5.

11 ELECTRONIC DISPLAYS

SYLLABUS
5.11 Electronic Displays - L2 Principles of operation of common types of displays used in modern aircraft, including
Cathode Ray Tubes Light Emitting Diodes Liquid Crystal Display.

CRT CATHODE RAY TUBE

CONTROLLING THE DEFLECTION

There are two separate ways to control the deflection:
Electromagnetic deflection- magnetic principle Electrostatic deflection depend on charges.

Electromagnetic Deflection (Remember i=current)

ELECTROSTATIC DEFLECTION

Color TV Screen

A color TV screen differs from a black-and-white screen in three ways:

Three electron beams (Red, Green, Blue)that move simultaneously across the screen. The screen is coated with red, green and blue phosphors arranged in dots or stripes. On the inside of the tube, very close to the phosphor coating, there is a thin metal screen called a shadow mask. This mask is perforated with very small holes that are aligned with the phosphor dots (or stripes) on the screen. .

RASTER/STROKE SCANNING
Honeywell
STROKE SCANNING IS USED FOR ALL OTHER DISPLAYED DATA

YELLOW

GREEN

ATT 2 AOA F 10 20 20

GS
RASTER SCANNING

RANGE DATA (BLUE)

10
G

40
MODE (BLUE)

10 S CMD M .99 200 DH 20

10 20 I

30

20
DH

140 RA

WX 10
RED

Raster Scanning for Attitude Sphere Stroke Scan for reminder

Raster Scanning - weather return Stroke for texts, range,

LED DISPLAY
PN diode Doping modify the color, oxygen, nitrogen are used 7 bar display for numbers. Segment type display with diffuser plate or plastic deflector to increase the size

P134

LED DISPLAY
Tapes and Pointers LED's are also used to replace the pointers or tapes on circular scale or vertical scale displays. individual diodes are arranged in groups to form the illuminated bars. example is the TCAS Electronic Vertical Speed Indicator Fly-From and Fly-To indications. Dot Matrix Display LED's are normally arranged in a 9 X 5 matrix or a 4 X 7 matrix. requires special driver circuits. more common in fields outside aviation, with displays being produced using light bulbs, metal discs and electromagnetic devices.

LCD LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY

Operating Principle
The liquid crystal is enclosed between two set of polarizes glass (p137) . In normal situation, the light can pass, but when current is passed, the molecules of the crystal changes its alignment and control the light. Color is obtained by color filter on top of the LCD.

PASSIVE AND ACTIVE MATRIX

Passive Matrix
Relies on grids of vertical / horizontal conductors Scanning current through the horizontal conductors. pixel is off controlled by vertical conductors.

Active matrix TFT (Thin Film Transistors)

Pixels are controlled by individual transistors. Expensive 800x 600 resolution 1.4 millions transistors.