This article explains the latest steps taken by major notebook makers and LCD panel makers to make the 'green' benefits of LED backlight (LED BLU: Light Emitting Diode BackLight Unit) technology ...

Geneva—STMicroelectronics has introduced three monolithic step-up converters for LED backlights and lighting, providing 30mA or 85mA current sources for six rows of up to 10 white LEDs. The LED7706, ...

[Lee Davison] acquired an Acer laptop that didn’t have a display anymore. He had enough parts on hand to add in an LCD panel and give it a CCFL backlight. But when he started looking for an inverter ...

It looks like HP is joining the LED-backlit bandwagon. Other manufacturers such as Apple, Asus and Acer have already stated that they will be releasing notebooks with the LED technology. According to ...

AU Optronics (AUO) is increasing its applications of LED backlights for its TFT-LCD panels used in notebooks and LCD monitors, with the LED backlight proportion for the former to be increased from 98% ...

The RGB LED-lit technology is no stranger to those have followed the latest development in LCD monitors or TV displays; but not on notebook. Graphic designer or image editor longs for a wider color ...

AU Optronics (AUO) vice chairman HB Chen has indicated that the company's large-size panels will all be LED-backlit by 2015. In 2011, all AUO notebook panels will be LED-backlit, and 40% of its LCD TV ...

Notebooks are set to see huge gains in the usage of LED backlighting next year with projected to be between 30-40 percent. The demand for LED backlighting was expected to grow significantly in 2008, ...

For over a year, LED-backlit displays have made it to a limited number of laptop models, usually those more expensive desktop replacements 15" inches and under, and ultra-portables like the Sony TZ ...

If you’re like most of us here at Hack a Day, you probably shudder at the amount of e-waste that gets thrown out — here’s a clever way to make some good use out of a broken laptop screen! [Victor] ...