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T Peter Brody

Inventor of Active Matrix technology (1920-2011) · Hungary · On the map · Scientists · Died at 91

Tamas Peter Brody was a British-naturalised physicist and the co-inventor of active matrix thin-film transistor display technology together with Fang-Chen Luo, having produced the world's first active-matrix liquid-crystal display (AM-LCD) in 1972 and the first functional AM-EL in 1973 while employed by Westinghouse Electric Corporation in Pittsburgh.

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Charles Stark Draper Prize2012

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Brody coined the term "active matrix" and first used it in a published journal article in 1975.

Country
Hungary
Category
Scientists
Type
Scientist
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1920 to 2011 · aged 91