Production of New High-temperature TFT color panel for Electronic Viewfinders by Epson
Seiko Epson made an announcement on production of Ultra-Compact, High-Resolution HTPS TFT color liquid crystal panel for Electronic viewfinders. The new high temperature polysilicon (HTPS) TFT color panel measures only 1.2cmm diagonally and it offers SVGA (800xRGBx600) resolution for a total of 1.44 mega pixels. The new panels to be used for electronic viewfinders form mid-to high-end Digital Single Lens Reflex (DSLR) cameras. The new development is to fulfill the consumers’ need for smaller and thinner DSLR cameras with video and other features.
The new panel offers a high resolution and fidelity required to replace optical viewfinders and to focus the image in addition to re-creating a smooth gradations and a natural softness by incorporating an analog driver. Read more
Production of New 3LCD chips for Home Projectors by EPSON
Seiko Epson made an announcement on volume production of new liquid crystal panels 3LCD chips to be incorporated into 3LCD home projectors. Measuring only 1.34 cm diagonally, the new high-temperature polysilicon (HTPS) TFT 3LCD chips features a QHD (960×540) resolution. The development of new 3LCD chip by Epson was a response to market demand for HD media players and digital HD broadcasts with large screen viewing option for home with improved resolution and quality of source images. In development of this product Epson has employed its latest D7 process technology in order to widen the new panel’s aperture ratio to 75% resulting in 156% improvement in comparison to previous panels. Read more
