Information Display The Official Journal of the Society For Information Display JANUARY, 1982 New Thermally Addressed Dye Display- This is the The 6" x 7" LCD (fully populated with 0.015" x 0.015" Kylex288x 357 element (1 02,816 pixel) LCD incorporated pixel) is possibly the largest direct view panel LCD ever into a f ully functional portable terminal. Also shown are made. The device is based on the Kylex TADD technology. SID members Dr. David H. Da vies, vice president, TADD is an acronym for Thermally Addressed Dye technology; Jim Wells, manufacturing manager; Gordon Display. The principle of this effect is the activation of Force, director, electronic engineering; and Dr. Sun Lu, phase changes in a smectic LC layer that has dichroic dye chief scientist and inventor of the concept. These are incorporated into it. The dye is oriented by the LC layer. principals in the Kylex team responsible for development The result is almost unlimited multiplexibil ity and in fact of this new display technique. fully operational 6" x 7" matrix LCDs with 512 x 576 The terminal, because of the compactness of the LCD elements have been made this way. that's foldable back into the device, is attache case sized Thanks to Dave Davies for this cover story and the (3.5" x 1 5" x 17") and yet has all the functions of a full CRT additional technical details on page 3. terminal. FR ONT COVER MATERIAL W ELCOMED: Every month Information Display usually features one or more active members of SID and the products with which they are most closely associated. Please send a glossy print and appropriate captions so that you, too, can be on our front cover. Send your material to Ted Lucas, Ed itor, P.O. Box 852, Cedar Glen, CA 92321, or to our National Office Manager, June Friend, for Information Display, 654 North Sepulveda Bl vd., Los Angeles, CA 90049. Next deadline for material from you is February 1 Of or the March issue. If you m iss that, try for the April issue. NOTE: We also welcome feature articles on interesting projects. OFFICERS 1200 E. Mermaid Lane, Philadelphia, PA 19118 President ......... .................................. T. DuPuis GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY Vice President ...•• • ... .... ... .. .............. ... G.F. Carroll Aerospace Control Systems Department Treasurer ........ .. .. .. ... .............. ....... .. I. F. Chang P.O. Box 5000. Binghamton, NY 13902 GEROME MANUFACTURING CO., INC. Secretary ............. ........... ........... ..... J.A. van Raalte P.O. Box 10B9, Oliver Road, Uniontown, PA 15401 DIRECTORS GML INFORMATION SERVICES Central ......•....................... ... ..... ....... V.A. Born 594 Marrett Road, Lexington, MA 02173 Midwest . .... .............. ......... ... ... ... J. Markin GTE LABORATORIES, INC. 40 Sylvan Road, Waltham, MA 02254 Northeast .. .. ........... .. P. Pleshko, W.G. Mulley, G.R. ·spencer HARTMAN SYSTEMS Western .............. H.P. Sherman, E. Tannas. Jr.. R.E. Thoman Division of A-T-O Inc., Japan ............ ....... ..................... .. M. Ashikawa 360 Wolf Hill Road, Huntington Station. NY 117 46 Past President .. .. ...... .. ...... ...... ......... B.J. Lechner HAZELTINE CORPORATION Greenlawn, NY 11740 COMMITTEE CHAIRMEN HUGHES AIRCRAFT COMPANY Academic .............................................. W. Frei Culver City, CA 90230 AFIPS Representative . .... .. • .... ..