Tech Shout!

Samsung Electronics has announced that it has created the industry’s very first 1.98” LCD panel to attain VGA resolution, with the help of the company’s amorphous silicon (a-Si) technology. Mobile phones incorporated with this new, display will be able to show Windows screens and documents with the same VGA quality that is offered by most desktop or notebook PCs.

The new mobile LCD panel is being displayed at the SID 2006 Conference in San Francisco June 6 through June 8. The user will be able to enjoy the best quality mobile TV images, with explanation of visual details as small as 63 microns — half the average width of a human hair (120 microns). A typical 40” HD LCD TV has 40 pixels per square inch, while the new 1.98” LCD panel has10 times as many, or 400 ppi.

Samsung has achieved a wide range of technology enhancements in the progress of its new 1.98” VGA LCD. The company’s proprietary, amorphous silicon gates are built into the LCD panel to achieve maximum efficiency in design and module processing. Samsung also has achieved 16 million colors, and the new LCD can accommodate the extremely fast data transmission rates required today.

The new 1.98” VGA LCD is a transmissive LCD with liquid crystals that provide a wide viewing angle. The images are bright (250 nit) and clean (contrast ratio of 300 to 1). It is well suited for mobile products that require high picture quality.

Key Specifications:

• Display size 1.98″
• Resolution VGA (480 x 640 pixels)
• Mode a-Si
• Display type Transmissive
• Brightness 250 nit
• Contrast ratio 300:1
• Number of Colors 16 million
• Colour saturation 40%