Flat Panel Displays find their way into almost every industry and all possible applications. As designers leap to take advantage of this technology and design them into products that range from iPods to Mega Digital Signage screens, it becomes inevitable that the off the shelf (OTS) LCDs require modifications. Modifications for sun light view ability, vandal shield, ruggedization etc. One such modification is the need for shield from Electromagnetic Interference. It is important to understand that the need for EMI shielding is not due to the LCD but due to the components in the overall product incorporating the Display emitting radiation. Hence, the need for shielding which can be integrated to the Display.

 As the demand for Displays rise, so is the need for Touch Screens that are integrated with the Display for ease of user interface. Display integrated with Touch enables the designer the flexibility of using the integrated unit to have the ability to also shield from EMI. Further, more and more applications demand the need for sunlight readable Display systems. In cases where such systems also incorporate Touch Screens, it becomes the designer’s delight as the Touch Screen can potentailly be used to achieve both optical enhancements and EMI shielding.

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Posted By Vignesh Sanmugam

Original Post by John Clauson, Dec. 9, 2008

3M is  happy to announce the launch of their new and improved web site for touch-based solutions: try either  www.3m.com/touch or www.3Mtouch.com.

The new site has many new features to support design efforts for touch screen technology (and for more information on web site improvements check out the accompanying 3ms-new-website .pdf):

As always, 3M welcomes ideas from the entire extended Touch Systems community on how to make this site more useful and informative. Please send 3M any ideas now or in the future. 

If you do find any content errors, or missing or broken links, please let 3M know right away.