ABSTRACT
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Today’s flat-panel display (FPD) industry is dominated by the combination of passive-matrix
liquid-crystal displays (LCDs) and active-matrix liquid-crystal displays (AM-LCDs). Several
other FPD technologies (for example, field-emission or electroluminescent (EL) displays), which
trace their origins at least as far back as LCDs, have either fallen by the wayside or, at best,
penetrated only limited display market segments. Will passive-matrix organic light-emitting
displays or active-matrix organic light-emitting displays (AM-OLEDs) fare any better against
AM-LCDs, which today have become an entrenched FPD technology with a large installed
manufacturing base and well-developed infrastructure for parts supply and integration?
