Component
TN TFT LCD
Twisted-nematic liquid-crystal display with a thin-film-transistor backplane and LED backlight. Narrow viewing angles; the lowest-cost LCD.
Criticality
Medium
Unit cost
$9
Quality
45 / 100
US completeness
11.1
Made in US
18,000,000 units
Current demand
200,000,000 units
US exports
1,440,000 units
Opportunity score
81.3
Domestic vs international supply
Planned US investment, next 5 years
$600M
Expected extra output: 17,000,000 units per year
Requires
LCD glass
Liquid crystal
LED backlight
Polarizer film
TFT backplane
Color filter
Used by
Product paths
- Ceiling fan map
- Clothes dryer map
- Clothes iron map
- Coffee maker map
- Commercial dryer map
- Commercial refrigerator map
- Commercial washer map
- Cooker hob map
- Desktop monitor map
- Dishwasher map
- Electric kettle map
- Espresso machine map
- Fridge map
- Gas furnace map
- Generator map
- Geyser map
- HVAC rooftop unit map
- Heat pump map
- Ice machine map
- Industrial pump map
- Industrial sewing machine map
- Laptop map
- Lawn mower map
- Microwave map
- Oven map
- POS terminal map
- Room air conditioner map
- Serger map
- Sewing machine map
- Smartphone map
- Tablet map
- Television map
- Toaster map
- Vacuum cleaner map
- Washing machine map