Three Five Systems kondigt 'paperwhite' LCD aan

Three Five Systems heeft enkele dagen geleden een press release uitgegeven over haar papierwitte LCD's. In tegenstelling tot normale monochrome LCD’s is de kleur combinatie van de paperwhite LCD’s niet zwart op een soort van grijs, maar zwart op wit. Hierdoor moet de leeservaring van dit soort LCD’s een stuk prettiger zijn. Handig voor PDA's en e-boeken. Paperwhite LCD samples zijn al beschikbaar en volumeproductie zal later dit jaar beginnen:

TEMPE, Ariz., June 6 /PRNewswire/ -- Three-Five Systems, Inc. (NYSE: TFS) today announced that it has begun sampling its newly developed "paperwhite" liquid crystal displays. The enhanced passive matrix LCDs, developed at Three-Five's Tempe, Arizona design engineering center, offer original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) a high-contrast LCD display with an appearance that, unlike traditional LCDs, more closely approximates the black and white look of ink on paper.

The paperwhite display design will complement Three-Five's existing portfolio of direct view LCDs, CSTN transflective/reflective color LCDs, and revolutionary Brillian(TM) LCoS microdisplays. Three-Five will use the paperwhite display to target manufacturers of personal digital assistants (PDAs), data collection devices, and handheld terminals such as e-books.

"Through improved fluid technology and cell construction, we have designed a display with a high degree of contrast and a black and white look that enhances users' viewability," stated Rob Harrison, Three-Five's Vice President of Direct View Displays. "Paperwhite will allow developers of PDAs and other handheld terminals to achieve the look of a printed page in either a transflective or a reflective display." The company indicated that sample volumes of the displays have already commenced to customers in these markets and volume production is expected to begin later this year.