•.... .. .• ..... C.P. Crocetti HYCOM, INCORPORATED Archives/Historian ...........•....... .... ...... R.C. Knepper 16B41 Armstrong Ave., Irvine. CA 92714 Bylaws ...............................•........... J.B. Flannery IBM CORPORATION Definitions & Standards ........ • ....... • • ........... N.W. Patrick Armonk, NY 10504 IMAPRO, INC. Honors & Awards .............•.......•............. I. Reingold West Royalty Industrial Park Membership ........ ................................ P. Pleshko Charlottetown. P.R. I.. Canada C1 E 1BO Nominations .......... ....... .• .. ..... ..... B.J. Lechner INDUSTRIAL ELECTRONIC ENGINEERS, INC. Proceedin_gs .................... • .......... ........... S. Sherr 7740 Lemona Ave., Van Nuys, CA 91405 Publications .............. .......•................. T.V. Curran INTERSTATE ELECTRONICS CORPORATION Publicity ...... .. ..... ... ......................... J.L. Simonds Display Product Operations Symposium Advisory Committee .................. J.A. van Raalte 1001 E. Ball Road, Anaheim. CA 92803 ISE ELECTRONICS CORPORATION CHAPTER OFFICERS P.O. Box 46, lse, Mie, Japan Chapter Chairman KING RADIO CORPORATION Bay Area ........ ....... .......................... M. Rehmus 400 N. Rogers Rd., Olathe, KS 66062 Del. Valley ................•...... • ................. C. Halstead MACDERMID INCORPORATED Japan ....... ..... .• ...... .. .... ... ............... I. Ohishi 50 Brookside Rd., Waterbury, CT 06708 MAGNETIC RADIATION LABS., INC. Los Angeles ........ ............................... G. Kramer 92 N. Lively Blvd. Mid-Atlantic ...................................... .. S. Goldfarb Elk Grove Village, IL 60007 Midwest . .. ................• ........ .... ... .... W. Martin MITSUBISHI ELECTRONICS AMERICA, INC. Minn./St. Paul . ... .. ... ....... • ...... • ........... A. Taylor 2200 W. Artesia, Compton, CA 90220 New England ..... .......................... ...... G. Spencer OKI ELECTRIC INDUSTRY CO., LTD. San Diego ....................................... ...... D. Keller 550-5 Higashiasakawa-cho, Hachioji-shi, Tokyo 193, Japan June Friend, National Office Manager OPTICAL COATING LABORATORY, INC. P.O. Box 1599, Santa Rosa, CA 95402 Ted Lucas. Information Display Journal Editor ORWIN ASSOCIATES, INC. Lewis Winner, Symposium Consultant 88 Seabro Avenue, Amityville, New York 11 701 SOCIETY FOR INFORMATION DISPLAY PHOTO RESEARCH DIVISON 654 No. Sepulveda Bl vd., Los Angeles, Calif. 90049 Kollmorgen Corporation (213) 472-3550 3000 N. Hollywood Way, Burbank, CA 91505 PHOTONICS TECHNOLOGY P.O. Box 432, Luckey, OH 43443 PLESSEEY OPTOELECTRONICS AND MICROWAVE LTD. ~~~!!N~~},!!.g Members Wood Burcote Way, Towcester, Northants, England NN12 7J N 625 Monroe Street, Rochester. IN 46975 PTK CORPORATION AMUNEAL MANUFACTURING CORP. 1173 Los Olivos Ave., Los Osos, CA 93402 4737 Darrah Street, Philadelphia, PA 19124 RANK ELECTRONIC TUBES ASEA, DEPT. YLKHM RANK PRECISION INDUSTRIES LIMITED S· 721 B3 Vasteras. Sweden Sidcup By-Pass, Sidcup, Kent, England AUDIOTRONICS VIDEO DISPLAY DIVISION RAYTHEON