HIGH EFFICIENCY COLOR LCD BACKLIGHT

Award Information

Agency: Department of Defense	Branch: Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency	Award ID: 15273	Program Year/Program: 1992 / SBIR
Agency Tracking Number: 15273	Solicitation Year: N/A	Solicitation Topic Code: N/A	Solicitation Number: N/A

Small Business Information: Amerasia Technology, Inc.
2248 Townsgate Road Westlake Village, CA 91361
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Woman-Owned: No

Minority-Owned: Yes

HUBZone-Owned: No

Phase 2: Fiscal Year: 1992

Title: HIGH EFFICIENCY COLOR LCD BACKLIGHT

Agency / Branch: DOD / DARPA

Contract: N/A

Award Amount: $246,123.00

Abstract:
BACKLIGHTS FOR PORTABLE COLOR LCD MATRIX DISPLAYS ARE EXTREMELY INEFFICIENT: 96% OF THE BATTERY POWER IS WASTED ON THE BACKLIGHT SYSTEM. A HIGH EFFICIENCY BACKLIGHT SYSTEM IS PROPOSED BASED ON THE USE OF MICRO-OPTICAL IMAGING OF RGB PHOSPHOR TRIADS ONTO THE LCD RGB PIXEL ROWS SO THAT THE 67% LOSS IN THE LCD FILTER SYSTEM IS AVOIDED. IN ADDITION A SPECIAL COLLIMATOR IS PROPOSED THAT CONCENTRATES THE EMISSION INTO THE ACCEPTANCE CONE OF THE LCD DISPLAY. USE OF HIGH EFFICIENCY RGB PHOSPHOR (95% CONVERSION EFFICIENCY) COUPLED WITH THE COLLIMATION OPTICS SHOULD RESULT IN A 12X INCREASE IN EFFICIENCY OVER EXISTING LCD COLOR BACKLIGHTS. THIS DEVELOPMENT COULD HAVE MAJOR IMPACT ON COMMERCIAL PORTABLE COMPUTER TERMINALS PARTICULARLY WITH COLOR DISPLYS IN WHICH CASE THE TIME BETWEEN BATTERY RE-CHARGE COULD BE GREATLY INCREASED OR THE SIZE AND WEIGHT OF THE BATTERY REDUCED.

Principal Investigator:
Richard Ketchpel
Principal Investigator
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Business Contact:

Small Business Information at Submission:

Amerasia Technology Inc.
2248 Townsgate Road Westlake Village, CA 91361

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DUNS: N/A

Number of Employees:

Woman-Owned: No

Minority-Owned: No

HUBZone-Owned: No