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7.1: Invited Paper: Application of Backlit AMLCDS to Avionics
Author(s) -
Tannas L. E.
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
sid symposium digest of technical papers
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.351
H-Index - 44
eISSN - 2168-0159
pISSN - 0097-966X
DOI - 10.1889/1.1833834
Subject(s) - backlight , crts , cockpit , avionics , aviation , power consumption , computer science , visibility , reliability (semiconductor) , volume (thermodynamics) , automotive engineering , engineering , power (physics) , liquid crystal display , aeronautics , computer graphics (images) , aerospace engineering , physics , optics , quantum mechanics , operating system
The ultimate glass cockpit technology has arrived—AMLCDs with improved backlights. Initial expectations for weight, power and volume savings are being realized, as are major advantages of cost, reliability and visual performance that exceed that of CRTs. The unique ability to reflect as well as transmit a colored image makes AMLCDS superior to all other technologies. New fluorescent backlight designs with high luminance and dimmability are the key to adapting AMLCDS to the aviation environment. The major impact of AMLCDS is on system architecture. Panel sources and standardization is still a problem compounded by low‐volume consumption by the aviation industry.