Projection display for the generation of two orthogonal polarized images using liquid crystal on silicon panels and light emitting diodes

We present a projection system that is capable of two-dimensional and three-dimensional image display. A novel projection architecture is discussed that can simultaneously generate two linear polarized full-color images with orthogonal states of polarization using only one optical system. Both images are modulated by using two high-resolution liquid crystal on silicon panels that are illuminated with high-power light emitting diodes. The optical core and the illumination system are simulated, characterized, and optimized with nonsequential ray tracing software. A proof-of-concept demonstrator of the entire projection system is built and characterized. Important component specifications are discussed to improve the system performance.     

A multi-source portable light emitting diode spectrofluorometer

A portable luminescence spectrofluorometer weighing only 1.5 kg that uses multiple light emitting diodes (LEDs) as excitation sources was developed and evaluated. Excitation using a sequence of seven individual broad-band LED emission sources enabled the generation of excitation-emission spectra using a light weight (<1.5 kg) spectrometer. Limits of detection for rhodamine 6G, rhodamine B, and fluorescein were 2.9, 3.2, and 11.0 nM, respectively. Generation of excitation-emission matrices (EEMs) enabled the analysis of samples containing mixtures of rhodamine B and fluorescein. Buffered saline plant and animal feed extracts were also analyzed using this instrument. These samples included the woody plants Pistacia lentiscus (Evergreen pistache or Mastic) and Philyria latifolia, and the herbaceous species Medicago sativa (alfalfa), Trifolium spp. (clover), and a feed concentrate. Application of multi-way principal component analysis (MPCA) to the resulting three-dimensional data sets enabled discernment among these various diet constituents.     

大功率白光发光二极管光源的制作

采用GaN基蓝色发光芯片为激发源,结合黄色硅酸盐系列荧光粉封装成大功率白光发光二极管(W-LEDs).利用24颗大功率5W白光发光二极管制作了两种不同连接方式的W-LEDs路灯:2并12串,和4并6串.设计了相应的驱动电路,对这两种不同连接方式的大功率W-LEDs路灯的光电特性及其在照明光源中的应用条件作了深入地研究和对比,测试了它们的伏安特性,发光效率以及功效,结果表明2并12串连接方式的W-LEDs路灯具有更加稳定的伏安特性,更高的照度以及更高的功效.与高压钠灯和荧光灯的特性相比较,W-LEDs路灯作为绿色环保光源灯,具有更高的显色指数,更加环保,节能.     

Application of field emission as backlight unit for liquid crystal displays

The paper first analyzes the effect of backlight unit for liquid crystal displays on the respect of image quality and power consumption. A spatially and temporally addressable backlight is required in the future liquid crystal displays which have lower power consumption and higher image quality. Compared to the currently used light emitting diode backlight, the simulation results indicate that a rectangular-shaped backlight has better performances on the respect of reducing power consumption and improving image quality. A backlight cell based on the field emission is manufactured and studied. It uses a mixture of multi-wall carbon nanotubes and tetrapod-like zinc oxide nanostructures as the cathode and applies spin-coating process for fabrication. The experiment shows that such field emission backlight unit has a low turn-on field which enables a high backlight luminance at acceptable driving voltage. Besides, this mixture cathode helps to improve the uniformity of field emission in both spatial and temporal domain which is important for the application of backlight unit.     

MOCVD growth of strain-compensated multi-quantum wells light emitting diode

In the present paper, strain-compensated multi-quantum wells (SCMQW) InGaAs/GaAsP grown by low-pressure metal organic chemical vapour deposition (MOCVD) were used as the active layers of near infrared LED. The single nude LED chip was put down on the copper header p-side down, using a GaAs transparent substrate and AuBe alloy mirror reflector. The forward voltage under a bias current of 20 mA was measured to be 1.2 V while the reverse voltage at 10 μA was 5-6 V. The output power of 10.5 mW and 18% quantum efficiency were obtained under a bias current of 50 mA.     

Three-dimensional large-screen display with reflection-mode spatial light modulators and a single-projection optical system: analysis of a retardation-modulation method

A stereoscopic projector with polarized glasses is proposed that consists of spatial light modulators (SLM's) that control the retardation of projected light, a polarization beam splitter (PBS), and single-projection optics. This display's features include a three-dimensional (3-D) image display with a single projector and half the size and the power consumption of a conventional 3-D projector. Analysis shows that the cross talk and the extinction ratio of this system depend strongly on the polarized light-separation characteristics of the PBS, the light output, and the extinction ratio of the SLM's. A double-PBS method that drastically improves 3-D image quality is also discussed.     

