When you work at Tektronix and they make a difficult to refuse offer for their ‘scopes, you obviously grab it. Even if the only one you can afford is the not-so-awesome TDS1012. [Jason Milldrum] got ...

The compact fluorescent tubes (CCFL) commonly used to backlight LCD panels have attracted the attention of the Restriction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS) Directive because they contain mercury. Right ...

San Jose, Calif. — Fairchild Semiconductor claims to introduce the industry's most integrated CCFL backlight inverter drive ICs for LCD backlight systems. The FAN7316 and FAN7317 devices are said to ...

LED backlighting for LCD displays is clearly a hot topic in display design these days (see LCD backlighting using 2-D LED dimming boosts TV performance and saves power” and Turning LED backlights into ...

Ok, so I have to admit firstly that I'm a huge fan of monitors with x-IPS panels. The color gamut/accuracy and the wide viewing angle are big Plusees for me, but the CCFL backlight is somewhat of an ...

Apple is set to replace all the CCFL backlights in its MacBook range with LED systems, according to the latest news from China. Reported in the Chinese-language paper the Economic Daily News (EDN), ...