Literature and Publications

M. E. Becker:
"Motion-blur evaluation: A comparison of approaches",
Journal of the SID, October 2008, Volume 16, Issue 10, 2008, pp.989-1000
JSID online

M. E. Becker:
"Matte vs. glossy displays: A technical question or just a matter of personal preferences?",
Veritas & Visus, Display Standard, September 2008, Vol3, No6/7 .....Download Article
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M. E. Becker:
"LCD Response Time Evaluation in the Presence of Backlight Modulations",
SID'08 International Symposium, Paper 4.3 ..... Download .... Presentation ..... Download

M. E. Becker:
"Evaluation of Moving-Line Contrast Degradation without Motion" (Distinguished Paper),
SID'08 International Symposium, Paper 10.1 ..... Download ..... Presentation ..... Download

M. E. Becker:
"Viewing Angels: a not so rare species… ",
LCD TV Matters, Volume 1, Issue 4, May 2008 .....Download Article
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M. E. Becker:
"Specsmanship: the artistry of sugarcoating performance specifications",
LCD TV Matters, Volume 1, Issue 3, February 2008 .....Download Article
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M. E. Becker:
"Motion Blur Measurement and Evaluation: From Theory to the Laboratory"
SID'07 International Symposium, Paper 26.1 .....Download .....Presentation .....Download

M. E. Becker:
"Facing the issue of specsmanship in display standards"
Veritas et Visus, Display Standard February 2007 ..... Download

M. E. Becker:
"Display Reflectance: Basics, measurement, and rating"
Journal of the SID, November 2006, Volume 14, Issue 11, pp. 1003-1017
JSID online

M. E. Becker:
"International Display Standards: Status & Agenda"
SID'06 International Symposium, Session 9: Display-Measurement&Standards, Paper 9.1 (invited) ..... Download

M. E. Becker:
"Display usability, performance specifications and standards"
Symposium on Display Usability: Modelling, Specification, Measurement & Assessment
NPL Teddington, 7th March, 2006, co-organised by ORM, SID, UKDN, ..... Download

M. E. Becker, U. Kuhlmann:
"Kristallmanufaktur - Schritte auf dem Weg zum sehrichtungsunabhängigen LC-Schirm"
c't 22(2005), p. 126 ..... Download

M. E. Becker:
"Bewegtbilddarstellung auf LCD-Bildschirmen"
Electronic Displays 2005 Digest, ..... Download the conference paper
Presentation in Wiesbaden, September 28, 2005, ..... Download

M. E. Becker:
"Metrology Issues for LCD-TV"
EuroDispay 2005 Digest, p. 462-465, ..... Download the conference paper
Revised and extended version, DISPLAYS (Vol 26/4-5, pp. 197-207), October 2005, ..... Download a preprint

M. E. Becker:
"Characterization of inhomogeneous retarders"
SID 2005 Digest, p. 46-49
Revised and extended version, JSID 14,1(2006), pp. 93-99 ..... Download a preprint

M. E. Becker:
"Pixelsalat – von Bildschirmaufloesungen, Zeichengroessen und Lesbarkeit" ..... Download

M. E. Becker, U. Kuhlmann:
"Rasante Zeiten - Techniken zur besseren Bewegtbilddarstellung auf Flachbildschirmen"
c't 9(2005), p. 126 ..... Download

M. E. Becker:
"Measurement and evaluation of display scattering"
Journal of the SID, 13,1(2005), p. 81-89, ..... Download a preprint
Revised and extended version of the paper presented at the 2004 SID International Symposium held May 25-27, 2004, in Seattle, Washington

M. E. Becker:
"LCD-TV Challenges to Display Metrology"
Asia Display - IMID 2004, Invited Workshop Contribution, Workshop-Digest, p. 3-7

M. E. Becker:
"Standards for Electronic Displays: Status Quo and Agenda"
Asia Display - IMID 2004, Invited Seminar Contribution, FPD-Standardization Special Session,
Special Session Digest, p. 1-55 ..... Download the presentation

