Hitachi has reportedly started mass production of its newest LCD panels for mobile phones.
The LCD panel is 2.9 inches with a resolution of 800x480. The company claims this product to be an industry first.
The panel employs the company's proprietary liquid crystal technology called IPS. The new panel will allow users view the entire image without side scrolling, while browsing Web sites designed to match the size of a PC monitor, or while watching VGA (480 x 640) video. The real payoff though remains the ability to play 480i content with menus.
Further, the pixel count of the new panel is five times that of QVGA (240 x 320), which has been the standard for mobile phone panels.
Hitachi has also focused on improving transmittance of light from the backlight unit in the new panel. The company is revamping the pixel structure and micro-fabricating the wiring as well.
The new Hitachi panel uses IPS LCD technology that works differently from general TFT. IPS LCD technology allows for a wider viewing angle i.e. over 170 degrees in both vertical and horizontal directions, better color reproduction, and faster grey-to-grey response time with a contrast ratio of about 400:1 and luminance of 250 cd/m2.
Reportedly, Hitachi owns the rights to IPS technology, but most of LG and Philips LCD panels also use an imitation of the same technology for desktop displays.
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Its nice to see new technology... but what about power consumption point of view..?? Does the new technology consumes more power than the existing one..?
by Manoj
from Hyderabad
on 02/01/07 09:36 AM
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