Khalil Kalantar | |
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Xəlil Kələntər | |
Born | |
Nationality | Azerbaijani |
Known for | Backlight unit Backlight optics |
Awards | Honorary Decree of ANAS [1] |
Khalil Kalantar ( Azerbaijani: Xəlil Kələntər) or Kalil Kalantar [2] [1] is an Azerbaijani scientist, inventor and electronics engineer. He is known for his inventions about LCD displays. [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]
In 1981, he moved to Japan in order to work as a professor in Nagoya University. Kalantar worked there for 10 years. [8] He got his Phd degree in Nagoya and Tohoku universities. [3] [8] [6]
Kalantar is also author of 3 books and co-author of 6 books. Also he wrote more than 150 scientific articles. [3] [8] [4] [5] [6]
In 2008, he became the honorary member of Society for Information Display. [2] [9] In 2011, he was awarded with "The Best Article" by SID. [2] [10] [11] [9]
During his career, he worked on 2D optical coherent representations, optical-electronic sensors and measuring devices etc. [2]
From starting 1995, Kalantar worked on optic devices and modules for LCD blocks. [8] [2] During his career, he worked with Fujitsu, Sony, Global Optical Solutions. Kalantar is also author of the VAIO's concept. [8] [2]
In 2007 May, he awarded with prize for inventing a new optical design method for LCD lightning. [2]
One of his inventions was making light-guided optical boards with micro reflector and micro deflector. [8]
Kalantar is one of the inventors of the backlights of Liquid-crystal displays. [3] [4] [12] [13] [14] This technology has been used by phones, televisions, monitors etc. [6] First generation iPhone's and iPod Nano have used this technology. [8]
He has up to 100 patents about displays. [3] [8] [9] [14]
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