
Chapter 8
Displays and display
technology
The different types of display used in digital storage oscilloscopes
are closely interlinked with the type of display technology used.
The main types of display devices are LCD (liquid crystal device)
panels and cathode ray tubes. Also occasionally found are
electroluminescent panels, though these have not proved popular
and are currently only available in monochrome types. Both LCD
displays and cathode ray tubes used in digital storage
oscilloscopes are generally raster scanned, thus building up the
displayed picture in exactly the same manner as a TV set. LCDs ...