A new Apple patent at the US Patent & Trademark Office shows that Apple is looking at developing new edge-lit backlight displays for Macs and its iOS devices. Patent number 20100321609 is for an ...

Industry demand for thinner, more-efficient backlights is bringing to the fore edge-lit illumination solutions that use fewer LEDs Superior light-extraction efficiency, combined with an optimum ...

An edge lit backlight panel using surface mount LEDs has been introduced by the Optoelectronic Manufacturing Corp (OMC). The panels are a very effective surface mount backlight alternative to the ...

Apple has been granted a patent (number 8248554) by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office for an edge-lit backlight unit with a thin profile. In one embodiment, the backlight unit may include a light ...

Thanks to their improved luminous efficiency and longer life, coupled with increased demands for a wide color gamut, light-emitting diodes (LEDs) are steadily replacing the venerable cold-cathode ...

Whether in a shop window or mounted to the top of consoles in NASA’s Mission Control Center, edge lit acrylic is a popular choice for making high visibility signs. Partly because of their striking ...