Brightness management in a direct LED backlight for LCD TVs

Journal of the Society for Information Display

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 519-526

  Sun, Ching Cherng ^a   Moreno, Ivan ^a,b   Chung, Shih Hsun ^a   Chien, Wei Ting ^a   Hsieh, Chih To ^a   Yang, Tsung Hsun ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE ZACATECAS   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Light emitting diodes; Optical engineering

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT SIGNAL LIGHTS; LIGHT EMITTING DIODES; LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAYS; LUMINANCE;

BACKLIGHT DESIGNS; BRIGHTNESS UNIFORMITIES; CONE ANGLES; DIRECT LED BACKLIGHT; INPUT POWERS; LCD PANELS; LED ARRAYS; LED BACKLIGHT; LUMINANCE LEVELS; LUMINANCE UNIFORMITIES; LUMINOUS FLUXES; POWER CONSUMPTIONS; RADIATION PATTERNS; SCREEN SIZES;

OPTICAL PROPERTIES;

EID: 54149118004     PISSN: 10710922     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1889/1.2905036     Document Type: Conference Paper

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