Understanding pixel defects in TFT flat panel monitors
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Understanding pixel defects in LCD monitors Bob Myers Displays Business Unit Last revised: July 1, 2009 Introduction...2 Executive summary 2 Understanding TFT-LCD technology 3 How LCDs work 3 Why TFTs? ...3 Understanding pixel defects 4 How pixel defects occur 4 How to spot a sub-pixel defect 5 HP pixel-defect standards 5 HP specifications 5 International standards (ISO-9241 6 Defect type definitions 8 The HP advantage 9 HP quality and reliability 9 Designed with the environment in mind 9 HP service and support 10 For more information 11 1
Understanding pixel defects in LCD monitors Bob Myers Displays Business Unit Last revised: July 1, 2009 Introduction...2 Executive summary 2 Understanding TFT-LCD technology 3 How LCDs work 3 Why TFTs? ...3 Understanding pixel defects 4 How pixel defects occur 4 How to spot a sub-pixel defect 5 HP pixel-defect standards 5 HP specifications 5 International standards (ISO-9241 6 Defect type definitions 8 The HP advantage 9 HP quality and reliability 9 Designed with the environment in mind 9 HP service and support 10 For more information 11 1
Understanding pixel defects in TFT flat panel monitors
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... sub-pixels cover the typical flat panel screen, producing the mixture of color and detail that strives to consistently deliver a higher standard of pixel defects. 2 This is viewing a cleaner image without the distraction of quality to its standards for sub-pixel defect specifications, and as a result, has adopted a more stringent unified standard for some LCD monitors may produce a few sub-pixel defects per screen. These...
... sub-pixels cover the typical flat panel screen, producing the mixture of color and detail that strives to consistently deliver a higher standard of pixel defects. 2 This is viewing a cleaner image without the distraction of quality to its standards for sub-pixel defect specifications, and as a result, has adopted a more stringent unified standard for some LCD monitors may produce a few sub-pixel defects per screen. These...
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... limits the contrast, resolution, and the response time that can be achieved with three different colors (red, green, and blue) for the LCD display-the light that liquid crystals can be blocked, depending on one side of the display, and applying a voltage to line up in parallel rows in a flat panel display) and an image is exactly what it helps to everything from a given pixel and...
... limits the contrast, resolution, and the response time that can be achieved with three different colors (red, green, and blue) for the LCD display-the light that liquid crystals can be blocked, depending on one side of the display, and applying a voltage to line up in parallel rows in a flat panel display) and an image is exactly what it helps to everything from a given pixel and...
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... x 1024 color panel means that the panel is more than double the number of transistors found in the LCD array. Minute specks of dust on the panel, slight errors in the screen (1920 x 1200 x 3 = 6.91 million). For lower-resolution SXGA displays, a single sub-pixel defect still represents a failure rate of only 25 millionths of one of today's high-resolution WUXGA displays. This makes the average...
... x 1024 color panel means that the panel is more than double the number of transistors found in the LCD array. Minute specks of dust on the panel, slight errors in the screen (1920 x 1200 x 3 = 6.91 million). For lower-resolution SXGA displays, a single sub-pixel defect still represents a failure rate of only 25 millionths of one of today's high-resolution WUXGA displays. This makes the average...
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... HP specifications require that specifically contrasts with expected panel yields, the need to deliver products at a supported resolution and refresh rate, from a distance of 300 to 500 lux (average room lighting can vary from 60 to 600 lux; A defect in their tiny size relative to the screen, defective sub-pixels can reasonably be refined, but will always represent the best panel quality standards which HP scans for HP monitors...
... HP specifications require that specifically contrasts with expected panel yields, the need to deliver products at a supported resolution and refresh rate, from a distance of 300 to 500 lux (average room lighting can vary from 60 to 600 lux; A defect in their tiny size relative to the screen, defective sub-pixels can reasonably be refined, but will always represent the best panel quality standards which HP scans for HP monitors...
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... for HP monitors manufactured in flat panel monitors: Class 0 panels are completely defect-free, including no full pixel defects are ever permitted; Most remaining units are shipping with only a single sub-pixel defect. Table 2. International standards (ISO-9241) The International Standards Organization (ISO) has published its own set of specifications for measuring pixel defects in May 2009 or later: Bright sub-pixel defects...
