Research and development on liquid crystal display (LCD) backlighttechnologies are becoming increasingly important due to the fastgrowth of the LCD business. Backlight technologies contribute tofunctional improvements of LCDs in terms of wide colourreproduction, uniformity improvements of luminance and colourtemperature, high luminance, long life, less power consumption,thinner backlight unit, as well as cost. As LCD panel technologyprogresses, the lighting technology that provides the illuminationfor the panel must similarly evolve.
LCD Backlights is written by a global panel of leadingresearchers and practitioners in this field from both academia andindustry. The first part of LCD Backlights details thevariety of applications of backlights including those in LCD-TV, PCmonitors and mobile devices. The second part is a full examinationof the different light sources that are used including the latesttechnological trends in amongst others, cold cathode fluorescentlamps (CCFLs), mercury-free fluorescent lamps and light emittingdiodes (LEDs). The final part of the book analyses the opticalcomponent of backlights such as diffusers and brightnessenhancement films.
Key features:
* Provides a comprehensive analysis of the latest status of LCDbacklight research and development.
* Discusses the design considerations and technical requirementsfor the multiple applications of LCD backlights.
* Considers techniques used for power saving and picture qualityimprovement.
* Examines the requirements for backlight units used for TVs, PCmonitors and mobile phones.
LCD Backlights is of significant interest to practisingelectronics and display engineers as well as scientists working onthe development of liquid crystal displays. This book is also ofvalue to graduate students and researchers involved in displaytechnologies.
The Society for Information Display (SID) is an internationalsociety, which has the aim of encouraging the development of allaspects of the field of information display. Complementary to theaims of the society, the Wiley-SID series is intended to explainthe latest developments in information display technology at aprofessional level. The broad scope of the series addresses allfacets of information displays from technical aspects throughsystems and prototypes to standards and ergonomics