noun
passive matrix LCD
A type of LCD display technology where pixels are controlled by a grid of row and column electrodes without active switching elements at each pixel. Used in older or simpler LCD panels.
初期のノートパソコンには単純マトリックス方式の液晶が使われていた。
Early laptop computers used passive matrix LCDs.
単純マトリックス方式はアクティブマトリックス方式に比べて応答速度が遅い。
Passive matrix LCDs have slower response times compared to active matrix LCDs.
Active matrix LCD technology, which uses thin-film transistors at each pixel for faster response and better image quality, in contrast to the simpler passive matrix approach.
Compound of 単純 (simple) + マトリックス (matrix) + 方式 (method/system), a direct calque of the English term 'passive matrix'.