T. Peter Brody
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T. P. "Peter" Brody (18 April 1920 Budapest, Hungary – 18 September 2011 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States) was a British-naturalised physicist and the co-inventor of Active Matrix Thin-Film Transistor display technology together with Fang-Chen Luo,[1] having produced the world's first Active Matrix Liquid Crystal Display (AM-LCD) in 1972 and the first functional AM-EL (electroluminescent display) in 1973 while employed by Westinghouse Electric Corporation in Pittsburgh. Brody coined the term "active matrix" and first used it in a published journal article in 1975.[2][3]
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T. Peter Brody | |
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Born | Bródy Tamás Péter (1920-04-18)18 April 1920 Budapest, Hungary |
Died | 18 September 2011(2011-09-18) (aged 91) Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States |
Occupation(s) | Founder and Chief Scientist, Advantech US |
Known for | Inventing the Active Matrix Display |
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