Components: Low-Power UXGA 21.3-in. LCD Panel Suits Industrial/Medical Applications

Dec. 18, 2003

The NL160120BC27-02 21.3-in. thin-film-transistor color LCD UXGA panel incorporates the company's Super Advanced Fine Technology. It's an inplane switching ultra-wide viewing-angle technology that improves light transmissivity for lower-power consumption (30.7 W total at 12 V), higher brightness (250 cd/m²), and faster response time (20 ms total). This 1600- by 1200-pixel module with a 17° viewing angle will find homes in high-end industrial and medical applications. The display features a 500:1 contrast ratio and a 10-bit internal lookup table for the adjustment of gamma characteristics. A compact frame structure provides an 87.5% screen share. Samples of the NL160120BC27-02 are available at $1450 each.

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Roger Allan

Roger Allan is an electronics journalism veteran, and served as Electronic Design's Executive Editor for 15 of those years. He has covered just about every technology beat from semiconductors, components, packaging and power devices, to communications, test and measurement, automotive electronics, robotics, medical electronics, military electronics, robotics, and industrial electronics. His specialties include MEMS and nanoelectronics technologies. He is a contributor to the McGraw Hill Annual Encyclopedia of Science and Technology. He is also a Life Senior Member of the IEEE and holds a BSEE from New York University's School of Engineering and Science. Roger has worked for major electronics magazines besides Electronic Design, including the IEEE Spectrum, Electronics, EDN, Electronic Products, and the British New Scientist. He also has working experience in the electronics industry as a design engineer in filters, power supplies and control systems.

After his retirement from Electronic Design Magazine, He has been extensively contributing articles for Penton’s Electronic Design, Power Electronics Technology, Energy Efficiency and Technology (EE&T) and Microwaves RF Magazine, covering all of the aforementioned electronics segments as well as energy efficiency, harvesting and related technologies. He has also contributed articles to other electronics technology magazines worldwide.

He is a “jack of all trades and a master in leading-edge technologies” like MEMS, nanolectronics, autonomous vehicles, artificial intelligence, military electronics, biometrics, implantable medical devices, and energy harvesting and related technologies.