Optical Bonding for Outdoor Displays: UV, Thermal Cycling and Edge Delamination
Optical bonding outdoors: UV ageing, thermal cycling stress, edge delamination and the qualification programme that predicts field failures.
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Optical, Backlight & Panel Technology
How the panel is seen: backlight and dimming, brightness and sunlight readability, IPS/TN/VA and OLED comparisons, optical bonding, cover glass and coatings.
Optical, Backlight & Panel Technology articles
30 articles in this category.
Backlight Driving and Dimming: PWM, DC and Hybrid Approaches Compared
Backlight driving and dimming compared: constant current versus PWM, DC and hybrid dimming, efficiency, colour shift, flicker and selection by application.
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Backlight Lifetime and Lumen Maintenance: Predicting Real Service Life
Backlight lifetime and lumen maintenance: what 50,000 hours means, L70, temperature and drive multipliers, and how to write a defensible claim.
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Mura, Uniformity and Optical Acceptance: Writing a Standard Both Sides Can Enforce
Mura and luminance uniformity: causes, detection methods, measurement grids and how to write an optical acceptance standard both parties can enforce.
Read the noteAnti-Glare and Anti-Reflective Coatings: Durability Under Real Cleaning and Abrasion
AG and AR coating durability: what cleaning and abrasion actually damage, how to test it, and how to specify a coating that survives the…
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Transflective and Reflective Displays: Designing Without a Backlight
Displays without a backlight: reflective and transflective LCDs, how each makes an image, what they gain in sunlight and lose indoors, and when to…
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VFD Versus LCD: Where Each Display Type Still Applies
VFD or LCD? Where a vacuum fluorescent display still beats an LCD on brightness, viewing angle and look, where it loses, and how to…
Read the noteMonochrome LCD Versus TFT: Cost, Life and Legibility
Monochrome LCD or TFT? Where a simple panel still wins on cost, contrast, temperature and life, and the point at which colour becomes necessary.…
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ADS Versus IPS: What the Difference Means for a Design
ADS versus IPS: two related LCD modes with real differences in transmittance, contrast, colour shift and supply. What the choice changes in a design.…
Read the noteColour Accuracy and Delta E: Measuring and Specifying Panel Colour
Colour accuracy and Delta E for display panels: what the number measures, how to measure it, and how to write a colour tolerance suppliers…
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