LG Innotek will leverage the Nexlide-E to expand its share in the automotive lighting module market. To do so, the company has been active in promotions targeting global car makers in the U.S., Japan, Europe and South Korea. The micropatterns can be changed according to the type of optical film to increase brightness by collecting the beam, produce a surface light source by diffusing the light or even produce a three-dimensional light shape. With optical films, LG Innotek can produce customized lighting modules without complex design changes or using additional components such as an inner lens. Different types of the optical film create various lighting effects. An only 0.2mm thick film produced with the company's unique micropatterning technique is attached to the automotive lighting module. To achieve such a bright and uniform light, LG Innotek developed a new optical film for the Nexlide-E. Even as a wide lamp, it produces smooth and uniform light without blind spots or sudden breaks caused by lighting level drops. The product's high brightness makes this possible by satisfying the different brightness levels of taillights, stop lamps and turn signals.Īs the number of lighting modules used decreases, car manufacturers can design slimmer and more compact lamps, and increase space efficiency by widening the trunk and such. The Nexlide-E also has the advantage in that it produces a uniformly bright light. This is particularly important for electric and hydrogen vehicles in increasing their mileage range (corresponding to fuel economy in conventional vehicles). Also, car manufacturers can replace different lightings of a vehicle such as a taillight and stop lamp into one lighting module using the Nexlide-E.
The Nexlide-E is also power efficient, because the module is bright enough with a small amount of electricity. This is because stop lamps must be recognizable in any circumstances for driving safety. In Europe and North America, they are required to be 110 cd or higher. This satisfies the brightness standard of taillights, turn signals, and stop lamps. The stop lamps have the most strict brightness standard. The maximum brightness of the Nexlide-E has been raised from 80 cd (candela, the unit of brightness) to 130 cd, making it 63% brighter than the previous product. This can improve space efficiency and allow more design variations of a vehicle's lamps. The company's micropatterning technique was used in the film to give a variety of lighting effects.ĭue to its brightness, this lighting module can replace multiple automotive lamps with different brightness standards into one module. LG Innotek applied a high-performance and high-reliability optical film to improve the lighting performance. The Nexlide-E is 63% brighter than the previous product and produces more uniform light. The name was produced by combining the words 'Next,' 'Lighting,' and 'Device.' LG Innotek provides automotive lighting module products as well as customized solutions such as optical device design, lighting design proposal, and more with the Nexlide brand. The Nexlide is LG Innotek's automotive lighting service brand that has the meaning of a next-generation light source. The module can be used as taillights, stop lamps, and headlights. Lastly, a thin optical film is attached on top of the package to spread the light brightly and evenly. Then, optical resin covers the package and substrate for protection. An LED package, which is a light source, is mounted on a thin substrate. This automotive lighting module is made of three parts. * Target the global market with "the automotive light source solution service." * 0.2mm thick optical film is used to produce a customized lighting module.
Applicable to the front/rear of an automobile. The VCSEL array is a semi-collimated source, and requires beam shaping to a specified field of view.īrightView micro lens array optics offer customizable angle bend and beam shaping solutions in a variety of form factors.* Brightness improved by 63%. Flash LiDAR systems are often placed at strategic points around the vehicle for a 360° view. It uses a pulse of light, usually emitted from a vertical cavity surface emitting laser (VCSEL) array, coupled with a time-of-flight (ToF) camera, to measure the distance of an object in the field of view to recreate a 3D map of the surrounding environment. Flash LiDAR, a form of LiDAR, is becoming popular due to its simplicity and low cost. LiDAR (light detection and ranging) is similar to radar, but uses a laser (often IR) to detect objects around the vehicle.