Display Technology News Roundup 03.13.20

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In-display fingerprint sensors are coming to cheap phones with LCD screens "According to Lu Weibing, the general manager of the Redmi phone brand, the company’s research and development team has solved the problem of fitting these fingerprint sensors to LCD screens, indicating cheaper phones will receive this biometric security feature in the future." via Digital Trends

JDI LCD screens unveiled for VR headset applications "JDI’s new LCD panel measures 2.1 inches similar to those possibly used in Huawei’s ultra compact VR Glass is now entering mass-market, possibly meaning that smaller more compact virtual reality headsets are on the horizon." via Geeky Gadgets

Korean panel makers’ transformation from LCD to OLED meets virus hurdle "The world’s largest OLED provider, LG Display’s schedule to start operating its newest 8.5th generation OLED fab in Guangzhou, China, within the first quarter of the year appears inevitable to be postponed again to the second quarter over COVID-19 risks." via Korea Herald

Sharp Sues Vizio for LCD Patent Infringement "Each of the defendants allegedly infringed upon these patents in some way. For example, Sharp learned that the defendant CHOT is “making, using, importing, offering to sell, and selling” infringing LCD panels." via Law Street

COVID-19 To Further Dampen U.S.-China Trade "The data call into question China’s ability to purchase, as agreed in the trade deal, $77 billion worth of goods from the U.S. this year including agricultural and energy products, services and manufactured goods. " via Forbes

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Japan Display getting $729M bailout after Apple agrees to restructure debt payments "The iPhone screen maker Japan Display Inc says that a proposed $729 million bailout is to proceed and that the Chinese-Taiwanese consortium will formalize their investment by June 14. It follows renegotiations over Japan Display's debts with Reuters reporting that Apple has agreed to wait for payments it is owed." via Apple Insider

Hisense's ULED XD TVs: The OLED Alternative We've Been Waiting For? "Hisense's ULED XD technology could produce LCD TVs that offer near-OLED black levels ... LCD TVs typically have a single LCD panel that produces the full picture, in color, illuminated by a backlight system. ULED XD introduces a second, monochrome panel to more precisely control light output." via PC Magazine

AUO Developed 3456×3456 HDR LCD Panels For VR Headsets "The panel is an LCD, but supports HDR through the use of 2304 individually controlled LED backlight elements rather than one global backlight. ... It doesn’t give the same quality of HDR as OLED (which can control brightness per-pixel), but with that many LEDs it can come close." via UploadDVR.com

COF packaging sees demand emerging for automotive OLED displays "COF packaging demand for automotive OLED displays has emerged, which may further tighten market supply as capacity expansion will remain quite limited in the short term, according to industry sources." via DigiTimes

No End In Sight To U.S.-China Trade War "This war could go on for a long time. Casualties so far have been limited. But both governments still have plenty of weapons to fire at each other." via Forbes

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CPT to cut 70% of jobs "Chunghwa Picture Tubes (CPT) has announced plans to slash as many as 2,500 jobs or nearly 70% of its total workforce, as it struggles to survive from its restructuring efforts. As the company has sunk into financial difficulties due to unfavorable environments, the company has to streamline its operations including cutting expenditure on personnel and dispose idle facilities, the company said in a statement." via DigiTimes

Galaxy S10 Flexible OLED Sets Twelve New Display Records "DisplayMate Labs under the guidence of Dr. Ray Soneira announced no less than 12 new display records, matched or set by the latest flexible-curved, now full screen AMOLED display found in the flagship Samsung Galaxy S10." via Display Daily

Luci debuts lightweight VR glasses with dual Micro-OLED displays for entertainment "The dual Micro-OLED displays have very clear optics, a good contrast ratio, and a 70-degree field of view that lets you see the equivalent of a 1,023-inch TV screen in high definition (1080p resolution per eye)." via Venture Beat

Fine Pitch and Mini LED Displays Become Focus of Chinese LED and Panel Manufacturers "To keep up with the market trend, Chinese LED manufacturers are also pushing their technology development in Mini LED and fine-pitch displays." via LED Inside

US-China Trade Talks Reach Critical Phase "Yet mixed signals coming from the White House and Beijing are causing analysts to question whether President Donald Trump and his Chinese counterpart, President Xi Jinping, will be able to finalize an agreement to end a costly trade war by early April as originally predicted." via Voice of America

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Seeya Technology and Universal Display Corporation Announce an OLED Evaluation Agreement "Tieer Gu, President and Chief Executive Officer of Seeya Information Technology Co., Ltd. 'We are pleased to be working with Universal Display with its 20+ years of experience and know-how in the OLED ecosystem. Partnering and combining our strengths will lead to extraordinary, cutting-edge products for the consumer market.'" via Business Wire

Samsung wants to bring curved OLED displays to VR "Curved displays are thought to better recreate the peripheral vision of round human eyes, as well as give a wider viewing angle, though they can struggle with more light distortion than flat screens in bright environments." via TechRadar

Italian researchers develop a graphene-based OFET for future OLED and OLET displays "The researchers say that the new process and materials they used can enable flexible, transparent and short-channel OFETs - which could be used in the future for OLED or OLET (organic light emitting transistor) displays." via Graphine-info

Engineers report a new method for producing new flexible LCD screens "RUDN engineers and scientists have replaced traditional polyamide films with a more promising substance—the so-called azo dyes. These are organic compositions that contain two or more azo groups consisting of two nitrogen atoms." via Phys.org

Huawei is accused of attempting to copycat a T-Mobile robot, and the charges read like a comical spy movie "At the time, T-Mobile was touting a device-testing robot called Tappy, which comprised a robotic arm and camera that tapped new phones to test their responsiveness and catch any software bugs." via Business Insider

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LG Display to Stay Reliant on LCDs Even as Phones Shift to OLED "...LG Display Co. is predicting that liquid-crystal displays will generate most of its overall sales through next year even as it pushes to provide Apple with an alternative to Samsung Electronics Co. when it comes to smaller OLED..." via Bloomberg

LG Display braces for hard times on fiercer competition from China "...LG Display is apparently having a rough time as budget Chinese panel makers are saturating the display market ... The company also declared it will focus more on the organic light-emitting diode (OLED) business..." via The Korea Times

Circular LCD Enhances Smart Home & Medical Devices "...The Tianma Group has developed a true circular 5-inch LCD for smart home and high-end medical applications. The full active display features resolution and contrast ratio performance that rivals that of OLED displays..." via Sensors Mag

Flexible blue vertical micro LEDs "...To widely commercialize micro LEDs for mobile and TV displays, the transfer method of thin film micro LEDs requires a one-time transfer of one million LEDs. In addition, highly efficient thin-film blue micro LED is crucial for a full-color display..." via Science Daily

ITRI developing micro LED applications "...For small-size displays, ITRI is developing a 0.55-inch display made from single-light micro LED chips of 10-micron in size based on a silicon substrate at a pixel pitch of 12.8-micron, with the display to be used in AR (augmented reality) and VR (virtual reality) devices..." via DigiTimes