M. E. Becker:
"Detailed Modeling of Complex LCDs"
Asia Display - IMID 2004 Digest, p. 365-368 ..... Downlaod

M. E. Becker, U. Kuhlmann:
"Einstellungssache", c't 13(2004), p. 204 ..... Download

M. E. Becker:
"Measurement and Evaluation of Display Scattering"
SID 2004 Digest, p. 184, .... Download the paper

M. E. Becker, Hans-Juergen Herrmann:
"Ergonomics of LCD-Monitors: ISO-13406-2 and its practical implications"
Electronic Displays Conference 2003, Wiesbaden, Conference Digest p. 125 - 131 .... Download the presentation

M. E. Becker:
"Reflections on Measurement Methods"
Information Display 2, 2003, p. 14 - 18, ..... Download a preprint

M. E. Becker:
"Measurement of Display Scattering"
Proceedings of the 22nd IDRC 2002, p. 803, .... Download the paper

M. E. Becker, U. Kuhlmann:
"Spiegelbilder", c't 20(2002), p. 200 ..... Download

M. E. Becker:
"Standards and Metrology for Reflective LCDs"
SID 2002 Digest, p. 136 ..... Download the presentation, ..... Download the paper

M. E. Becker:
"What are the real advantages of OLED-based displays ?"
Displays Europe, May 2002 ..... Download

H. Wöhler, M. E. Becker:
"Numerical Modeling of LCD electro-optical performance"
Invited paper at the XIVth Conference on Liquid Crystals, 2001, Zakopane, Poland
Opto-Electronics Review 10, 1(2002), p. 23-33

M. E. Becker, J. Laur, J. Neumeier:
"Electro-optical Characterization of Reflective LCDs"
SID 2001 Digest, p. 322, .... Download the paper

D. K. G. de Boer, e.a., M. E. Becker, e.a.:
"Optical simulations and measurements of in-plane switching structures with rapid refractive index variations"
SID 2001 Digest, p. 818

J. Laur, J. Neumeier, M. E. Becker:
"Measurement and evaluation of electro-optical characteristics of reflective LCDs: pitfalls and solutions"
Electronic Displays Conference, November 2000, Berlin

M. E. Becker:
"LCD Visual Performance Characterization and Evaluation"
1999 SPIE Flat Panel Display Technology and Display Metrology Conference, San Jose

J. Rink, M. E. Becker, M. Frohna
"Aus der neuen Welt: Fluessigkristall-Bildschirmen unter den Deckel geschaut"
c't 6(1998), p. 230 .....Download

M. E. Becker:
"Evaluation and Characterization of Display Reflectance"
DISPLAYS 19 (1998), p. 35-54 [reprints available on request]

H. Wöhler, M. E. Becker:
"LCD Performance Modelling"
SID 1998, Anaheim, Application Seminar A-2

M. E. Becker:
"Evaluation and Characterization of Display Reflectance"
SID 1997 Digest, p. 827

M. E. Becker:
"Measurement of Tilt-Bias Angle: Performance Evaluation of the Crystal Rotation Method"
Journal of the SID 5/3(1997), p. 283

M. E. Becker, H. Wöhler, M. Kamm, J. Kreis:
"Numerical Modelling of IPS Effects: A New Approach and More Results"
SID 1996, San Diego, p. 596

M. E. Becker:
"Measuring LCD Optical Performance"
SID 1996, San Diego, Application Seminar A-4

M. E. Becker:
"Viewing-cone Analysis of LCDs: a Comparison of Measuring Methods"
SID 1996, San Diego, p. 199

M. E. Becker:
"Measuring LCD Optical Performance"
FPTS Seminar 1995, Tokyo

M. E. Becker, J. Neumeier:
"Measuring LCD Optical Performance"
SID 1995, Orlando

M. E. Becker:
"A New Method for Computing Director Profiles"
11th International Display Research Conference, Monterey (1994), Conference Proceedings, p. 503

M. E. Becker, J. Neumeier:
"How to Measure and Specify LCD Optical Performance"
SID 1994, San Jose

M. E. Becker, J. Neumeier, H. Wöhler:
"Numerical Optimization of STN LCDs"
1.) SEMI Taiwan Technical Symposium, September 1993, Hsinchu, Taiwan
2.) SEMI Flat Panel Display Symposium, September 1993, Seoul, Korea