COMPANY B299 Central Ave., N.E.,Spring Lake Park. MN 55432 Industrial Components Operation 465 Centre St., Quincyu, MA 02169 AYDIN CONTROLS SAl TECHNOLOGY COMPANY 414 Commerce Drive, Fort Washington, PA 19034 4060 Sorrento Valley Blvd., San Diego, CA 92121 BALL ELECTRONIC DISPLAY DIVISION SANDERS ASSOCIATES, INC. 4501 Ball Road, N.E., Circle Pines, MN 55014 D.W. Highway South, Nashua, NH 03061 BECKMAN INSTRUMENTS SCHOTT OPTICAL GLASS, INC. Information Displays Division 400 York Ave. , Duryea, PA 16642 350 N. Hayden Road, Scottsdale, AZ 85257 SGL HOMALITE BENDIX CORPORATION A Division of SGL Industries, Flight Systems Division. Teterboro, NJ 0760B 11 Brookside Drive, Wilmington, DE 19804 BIDCO, INC. SIEMENS AG CRTs. Display Electronics Components Group, B Commercial St .. Hicksville, NY 11 B01 73 Balanstr. D8000, Munich, West Germany BURROUGHS OEM CORPORATION SINGER-LIBRASCOPE Plainfield Plant, Plainfield, NJ 07061 Aerospace & Marine Systems Group, CARDION ELECTRONICS 833 Sonora Avenue, Glendale, CA 91201 A Division of General Signal Corporation SMITH ENGINEERING Long Island Expressway, Woodbury, NY 11797 3232 Nebraska Ave .. Santa Monica. CA 90404 CELCO SONY CORPORATION (Constantine Engineering Labs. Co.) 7-35 Kitashinagawa 6-chome Shinagawa-ku Tokyo, 141 Japan 70 Constantine Drive, Mahwah, NJ 07430 SYNTRONIC INSTRUMENTS, INC. CHERRY ELECTRICAL PRODUCTS CORP. 100 Industrial Road, Addison, IL 60101 3600 Sunset Ave., Waukegan, IL 600B5 TEKTRONIX, INC. CLIFTON PRECISION/ SPECIAL DEVICES Information Display Products, 5100 State Road, Drexel Hill, PA 19026 P.O. Box 500, Beaverton, OR 97007 CLINTON ELECTRONICS CORPORATION TELMOS, INC. 6701 Clinton Road, Loves Park. IL 61111 3040 Coronado Dr., Santa Clara, CA 95051 CONRAC CORPORATION TEXAS INSTRUMENTS, INCORPORATED 3 Landmark Square, Stamford, CT 06901 P.O. Box 225936, MS119, Dallas, TX 75265 CONTROL INTERFACE COMPANY LTO. THOMAS ELECTRONICS, INC. Optoelectronics Division 100 Riverview Drive, Wayne, NJ 07470 21 Rt. 10, East Hanover. NJ 07936 THOMSON-CSF COMPONENTS CORPORATION DALE ELECTRONICS DuMont Division P.O. Box 609, Columbus, NE 68601 750 Bloomfield Avenue, Clifton, NJ 07015 DATACOPY CORPORATION THORN· BRIMAR LTO. 1070 E. Meadow Circle. Palo Alto, CA 94303 Greenside Way, Chadderton Industrial Estate. DIEHL RESEARCH CENTER Middleton, Manchester M24 1SN, England DIEHL CORPORATION TRANS COM 65 Commerce Road, Stamford, CT 06902 Unit of Sundstrand Corporation DISPLAY COMPONENTS, INC. 3100 Pullman St., Costa Mesa, CA 92626 550 Newtown Road, MA 02460 VIOELEC (Hong Kong) ltd. ELECTRONIC DISPLAY SYSTEMS, INC. BA/ F Jan Sin Mee Ind. Bldg., 2, Ng Fang St .. 2321 Topaz Drive, P.O. Box 280, Hatfield , PA 19440 San Po Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong China FORD AEROSPACE AND COMMUNICATIONS CORP. XEROX CORPORATION WDL Division, Palo Alto, CA 94302 Palo Alto Research Center, Palo Alto, CA 94304 GENERAL ATRONICS CORP. ZENITH RADIO CORPORATION Subsidiary of Magnavox Govt. & Industrial Electronics Co. 1000 Milwaukee Ave., Glenview, IL 60025 2 Information Display 1-82 .." - " f.. I ~ .. ' ~ .. ·• - .,. __-:¥ 10 30 40 50 KYLEX The KT-111 i s the flrst trul~ portable disp l a~ ter•inal. The largi" area ltql..ud