Brecksville, OH, May 24, 2004 – MicroLens™ molded light
guides with embedded logo graphics from Global Lighting Technologies
(GLT), Inc., provide a backlight that saves OEMs the extra step
of adding an overlay and adhesive to illuminate the logo on their
products. Uniformly illuminated logos can be designed with virtually
any text or image for applications including computer towers, notebook
computers, consumer electronics, appliances, automotive dashboards
and exteriors, and many others.
“This embedded logo capability is an example of versatility
of MicroLens™ technology in terms of being able to put light
just where we want it, said David DeAgazio, GLT’s Director
of Sales Worldwide. “These light guides are a great way to
enhance brand awareness for the OEM. For example, you can use them
to illuminate the logo on the outside of a refrigerator, or on the
inside and outside of a car. They’re also an excellent solution
for illuminating the latest non-mechanical electric field switches
for use in touch-sensitive user interface panels.”
MicroLens™ molded light guide LCD backlighting technology
from Global Lighting Technologies (GLT), Inc. enables mechanical
holding features to be designed into the backlight. The MicroLens™
pixel-based light extraction technology provides all the manufacturing
efficiencies of other LED-based molded light extraction techniques.
However, unlike other technologies – such as chemical or
laser etch and V-groove – MicroLens™ enables full control
of six key parameters: size, shape, depth, pitch, density and angle
of rotation. The result is maximum performance, flexibility in LED
placement, simplified design, lower manufacturing costs, and significantly
reduced power consumption for longer battery life. These light guides
utilize white, green, red, or blue LEDs, and can actually reduce
the number of LEDs required for the backlight in many instances.
Used to backlight everything from 3G cell phone LCDs displays to
mid-size and larger LCDs (to 15” diagonal), MicroLens™
molded light guides can offer the OEM the additional benefit of
being supplied with the logo already contained in the backlight.
This could range from a small backlit panel for the logo on the
outside of a notebook computer to placing the logo in the corner
of a larger backlight illuminating a mid-size to large LCD that
displays more information.
Pricing for the logo-in-the-backlight MicroLens™ molded light
guide ranges from $0.20 to $0.50 each (without LED) and from $0.50
to $1.25 (with LED) in OEM quantities. (Pricing can vary with LED
color and volume.)
For more information, contact Global Lighting Technologies, Inc.,
525 Andrews Circle, Brecksville, OH 44141. Tel: 440-922-4584; Toll-Free:
866-922-4584. Fax: 440-922-4585. E-mail: info@glthome.com; Web:
www.glthome.com.
