DISPLAY CONCEPT

PROGRESS IN CRT DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY HAS BEEN LIMITED. CONSEQUENTLY, NEW TECHNOLOGIES ARE BEING EXAMINED (E.G. SOLID STATE "FLAT-PANEL" DISPLAYS) THAT MIGHT BE APPLICABLE FOR A LARGE SCALE, HIGH RESOLUTION, MULTI-COLOR SOFTWARE DISPLAY. IN THIS PROPOSAL, A "NEW" APPROACH TO VERYLARGE SCREEN DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY IS SUGGESTED, BASED ON THE UNIQUE PIEZDOELECTRIC PROPERTIES OF STRECHED POLYVINLIDENE FLOURIDE ILMS. THAT OBJECTIVE OF THIS PHASE I PROGRAM IS TO DEMONSTRATE THAT INDIVIDUAL PICTURE ELEMENTS CAN BE DEVELOPED, YIELDING THE NECESSARY GREY-SCALE RANGE, TO FORM THE BASIS FOR LARGE SCREEN DISPLAY AND THAT THESE ELEMENTS CAN ALSO EASILY BE MODIFIED TO INCORPORATE FULL-COLOR DISPLAY.