Bi-layer gravure printed nanoscale thick organic layers for organic light emitting diode

The gravure printed single layer structure and bi-layer structure of MEH-PPV/rubrene organic light emitting diodes (OLEDs) were investigated in this work. Typically, the formation of bi-layers in polymer light emitting diodes (PLEDs) is challenging. The brightness and efficiency polymer light emitting materials were enhanced by the gravure printed bi-layer structure in this work. The layer structure of the OLED devices was glass/ITO/PEDOT:PSS/active layer/LiF/Al. The active layers were made using two different processes-one was a gravure printed single organic layer made of a blended mixture of MEH-PPV and rubrene, and the other was a gravure printed bi-layer of MEH-PPV and rubrene. The gravure printed bi-layer devices exhibited a higher brightness and efficiency than the blended devices. The efficiency of the bi-layer MEH-PPV/rubrene structure was improved by a factor of 1.6 approximately 3.2, and the brightness was improved by a factor of 1.9 approximately 2.0 compared to the blended single layer structure. This work demonstrated that organic bi-layers could be formed using gravure printing technology and the bi-layer structure exhibited a higher efficiency than the blended single layer structure.     

液晶显示模块在广播发射机监测系统中的应用

本文以DMF5 0 174液晶显示模块为例 ,介绍MCS5 1系列单片机和液晶显示控制器SED13 3 5的接口技术。阐述液晶显示器件在监测系统中的应用技术     

ZnSe based white light emitting diode on homoepitaxial ZnSe substrate

ZnSe-based white light emitting diodes (LEDs) were homoepitaxially prepared on ZnSe substrates by molecular beam epitaxy. It was found to be possible to simultaneously observe the greenish-blue emission at 483 nm originating from the epitaxial layer and the weaker ZnSe substrate-related orange emission centred at around 595 nm. It was found that the emission wavelength of the LED and the measured chromaticity coordinate were almost independent of the injected current. It was also found that the turn-on voltage and the 20 mA operation voltage of the fabricated LED were 2.25 and 4 V, respectively     

Surface displacement imaging by interferometry with a light emitting diode

We present an imaging technique to measure static surface displacements of electronic components. A device is supplied by a transient current that creates a variation of temperature, thus a surface displacement. To measure the latter, a setup that is based on a Michelson interferometer is used. To avoid the phenomenon of speckle and the drawbacks inherent to it, we use a light emitting diode as the light source for the interferometer. The detector is a visible CCD camera that analyzes the optical signal containing the information of surface displacement of the device. Combining images, we extract the amplitude of the surface displacement. Out-of-plane surface-displacement images of a thermoelectric device are presented.     

Thermal resistance of light emitting diode PCB with thermal vias

Light emitting diodes (LEDs) are already familiar for use as lighting sources in various electronic devices and displays. LEDs have many advantages such as long life, low power consumption, and high reliability. In the future, as an alternative to fluorescent lighting, LEDs are certain to receive much attention. However, in components related to advanced LED packages or modules there has been an issue regarding the heat from the LED chip. The LED chip is still being developed for use in high-power devices which generate more heat. In this study, we investigate the variation of thermal resistance in LED modules embedded with thermal vias. Through the analysis of thermal resistance with various test vehicles, we obtained the concrete relationship between thermal resistance and the thermal via structure.     

Thin liquid-crystal display backlight system with highly scattering optical transmission polymers

We describe an advanced highly scattering optical transmission (HSOT) polymer backlight system that has shown twice the brightness of a conventional transparent system in spite of its having a thinner backlight. The HSOT polymer that contains optimized heterogeneous structures produced homogeneous scattered light with forward directivity and sufficient color uniformity. Although it was thought that polymers for light-guide plates (LGPs) must be transparent to minimize scattering, we have come to the conclusion that the HSOT polymer, which is not an absorping medium but a scattering medium, is a more suitable medium for LGPs.     

