# RCA Corp — Patents explained on PatentBrief

RCA Corp has 2 landmark patents explained in plain English on PatentBrief.

- [How Amorphous Silicon Changed Solar Power](https://patentbrief.org/patent/us/4064521/semiconductor-device-having-a-body-of-amorphous-silicon) — granted 1977
  This 1976 patent describes using a specific form of non-crystalline silicon to create cheap, thin semiconductor devices like solar cells.
- [How Liquid Crystal Displays (LCDs) Were Invented](https://patentbrief.org/patent/us/3322485/lcd-liquid-crystal-display) — granted 1967
  This 1962 patent describes the first practical way to use organic liquid crystals to create a display that scatters light when an electric current is applied.

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