Research and Development

TAC FILM FOR LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY POLARIZING PLATES

Liquid crystal displays are used widely for various monitors such as personal computers, liquid crystal TVs, mobile phones, and car navigation units. Konica Minolta offers triacetyl cellulose (TAC) film, which is essential material to protect polarizing plates used for liquid crystal displays. Our high quality TAC film has been developed through long years of experience in manufacturing photographic base film.

<Features of Konica Minolta TAC Film>

1. Excellent film uniformity
2. Superb transparency and non-orientation
3. Reliable quality stability
4. Ultimate cleanness
5. High UV protection

A versatile line of products are available and meet various needs related to TFT liquid crystals, whose image quality is ever increasing.

OPTICAL UNITS FOR PRINTERS

While demands diversify within offices, color printers are quickly becoming smaller in size. Obviously, employed in color printers are many lenses and mirrors to guide light. Using original free-curved design and process technologies, Konica Minolta has developed a single optical element capable of achieving functions previously required many optical elements. As a result, Konica Minolta was able to developed downsized printers without sacrificing an increase in the printing speed.

MICROLENS UNITS FOR MICROCAMERAS/MICROCAMERA UNITS (MCU)

MIcrolens units are increasingly used in mobile phones with cameras, onboard cameras and notebook computers, and are required to be smaller with more sophisticated functions. Through its long experience in optical design technology, aspherical lens molding technology, and micro-optical unit assembly technology, Konica Minolta offers microlens units for microcameras, which meet the market demand. Furthermore, by incorporating Konica Minolta's original piezoelectric actuators, it was able to further enhance functions, reduce size and decrease energy consumption.

In addition, Konica Minolta always persists in superb image quality. This feature is also notable in MCU incorporating microlens unit. Although it is a CMOS camera, images can be achieved even under 5 lux.
Also, cameras having frame rate of 30 frames per second, which is equivalent to telecasting, are still rare in Japan.

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