T. Peter Brody
T. Peter Brody | |
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T. Peter Brody in 2011 | |
| Born | Bródy Tamás Péter 18 April 1920 Budapest, Hungary |
| Died | 18 September 2011 (aged 91) Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States |
| Occupation(s) | Founder and Chief Scientist, Advantech US |
| Known for | Inventing the Active Matrix Display |
T. P. "Peter" Brody (18 April 1920 Budapest, Hungary – 18 September 2011 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States) was a British-naturalised physicist and the co-inventor of Active Matrix Thin-Film Transistor display technology together with Fang-Chen Luo, having produced the world's first Active Matrix Liquid Crystal Display (AM-LCD) in 1972 and the first functional AM-EL (electroluminescent display) in 1973 while employed by Westinghouse Electric Corporation in Pittsburgh. Brody coined the term "active matrix" and first used it in a published journal article in 1975.