Hybrid normal-reverse prism coupler for light-emitting diode backlight systems

For the first time to our knowledge, a hybrid normal-reverse prism coupler was formed on the bottom surface of a light guide in a LED backlight system to achieve a thin, lightweight, LED backlight system. The hybrid prism coupler (HPC) simultaneously exhibits two functions: extraction of guided light from the light guide and focusing the radiated light from the light guide, corresponding to the optical functions of the prism and diffusive sheets used in conventional LED backlight systems. Therefore, using a HPC eliminates the prism and diffusive sheets that have been indispensable optical elements in conventional LED backlight systems, which consequently reduces the thickness of the LED backlight system by 40% compared with conventional systems.     

High-performance composites based on all-aromatic liquid crystal thermosets

In this study, a new high-performance liquid crystal ester-based thermoset for composite applications was investigated. All-aromatic liquid crystalline thermosets (LCTs) are a promising class of polymers that offer a unique combination of properties such as solvent resistivity, high modulus, high strength, low coefficient of thermal expansion and high after cure glass-transition temperatures (T_g ? 150 °C). Fully cured LCTs offer superior thermo-mechanical properties over high-performance thermoplastic polymers such as PPS, PEEK and PEI. For this study we used a 9000 g mol⁻¹ ester-based LCT based on cheap and readily available monomers, i.e. 4-hydroxybenzoic acid (H), isophthalic acid (I) and hydroquinone (Q), abbreviated by us as HIQ-9. Composite panels prepared from T300 carbon fiber (5-harness satin weave) showed in-plane shear strength of 154 MPa and an in-plane shear modulus of 3.7 GPa. The tensile strength and modulus were measured to be 696 MPa and 57 GPa, respectively. A post-mortem inspection showed that the interfacial strength was excellent and no delamination was observed in the test specimen. Preliminary results show that LCT-based composites exhibit a better combination of (thermo) mechanical properties over PPS and PEI-based composites.     

液晶投影显示颜色均匀性的测量及校正系统

根据二维面阵 CCD 能够快速采集二维图像的特点,提出了一套由视频测试信号发生器、投影屏幕、CCD 摄像机和计算机组成的液晶投影显示颜色均匀性测量及校正系统。该系统利用面阵 CCD 对液晶投影图像三色分量的二维亮度分布进行分时测量,并根据测量及分析得到的校正数据对输出的三色亮度比例进行修正,实现了对液晶投影显示系统颜色均匀性的校正。实验表明,校正后屏幕上各个区域的色坐标和平均色坐标的偏差的标准差为 5.23×10-4,仅为校正前的 10.46%,色均匀度提高了一个量级。     

Thin-type integral imaging method with an organic light emitting diode panel

A thin and lensless two-dimensional (2D) to three-dimensional (3D) convertible display based on integral imaging using an organic light emitting diode (OLED) panel as a direct emissive light source is proposed with improved optical efficiency. A point light source array for 2D-3D convertible display is formed on the surface light source, i.e., the OLED panel. However, a blurring effect and color separation result from the finite (nonzero) size of point light sources since each point light source is generated by a pixel of the OLED panel. Simulation results for a blurring effect and color separation in terms of rays from a light source with finite size is presented. The proposed system has a thin structure and simple convertibility because it does not need any additional optical element to provide 2D-3D convertibility.     

有机发光器件(ITO/TPD/Alq3/Mg/Al)的光电性能研究

为了研究有机电致发光器件光电性能随工作参数的变化，对ITO／TPD(50nm)／AIq3(50nm)／Mg／Al的实验数据进行分析，发现该器件在低压时属于注入电流限制，高压时为陷阱电荷限制(TCLC)。另外，采用实验数据验证复合理论，发现通过电场数据和电流密度数据(F^2／J)能够直接地反映器件量子效率随电流密度的变化趋势。     

The high contrast ratio and fast response time of a liquid crystal display lit by a carbon nanotube field emission backlight unit

We report on the fabrication of a carbon nanotube field emission backlight unit (CNT-BLU) and its application for liquid crystal displays (LCD). The CNT-BLU was operated with locally controllable luminance and impulse-type scanning. The local luminance control, which is based on a very small block size of 1?cm(2), consisted of local dimming and local brightening. This resulted in the contrast ratio of the LCD-TV to be as high as 300?000:1. A fast response time of ～5.7?ms was also achieved from the LCD-TV lit by CNT-BLU, originating from the impulse-type scanning. In addition, the CNT-BLU showed long-term emission stability and high luminance uniformity.