Normal displays, especially TFTs, are difficult to read in direct sunlight. If you want to make them sunlight readable, you need to consider some points in the design of your TFT module.

1. The surface brightness must be at least 500 cd/m2, in fact it is better to provide e.g. 800 cd/m2.

You may notice that you will increase the brightness of your smartphone in direct sunlight. If you decrease the brightness, the TFT seems to be black. So an essential point in order to design sunlight readable applications is to increase the surface brightness with a powerful backlight.

2. Use an anti-glare surface or anti-reflection coating. 

With a special anti-glare lens or anti-reflection coating you can reduce reflections on the surface of the module, which make the TFT difficult to read in direct sunlight.

3. Use optical bonding of front-glass and touch to display

Additional boundary layers in the module, between frontglass and touch as well as touch to TFT, cause additional reflections. Eliminating those boundaries by bonding the parts with optical clear adhesive or optical clear resin, will increase sunlight readability. 

Please contact us for further questions on sunlight readable modules, we are happy to help!

A robust and light alternative to a front glass can be a PMMA coverlens.

Such coverlenses are available in different standard thicknesses and can be printed according to the customer requirements.

Hidden printing can be applied, as can be seen int he following picture. The buttons are not visible in normal mode, only if lighted up.

The edge can be cut to fit the customer housing conditions:

While breakage safety is better for PMMA than for glass, the drawback is the surface hardness. Screatches are more likely than for normal glass. 

Small OLEDS are available starting from sizes of 0,49", with a resolution of 64 x 32.

Standard sizes are for example

0,49", 64x32, blue

0,66", 64x48, white

0,72", 48x64, blue

0,84", 96x16, blue

0,91", 128x32, white

other sizes, colors and custom designs can be offered. Please contact us!

All small size OLEDs are COG modules with minimal space requirements. they could be used in wearables or push-buttons.

E-paper can be bonded to several substrates, besides glass also PCB or flexible plastic can be used.

By using ultra thin plastic layers these e-papers offer new usage types. They can be used on curved or other flexible materials. 

Wir are able to offer such e-paper in different sizes as custom or standard module.

The pictures shows a flexible module with ten digits and battery status, which can be used e.g. in wearable devices due to its small size.

TFT modules with gasket bonding have an air gap between touch sensor and TFT. This gap leads to reflections in the TFT and is also the reason why TFTs look greyish, not black, in power off state.

The traditional solution to this problem is full-lamination, however this option is costly and not suitable for all types of cell and coverlens combinations.

An anti-reflection - moth eye - film can be a cost efficient alternative eliminating interfering reflections.

In off state, the module looks more blackish, which gives the application a fine look.

Most TFT-modules can be equipped with moth eye film, contact us for inquiries!

We wish all of you, our customers, suppliers and employees a wonderful Christmas time and a happy new year!

See you all healthy and relaxed in 2017,

LCD-Mikroelektronik Dr. Hampel & Co. GmbH 

Tired of printing new name tags for each event? Looking for a green alternative?

E-paper name tags are resource-friendly and time saving alternatives. 

Several sizes and designs are possible. Contact us to learn more!

A warm thank you to all our interested guests and customers. 

It has been a great week with a lot of interesting meetings. During these days we are working on all questions and will contact our visitors during the next days. 

We hope to meet you again at electronica 2018 or even earlier at Embedded Nürnberg in March 2017.

Your LCD-Mikroelektronik Team

Electronica Munich will open its doors on November 8th until November 11th.

Come and visit us:

Hall A3, Booth 329

Some focus topics that you will find at our booth:

• TFTs with special surface finishing or enhancement films
• New Family-TFT 2.0 interface
• Embedded Boards 
• IoT Display and Homeserver
• E-Paper and OLED Displays

We are looking forward to meet you there!

LCDs can be equipped with high-quality frontglasses that can be customized in form and print. 

All our frontglasses are chemically hardened and several standard thicknesses are available.

Typical thicknesses are

0.7 mm

1.1 mm

2 mm

2.8 mm

Further options are available on request. 

With a 1.22" TFT we offer the perfect display for wearables such as smart watches or fitness tracker.

Details:

Resolution of 204 x 240

Outline dimension 33.76 x 33.40 x 1.24

Active area 33.36(H)x 32.70(V) 

Viewing angle 80/80/80/80

Brightness 500 cd/m²

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A well-known problem of TN TFTs is the reduced viewing angle for one direction. For this direction the picture will be inverted. 

While a typical solution is the usage of expensive MVA or IPS cells instead of TN cells, which provide better viewing angles for all directions, there is also a more cost-efficient technology.

A special polarizer - o-film - can be used to increase the viewing angle.

The picture shows one module with o-film (left), the other without. While the left one shows normal colors, the right one is difficult to read.

However, also the disadvantages should be mentioned. The brightness and contrast will be decreased by o-film and in fact o-film is more expensive than normal polarizer.

As a conclusion it can be said that o-film can be a good solution to enhance exhisting modules or provide low-budget wide viewing angle solutions.

O-film is suitable for many TN cells. Contact us for details.

We welcome you to our new website, in time to celebrate the 30th birthday of LCD-Mikroelektronik.

It has been in 1986 when Dr. Bruno Hampel and his son Albert Hampel founded LCD-Mikroelektronik, which was at that time known as Crystop Handelsgesellschaft. Small LCD series were manufactured in house, while at that time LCDs were imported from Japan or Korea.

Today LCD-Mikroelektronik has grown to 25 employees working in development, sales, operations and our in-house assembly. The portfolio grew from segment LCDs to all kinds of passive LCDs, TFTs, OLED, E-paper and Boards.

Our goal is to provide sophisticated LCD solutions, combined with reasonable prices and high quality to our customers in various industries. Thanks to our experienced team and realiable suppliers we follow this vision every day.

Have a look around and contact us for requests at

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