Short for
Light Emitting Polymer, it is an emissive
technology that emits light as a function of its electrical operation. An LEP
display consists solely of the
polymer material
manufactured on a substrate of glass or plastic and does not require additional
elements such as the backlights, filters and polarizers typical of
LCDs. LEP is
a platform technology that will scale from tiny devices literally millimeters in
dimension to large high-definition devices that could be up to 200 inches in
diameter. LEP combines the characteristics of a CRT with the performance
of an LCD with low power consumption. Light Emitting
Polymer technology was developed by Cambridge Display Technology, Ltd. (CDT),
based in Cambridge, United Kingdom.