Giving customers what they want is the key
Keeping the monitor imagefree of EMI-caused distortion (typically created by an inverter required for the fluorescent backlight that actually makes LCD monitors visible), while maintaining compactness of design (Z Microsystems’ flat panels are only 2 U high - approximately 3.5” when stowed) requires absolute minimum clearances. Putting a magnetic shield around the inverter accomplishes that.
Z Microsystems first contacted us at Magnetic Shield Corp in May of 2004. Like many inquiries, it started with a request for a Laboratory Kit. We have experienced the phenomena of Lab Kit purchases resulting in unique shield manufacturing opportunities numerous times.
Designing the most effective magnetic shield is a little like solving a mystery. There are many possibilities; but only one combination solves the puzzle completely. Trial and error is typically employed, with measurements taken during each step of the process.
Six months elapsed between delivery of the Lab Kit to Z Microsystems’ engineering department, and their first order for magnetic shields.
Inhouse tests showed simple steel shields to be ineffective; the high permeability factor of Magnetic Shield’s CO-NETIC material proved satisfactory.
Shields are being employed on Z Microsystems’ Command Consoles that must meet MIL-STD 461, requiring satisfactory completion of an RE-101 Test for Radiated Emissions. Not all Z Microsystems monitors must meet this spec; it’s typically those destined for military service.
Giving users what they want is the key to Z Microsystems’ growth and success.
From their early days as a key supplier to Sun Microsystems and its community of federal systems Integrators, Z Microsystems has evolved its technical expertise in both hardware and software development, developing software that powers Z Video - the standard video capture and editing toolset used by the intelligence community and tactical DoD deployments.
Likewise, Magnetic Shield Corporation is often the “standard” to which all other shielding manufacturers are held.
For more than 60 years, we’ve been up to the task.
Z Microsystems’ Orion UDP (Universal Display Platform) monitors can accommodate up to eight individual
Picture-in-Picture video inputs on one screen.