What is a flat panel display?

A flat panel display refers to a display device in which the ratio of the diagonal length of the display screen to the thickness of the entire device is greater than 4:1, including liquid crystals. Displays, plasma displays, electroluminescent displays, vacuum fluorescent displays, flat-panel cathode ray tubes and light-emitting diodes, etc.

Flat panel displays have many advantages: they are thin and lightweight, and the whole machine can be made portable. It has low voltage, no X-ray radiation, no flicker and jitter, and no static electricity, so it is not harmful to health; it has low power consumption and can be powered by batteries. Most flat panel displays last longer than cathode ray tubes.

Flat-panel displays are widely used in military and civilian fields. In the military, flat-panel displays can be used almost everywhere a display is needed, such as: C(U3)I system, communication system (especially portable communication machine), electronic warfare system, missile fire control system, as well as tanks and aircraft and the space shuttle cockpit, among others. Flat panel displays are a high-tech technology that has developed rapidly in recent years and is considered "one of the last high-tech technologies in the 20th century."