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Sharp Has a Phone with an IGZO OLED and 1″ Camera Sensor

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Sharpo announced a new Aquos R6 smartphone in the Japanese market. It has only a single back camera, but it has a 1″ sensor, the biggest ever on a smartphone and …

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The Role of Increased Semiconductor Mobility – an IGZO Case Study

by Ian Hendy

In recent years, I have been more and more convinced of the need for a mid-performance semiconductor in the display industry. While amorphous silicon (a-Si) is the industry workhorse and covers almost 60% of …

Tags:IGZO| LTPS TFT| Semiconductors| TFT

China Panel Makers Promoting the Use of IGZO Technology

by Andrew Fenn

Digitimes Research says that many of the new 8.5G – 10.5G TFT LCD fabs launched by China-based panel makers are able to produce indium gallium zinc oxide (IGZO) panels and capitalise on the advantages …

Solar-Tectic Has New Backplane Technology

by Milos Pavlovic

Solar-Tectic of Briarcliff Manor, New York, said that it has a new backplane technology, which it calls LT1CS (for Low Temperature single Crystal Silicon). In the material, the silicon crystals are highly oriented c-axis …

Quo Vadis IGZO?

by Bob Raikes

This week I thought we would have two small issues, but Matt contributed an interesting report on the Laser Display and Lighting Conference (which was nearly all displays) and a report on an HDR …

Two Backplanes: 1) Wow, and 2) Incroyable!

by Ken Werner

Let’s start with Wow. Sharp has been using its hard-earned IGZO expertise in a variety of creative ways, one of which is to use the speedy TFT technology to fabricate gate drivers on the …

Tags:IGZO| Patents| sharp| TFT| Vol 23 - Issue 42

Sharp Explains its Developments in PCap Touch and IGZO

by Bob Raikes

Sharp has been on a journey to build its business for touch displays and chose to work with certified value added partners. Now that journey is seeing products come to market. Sharp also showed …

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Sharp Shows 1000+ ppi For VR and Rounded Corners on LCD

by Bob Raikes

At Ceatec in Japan, Sharp has shown an LCD based on an IGZO backplane that has reached a pixel density of more than 1000 ppi. The panel was 2.87″ in diagonal with 1920 x …

Sharp Shows 27-inch 8K Monitor at IFA

by Chris Chinnock

In Europe, the Sharp brand name was purchased by Slovakia-based UMC about one and a half years ago. At IFA it was showing TVs but not really talking much about them. The recent acquisition …

SID 2016 Video Roundup

by Tom Allen

We recorded two videos at the SID Display Week: one with Sri Peruvemba, head of marketing for the SID organisation and the man responsible for promoting Display Week; and another with Dave Hagan of …

IGZO & Touch are Sharp Focus

by Bob Raikes

Sharp was highlighting its technology in IGZO backplanes and its touch integration at the SID. IGZO will be important, Sharp believes, because it meets the needs that are developing in IT and PCs. The …

Innolux and Sharp See Changes at the Top

by Tom Allen

Foxconn has begun to integrate Sharp’s display business with its Innolux subsidiary, with a focus on IGZO TFT-LCDs and OLEDs. Innolux chairman and CEO Tuan Hsing-chien resigned from his positions at the firm last …