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News Release from: Toshiba Electronics Europe | Subject: 7.7-inch low-temp polysilicon LCD for eBooks
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 10 October 2000
First 7.7-inch low-temp polysilicon LCD
for eBooks
Toshiba today announced commercialisation of a 7.7-in low-temperature polysilicon TFT LCD designed for mid-size electronic book devices incorporating Microsoft ClearType display technology
Toshiba today announced commercialisation of a 7.7-inch low-temperature polysilicon thin-film transistor (TFT) liquid crystal display (LCD) designed for mid-size electronic book devices incorporating Microsoft ClearType display technology Developed to meet specifications jointly developed by Microsoft and Toshiba, the new display will be entered into mass production in the second quarter of 2001
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 8 Nov 2004 at 8.00am (UK)
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The new low-temperature polysilicon display achieves a resolution of 150 pixels per inch, the same image quality as digital photography.
It is optimised to take full advantage of Microsoft's ClearType display technology, which offers dramatically improved font display resolution that marks a genuine breakthrough in screen readability.
The new display delivers an on-screen reading experience that, for the first time, approaches the quality of reading text printed on paper.
Low temperature polysilicon TFT LCDs utilise crystallized silicon.
This supports much faster electron flows in transistors than the uncrystallised silicon of mainstream amorphous silicon TFT LCDs, a performance enhancement that supports higher resolution and richer colour.
Low temperature polysilicon TFT LCDs also offer greater design flexibility than other LCD technologies, as most LCD drivers can be integrated directly on the display panel itself, not around it, the typical design of other displays.
As a result, the space required at the periphery of the panel is minimised, the number of components in the LCD module is cut by 40%, and the number of connections between TAB drivers and electrodes on the panel is reduced by 95%.
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