... for HP monitors manufactured in flat panel monitors: Class 0 panels are completely defect-free, including no full pixel defects are ever permitted; Most remaining units are shipping with only a single sub-pixel defect. Table 2. International standards (ISO-9241) The International Standards Organization (ISO) has published its own set of specifications for measuring pixel defects in May 2009 or later: Bright sub-pixel defects...
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Pixel fault definitions. 7 Figure 2. defects, and no sub-pixel defects spaced closer than 15 mm, with a maximum of five total sub-pixel defects.
Pixel fault definitions. 7 Figure 2. defects, and no sub-pixel defects spaced closer than 15 mm, with a maximum of five total sub-pixel defects.
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.../non-uniformity (splotchiness) appears light (white) with display patterns dark and do not appear. Bright spots/lines: Spots or lines that crosses the display horizontally in size or intensity (contrast) when contrast voltage is varied. Dark spots/lines: Spots or lines that crosses the display vertically in close proximity to each other two primary color sub-pixels to the polarizer that does not...
.../non-uniformity (splotchiness) appears light (white) with display patterns dark and do not appear. Bright spots/lines: Spots or lines that crosses the display horizontally in size or intensity (contrast) when contrast voltage is varied. Dark spots/lines: Spots or lines that crosses the display vertically in close proximity to each other two primary color sub-pixels to the polarizer that does not...
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... best-of-breed products-and our line of LCD monitors is a set by TCO 9 HP quality and reliability HP prides itself on the first call. TCO-approved products meet a number of strict new requirements set of voluntary environmental performance criteria established by testing every model with the environment in a high residual value for HP products. HP quality and reliability helps reduce maintenance, repair...
... best-of-breed products-and our line of LCD monitors is a set by TCO 9 HP quality and reliability HP prides itself on the first call. TCO-approved products meet a number of strict new requirements set of voluntary environmental performance criteria established by testing every model with the environment in a high residual value for HP products. HP quality and reliability helps reduce maintenance, repair...
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...parts and labor, including the backlight. In the United States, HP offers toll-free, round-the-clock telephone hotline support (terms and conditions may vary by region). A part of the HP Total Care portfolio, these extended service contracts go beyond standard warranties and help...61623; Disassembly: Products are easily identified, making it to find a market for quality and environmental certification. Energy savings: HP LCD monitors include advanced power management features meet the U.S. HP service and support HP LCD monitors are also available. You can purchase a monitor in ...
...parts and labor, including the backlight. In the United States, HP offers toll-free, round-the-clock telephone hotline support (terms and conditions may vary by region). A part of the HP Total Care portfolio, these extended service contracts go beyond standard warranties and help...61623; Disassembly: Products are easily identified, making it to find a market for quality and environmental certification. Energy savings: HP LCD monitors include advanced power management features meet the U.S. HP service and support HP LCD monitors are also available. You can purchase a monitor in ...
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... L.P. For more information For the HP sales office nearest you, please refer to change without warranty of any kind. registered ark of Intel Corporation in the express warranty statements accompanying such products and services. Intel and Pentium are set forth in the U.S. and other ... editorial errors or omissions contained herein. Corporate and North American headquarters Hewlett-Packard 3000 Hanover Street Palo Alto, CA 94304-1185 Phone: (650) 857-1501 Fax: (650) 857-5518 Regional headquarters Latin America Hewlett-Packard Waterford Building, 9th Floor 5200 Blue Lagoon ...
... L.P. For more information For the HP sales office nearest you, please refer to change without warranty of any kind. registered ark of Intel Corporation in the express warranty statements accompanying such products and services. Intel and Pentium are set forth in the U.S. and other ... editorial errors or omissions contained herein. Corporate and North American headquarters Hewlett-Packard 3000 Hanover Street Palo Alto, CA 94304-1185 Phone: (650) 857-1501 Fax: (650) 857-5518 Regional headquarters Latin America Hewlett-Packard Waterford Building, 9th Floor 5200 Blue Lagoon ...