LUMINEQ display structure
LUMINEQ displays consist of a glass panel, an electronic control circuit and a power supply. The glass panel consists of an inorganic luminescent phosphorous layer sandwiched between transparent dielectric layers and a matrix of row and column electrodes as shown in this drawing.
A pixel on the display is lit by applying voltage to the row and column electrodes, thus causing the area of intersection to emit light.
The result of this solid-state design is a bright, reliable and inherently rugged display. LUMINEQ displays are available in either monochrome yellow or green.
Laminated glass is made of two or more pieces of annealed glass held together by an interlayer, typically of polyvinyl butyral (PVB), ethylene-vinyl acetate (EVA), or thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU).
To manufacture laminated glass, annealed glass is stacked with the plastic interlayer, which is then passed through a series of rollers or vacuum bags and heated using an autoclave to expel any air pockets and to achieve the final bonded product.
The basic structure of laminated glass
Laminated glass when broken
With laminated glass, there are some great features.
Increased safety comes from a harder to break glass structure and if it does break, it typically stays together rather than shattering everywhere.
The interlayer reduces sound as well as solar energy and controls UV radiation.
It's more durable, maintains its color and also has a lot of versatility – you can add technology such as wires for defrosting or antennae.
Our displays, which are 0.7mm thick match well to be embedded into a full thickness PVB which is 0.76mm thick.
LUMINEQ display thickness of about 0.7mm thick, works very well to be embedded into a layer of 0.76mm PVB. The displays are shipped with the layers of thin films exposed – without a cover glass – so they are optimized for lamination.
LUMINEQ displays easily handle the lamination process pressure of 8-14 bar and temperature of roughly 140 degrees Celsius.
The displays can accept a slight compound curve during the lamination process – so you don't have to have a flat piece of glass to use our display technology in.