A novel diffractive backlight concept for mobile displays

Journal of the Society for Information Display

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 351-357

  Kimmel, Jyrki ^a   Levola, Tapani ^a   Saarikko, Pasi ^a   Bergquist, Johan ^a  

^a NOKIA RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Active matrix liquid crystal display (AMLCD); Backlight unit (BLU); Diffractive optics

Indexed keywords

CELLULAR TELEPHONE SYSTEMS; ELECTRIC POWER UTILIZATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; LIGHT; LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAYS; MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; NETWORK PROTOCOLS; POWDERS; POWER SPECTRUM; SENSOR NETWORKS; TELECOMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT; TELEPHONE SETS; USER INTERFACES; WIRELESS NETWORKS;

ACTIVE-MATRIX LIQUID-CRYSTAL DISPLAY (AMLCD); BACKLIGHT UNIT (BLU); BACKLIGHT UNITS; CELLULAR PHONES; CONCEPT BASED; CRYSTAL DISPLAYS; GRATING STRUCTURES; MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS; MOBILE DISPLAYS; MOBILE TELEPHONIES; ONE WAYS; POWER CONSUMPTIONS; POWER DISSIPATIONS; POWER DRAINS; WAVELENGTH BANDS;

DIFFRACTIVE OPTICS;

EID: 54149092924     PISSN: 10710922     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1889/1.2841870     Document Type: Conference Paper

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