Toshiba America Electronic Components, Inc. (TAEC) announced that Toshiba Corporation has developed the world“s first 15-inch low-temperature poly-silicon (LTPS) thin film transistor (TFT) Liquid Cry…
Toshiba America Electronic Components, Inc. (TAEC) announced that Toshiba Corporation has developed the world“s first 15-inch low-temperature poly-silicon (LTPS) thin film transistor (TFT) Liquid Crystal Display (LCD), a move that continues to establish the company as the leader in LTPS LCD technology. Toshiba said the new display brings high, photo-quality UXGA resolution (1600 x 1200 pixels) to a flat-panel display that nearly matches the display area of a 17-inch CRT monitor. The new display was to be demonstrated at the Japan Electronics Show in Makuhari Messe, Japan, in the beginning of October. According to Toshiba, demand for larger, higher resolution TFT displays is increasing at a brisk pace, especially for graphic-intensive applications such as 3-dimensional CAD/CAM and desktop publishing. In order to meet the demands of these markets, display manufacturers must overcome three obstacles, said the company: 1) the difficulty of achieving uniform processing across the display; 2) decreased display brightness as a result of pixel pitch reduction for higher resolutions and; 3) increased power consumption as a result of increasing backlight luminance. Toshiba said that with more than three decades of experience in the development of high quality LCD technology, the company feels that it has overcome these obstacles with its LTPS TFT LCD technology. “The development of our 15-inch low-temperature poly-silicon TFT LCD is another example of Toshiba“s efforts in providing solutions which fill the growing requirement for high resolution products in emerging applications,” said Steve Vrablik, business development director in the Tube, Battery, LCD, and Materials Business Unit of TAEC.