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Driving the New Technology on the Block

by Ian Hendy

MicroLED displays are the new technology on the block. And with a new technology, all of the previous givens are being re-examined, including whether the display will be driven with a TFT backplane or …

Tags:LED Drivers| LTPS TFT| MicroLED| TFT

Samsung Display may make LTPS TFT for Micro LED

by Bob Raikes

What They Say The Elec reports that Samsung is looking at supplying LTPS TFT modules for its direct LED-based TVs. Up to now, the paper reported, the firm has used PCBs for displays above …

Tags:LTPS TFT| MicroLED| Samsung Display| Small Pixel Pitch LED SPP

Blue Laser Annealing Excites Researchers

by Ken Werner

At the recent imaginary (or is that virtual?) SID Display Week, two optimistic papers outlined advances in blue laser annealing (BLA) as a higher quality, less expensive, and much more scalable alternative to excimer …

Tags:Blue Laser Annealing (BLA)| Excimer Laser ELA| LTPS TFT

Lenovo Android tablet works as a portable monitor

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Lenovo announced the Yoga Tab 13 which is a 13″ Android tablet with a built-in microHDMI port so that it can connect to another device to act as a monitor. It …

Tags:Android| Lenovo| LTPS TFT| tablets

LTPO is a Hot Technology – but What Is It?

by Bob Raikes

For some time, I have been looking for a good explanation of the LTPO technology that is increasingly being used in display backplanes. I’m grateful to Ross Young for looking at this as part …

You’re Going to Hear About Smartkem Again

by Bob Raikes

I mentioned Smartkem in my comments last week about the SID Exhibition, but Beverley Brown, Chief Scientist at the firm, spoke at the DSCC/SID Business Conference in the Start-up session, and I spent some …

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

LTPS Moves On

by Bob Raikes

Well, I spent several hours looking around and pinging off emails to try to locate a paper that was due to have been presented at the Display Week Symposium for today’s DD. However, I …

Market Share of LTPS Smartphone Panels in 2021 Likely to Be Constrained by Increasing AMOLED Panel Capacities and High a-Si Panel Demand, Says TrendForce

by Artem Alekseenko

As the COVID-19 pandemic caused flagship smartphones to turn in lower-than-expected sales performances in 1H20, the market share of AMOLED phones fell short of forecasts made in early 2020, according to TrendForce’s latest investigations. …

Tags:AMOLED| Analytics & Tools| LTPS TFT

Chinese Panel Makers Expected to Occupy More Than 50% Share in Monitor Panel Market in 2021 Through Production Capacity Advantages, Says TrendForce

by Artem Alekseenko

Chinese manufacturers are expected to raise their market share from 39% this year to 52% next year in the monitor panel market, and 36% to 39% in the notebook panel market, according to TrendForce’s …

Tags:Analytics & Tools| China| CSOT| LTPS TFT| Manufacturing

Impact of Apple and Samsung on the Display Industry

by Ian Hendy

For observers of the display industry over a long horizon, it is pretty clear that Apple and Samsung have had a major impact on innovation and the introduction of new technologies. From the first …

Tags:Apple| LTPS TFT| R&D (Research & Development)| Samsung

Renewed Interest in Rigid OLED Smartphone Displays

by Sweta Dash

Rigid OLED smartphone display fab utilization rates are increasing and the technology is starting to receive renewed interest in the market. Several factors have contributed to this shift including price reductions, a lower price …