Excimer laser anneal (ELA) has allowed the production of large-area poly-Si
thin-film transistor liquid crystal displays (TFT-LCDs) on a glass substra
te. The state of the art of large-area low-temperature TFT-LCDs is reported
in this paper. High-performance poly-Si TFTs are expected to achieve vario
us applications such as system-on-glass where Various functions are added o
n to the display. Possible applications and future trends are discussed tog
ether with the technologies required to achieve this goal. (C) 2001 Elsevie
r Science B.V. All rights reserved.