Using UV Blocking Glass to Protect Liquid Crystal Displays

Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) technology and display quality continues to evolve, while prices for LCDs have declined dramatically in the last few years. These two factors have helped to increase demand for LCDs in a variety of new and challenging applications, such as outdoor displays, where environmental conditions such as high ambient light and heat [...]

How to Protect Museum Quality Artwork with UV Blocking Glass

UV Blocking Glass acts as a mirror with regard to Ultraviolet light wavelengths (400nm and shorter). UV rays are one of the most significant sources of degradation in museum artwork. As such it is a problem that has prompted much consideration. Since artwork is intended to be seen, it is important that [...]

What is a Transparent Heater Window?

Transparent Heater Windows are used for widely differing purposes from keeping food hot or cold to preventing aircraft windows from frosting over. In essence a Transparent Heater Window is a pane of glass with an application of transparent semiconductor coating that has electric current passed through the coating. The electrical resistance of the [...]

Some ways to improve the performance of an EMI Shielding Window.

Once you’ve determined what kind of EMI shielding window is appropriate for an application, you then have to take into consideration any modifications that may be needed for implementation. One environmental concern that may cause the application to perform inadequately is use outdoors during peak daylight hours. In this situation you have an [...]

How are LuxVu ECTC’s better than Knitted or Woven Mesh Screens?

Since there a few options available for EMI shielding window applications, it is important to know their differences. The obvious main difference between an electrically conductive transparent coating (ECTC) and knitted or woven wire mesh screens is that the ECTC does not have wires. Wires make an excellent conductive dB shield, but are [...]

What is an EMI Shielding Window?

An EMI shielding window is an optically transparent, electrically conductive barrier that significantly reduces the amount of electro-magnetic radiation that might pass through it. These shielding windows are commonly surrounded by non-transparent barriers that are more effective EMI shields, but do not offer the optical transmission needed to allow visible light to pass through [...]

How does a Front Surface Mirror help a Rear Projection System?

Rear projection systems ideally use a front surface mirror (or first surface mirror) instead of a second surface mirror for image clarity.
Image clarity is often determined by taking into account two primary indicators. Amount of ghosting is the first and is a condition where an image is displayed two or more times with the [...]

What is a Front Surface Mirror?

First let us define what a mirror is and then we can explain what a front surface mirror is.
A mirror is any specularly reflecting surface, and in most large volume applications this reflective medium is aluminum coating. A back surface mirror has the reflective coating on the surface opposite the viewing surface, so it’s [...]