
system can produce hundreds of different combinations of the three colors and create an
image on the screen.

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