APPLIED CONCEPTS OFFERS SIMPLIFIED DESIGN AND IMPROVED EFFICIENCY WITH LED BACKLIGHTING SOLUTIONS
LED Rail Kit Modifications are Simple and Efficient Alternative to Cold Cathode Fluorescent Lamps (CCFLs)

TULLY, New York, January 29, 2007 – Applied Concepts Inc., a leading supplier of power conversion solutions, has today announced the introduction of turnkey engineered LED backlighting solutions for LCD panels ranging in size from 6.4” to 20.1” diagonal.

Applied Concepts’ solutions are edge-lit LED systems, and utilize the latest in High Bright LED (HBLED) technology.  When coupled with ACI’s patent-pending I-DRIVE™ LED drivers, these solutions offer improved efficiency and superior thermal management to illuminate LCD displays with more brightness and/or less power than traditional CCFL approaches. The ACI LED backlighting solutions provide significant advantages over alternative LED solutions which are generally more invasive, require complicated modifications and are much less efficient.

Gary Nelson, President and CEO of Applied Concepts stated “We are very excited about the introduction of our new LED solutions. Our customers have been demanding a less complicated and more efficient approach to LED backlighting for some time now. Our products successfully fill that void in the market.”

Features of the Applied Concepts LED Backlighting solutions include:
• Simple and minimally invasive LED modification to stock edge-lit CCFL displays
• Electrical to light efficiency nearly twice that of the traditional CCFL approaches
• Applicable on any size edge-lit display from 6.4” to 20.1”, from any manufacturer
• Suitable for new or retrofit installations
• Long life (> 35,000 hours)
• Superior brightness uniformity over CCFL backlights
• Unique mixed mode dimming ensures no optical interference
• Improved shock & vibration performance over CCFL backlight
• Rail design allows for open/short of one or more LED’s without affecting the rest of the LED’s in the rail
• RoHS version available
• Display stock optics retained

Solutions can be purchased as a complete LED kit containing LED rail(s), I-DRIVE™ LED driver and cables.  In 1,000 piece quantities, the price for a complete kit for a 12.1” display is estimated at $200.00.  Solutions can also be purchased as a fully modified panel conversion in the same quantities for $300.00 plus the price of the panel.  Contact the company directly for availability.

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