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Extractor Pattern Design for 3D Textured Displays and Light Pipes Dr. William J. Cassarly Optical Research Associates billc@ Outline Display devices Backlights Instrument Panels Appliqué Optimization Elements of an optimizer Merit Function and Noise Mesh Feedback Optimization Examples Variable size and placement 1D (CCFL) and 2D (LED) Summary What Is A Backlight? Backlights LCD backlight Instrument Panels Appliqués etc Nominally Consists of A light guide Usually made of plastic A light source CCFL and LED are typical Optic to increase collection efficiency Other elements often used Diffuser Brightness enhancing films Backplane reflector Some elements may not be used, depending on size, cost, and other requirements Typical Design Goal Extract light in a direction perpendicular to the direction of propagation Spatial light modulator (e.g., LCD or Appliqué) is placed over the backlight Typically want uniform light extraction Design Process: Uniformity Available power varies within the light guide Extraction efficiency varies along length to compensate Ways to vary extraction efficiency include Paint density, Texture size, Texture spacing Need a means to design the extraction pattern Optimization Optimization Ability to automatically refine the performance of a system based upon a user specified performance criteria Parameterization Definition of system variables Choose variables that influence performance Merit Function Quantifies system performance Smaller value means better performance Algorithm Various possible methods Local versus global Optimization Flowchart Merit Function Optimizer needs quantity to determine ‘goodness’ Called the Merit Function, MF Weighted Sum of the Squares is typical Smallest MF when Vi = Ti for all i Weights, Wi, control relative importance of the Vi - Ti Termination Vi can be obtained using Monte Carlo simulations Values have noise, ?i, and therefore the Merit Function has noise LightTools? computes the noise in the Merit Funct