H. Wöhler, M. E. Becker:
"The Optics of Liquid Crystals"
13th International Display Research Conference, Eurodisplay 1993, Strasbourg, France, Seminar Lecture Notes, p. A-1/1-45

M. E. Becker, J. Neumeier:
"How to Measure and Specify LCD Optical Performance"
SID 1993

H. Wöhler, M. E. Becker:
"Twist Cell Dynamics: A Novel Numerical Approach"
SID 1993, Seattle, p. 650

M. E. Becker, J. Neumeier:
"Measuring LCD electro-optical performance"
SID 1992, Boston, Application Notes, p. 50

M. E. Becker, J. Neumeier, H. Wöhler:
"Numerical Modeling of AM-LCDs"
SID 1992, Boston, Application Notes, p. 15

M. E. Becker, J. Neumeier:
"How to measure and specify LCD optical performance"
SID 1992; Boston, How-to Seminars, p. 19

M. E. Becker, J Neumeier:
"Measurement of electro-optical properties of reflective, positiv contrast LCDs: Problems and Solutions"
Electronic Displays Conference 1991, Karlsruhe, 1991

M. E. Becker, J. Neumeier:
"Electro-Optical Properties of Reflective Positive-Contrast LCDs: How to Obtain Meaningful Measuring Results"
11th International Display Research Conference 1991, Conference Proceedings, p. 195

M. E. Becker, J. Neumeier:
"Measurement of electro-optical properties of LCDs"
SID 1990, Conference Proceedings p. 163

M. E. Becker:
"Measuring Techniques for the evaluation of the electro-optic properties of LCDs"
Feinwerktechnik & Messtechnik, 98(1990)6, p. 267
Qualitaet & Zuverlaessigkeit, 35(1990)6, p. 329

M. E. Becker, J. Neumeier:
"Mesurement des characteristiques electro-optiques des afficheurs a Cristaux Liquides"
VISU '90, Journees Nationales d'Etudes sur les Techniques d'Affichage et de Visualisation, 1990, Grenoble, France

M. E. Becker, J. Neumeier:
"Numerical optimization of STN-Cell performance"
9th International Display Research Conference, Japan Display 1989, Kyoto, Conference Proceedings, p. 294

M. E. Becker:
"DIMOS - a software tool for optimizing display systems with LCDs"
DISPLAYS 10, 4(1989), p. 215

M. E. Becker:
"DIMOS, a software tool for LCD research and development"
6th International Display Research Conference, Japan Display 1986, Tokyo, Conference Proceedings, p. 300

M. E. Becker, R. A. Kilian, B. B. Kosmowski:
"Alignment properties of rubbed polymer surfaces"
10th International Liquid Crystal Conference, York, July 1984

Mol. Cryst. Liq. Cryst. 132(1986), p. 167

M. E. Becker, J. Nehring, T. J. Scheffer:
"Theory of twisted nematic layers with weak boundary coupling"
J. Appl. Phys. 57, 10(1985), p. 4539

M. E. Becker, B. B. Kosmowski:
"Surface-induced bistability in chiral-nematic Liquid-Crystals; effect of Liquid-Crystal and surface parameters"
4th Display Research Conference, 1984, Paris, Conference Proceedings

Proc. SID, 26, 2(1985), p. 109

R. A. Cremers, M. E. Becker, B. B. Kosmowski:
"Optimization of the TN-Display-System for car application by use of colour representation"
SAE Technical Paper Series (1984), Paper Nr. 840145

B. B. Kosmowski, M. E. Becker:
"A novel technique for the accurate determination of average tilt angle in twisted nematic cells"
Displays 5, 2(1984), p. 104

B. B. Kosmowski, M. E. Becker, R. A. Cremers:
"Design considerations for transflective TN-cells"
3rd International Display Research Conference, Japan Display 1983, Kobe, Conference Proceedings, p. 316

B. B. Kosmowski, M. E. Becker, R. A. Cremers:
"Tilt bias angle measurement with improved sensitivity"
Mol. Cryst. Liq. Cryst. letters, 72(1981), p. 17