Using LEDs for backlighting presents the designer with various options and challenges. One must balance a number of considerations, such as display brightness, power consumption, part count, battery ...

A typical LCD consists of liquid crystal material with transparent electrodes and polarizing filters. Applying voltage across the liquid crystal layer allows light to pass through in varying amounts.

Backlit panels and controls are a critical part of cockpit design because they enable equipment settings and control positions to be easily determined at night. The idea of projecting light through a ...

Electroluminescent backlighting is making inroads into instrument clusters. Electroluminescent (EL) backlighting has an allure that continues to attract designers in the automotive industry. Its thin, ...

Semtech Corp. announced the industry's first smart current sink LED backlighting platform with on-chip digital lighting effects for high-end handheld displays. Semtech Corp. announced the industry's ...

• In a telecentric lens, the rays which pass through the center of the aperture are parallel to the optical axis in front of or behind the system. •Backlighting via telecentric lenses can eliminate ...

Light guide plates (LGPs) form the cornerstone of modern LED backlighting systems, ensuring that light from compact diode sources is distributed evenly across display panels. Recent advancements in ...

It’s no secret that lighting designers must wear many hats, but according to the Illuminating Engineering Society of North America (IESNA), the actual number of those hats might surprise you. A review ...

THE WOODLANDS, TX, May 27, 2010-- Uni-Pixel, Inc. , a production stage company delivering its Clearly Superior(TM) Performance Engineered Films to the lighting and display, solar, and flexible ...