Anti-Reflective coating

Finding a suitable display to use in applications where the ambient light conditions are very high has always been a problem. TFT panels traditionally become difficult to read with the only solution to-date being ‘High Bright’ panels where a third party has removed the standard backlight and replaced it with a more powerful version. The down side to these types of panels has always been the increase in unit price coupled with the increase in power required and heat generated.

Optrex has taken an innovative approach to find a solution that not only allows the panels to remain cost effective, but to reduce power making possible operation in battery powered applications.

A new Anti-reflective coating reduces the surface reflectivity of the LCD panel to approximately 0.3%, compared to the 6 to 12% reflectance offered by a normal anti-glare surface. This enables the panel to provide outstanding performance in very high ambient light environments with excellent legibility, no glare, no decrease in luminance or contrast, and no increase in backlight power consumption.