Panasonic develops innovative IPS liquid crystal panel
OSAKA (Japan), December 3, 2016
Panasonic Corporation said one of its subsidiaries has developed a new model of IPS (In-plane switching) liquid crystal panel that achieves a contrast ratio of over 1,000,000:1, about 600 times that of conventional panels.
Panasonic Liquid Crystal Display Company said it was achieved by integrating newly-developed light-modulating cells that permit pixel-by-pixel control of backlight intensity.
This achieves a faithful and high-grade video display, ranging from dazzling light to pitch-black, said a statement from Panasonic.
The new IPS panel is ideal for use in professional-use High Dynamic Range (HDR) monitors for broadcasting stations and video production studios.
HDR displays can reproduce images that are faithful to what people see, ranging from bright light to jet-black darkness. Also, the new high-contrast panel is suitable for use such as medical monitors that require faithful video display and automotive monitors that require clear visibility without black floating, it stated.
Panasonic's new IPS Liquid Crystal Panel has the following features:
*An industry-first high contrast ratio of over 1,000,000:1, which is 600 times that of conventional products
*Capable of stable operation at a maximum brightness of 1,000 cd/m2
*Can be manufactured using existing liquid crystal panel manufacturing facilities
The new high-contrast IPS panel solves the problems inherent in conventional liquid crystal panels.
Despite their track record in wide-ranging applications from B-to-C to B-to-B fields, conventional liquid crystal panels suffer black floating, white washout phenomenon, in dark parts of the display area when the backlight intensity is increased to raise brightness
According to Panasonic, the new panel can be manufactured using the existing equipments for liquid crystal panel manufacturing.
Panasonic Liquid Crystal Display possesses an industry-leading scale of 8.5th-generation (G8.5) production lines that are capable of manufacturing 10- to 100-inch products. The sample shipment will start next month.-TradeArabia News Service