High Performance Vacuum Fluorescent Display for DIN Size Audio Entertainment System

For automobile applications, the DIN Size is one of the standardization trends for radios, tape decks, compact disk players and other audio systems. The display device used in an audio system must be compact. It is also desirable to have excellent readability, multicolor and high density graphic capabilities. This paper reports on the recent technical achievements for low cost Vacuum Fluorescent Display (VFD) systems which conforms to the DIN Size.