AU Optronics Corp. will participate in Display Taiwan 2008 in Taipei from June 11 to June 13, introducing its latest products and technologies. The theme of AUO's exhibition this year is "Experience the Innovation." AUO's goal is to bring more interactive experiences and delightful digital lifestyles to visitors and consumers by leveraging AUO's technology innovations.

    AUO will unveil several new technologies that will be showcased for the first time in Taiwan, such as in-cell multi-touch panels, 65-inch Full HD portrait LCD for PIDs, and 52- inch TV panels with built-in third generation AMVA technology. AUO will exhibit the full range of its 32-inch to 65-inch Full HD LCD TV products family, demonstrating AUO's leading status in LCD TV products. The newly developed 52-inch LCD TV with built-in third generation of AMVA technology will be launched in Display Taiwan. The contrast ratio is enhanced up to 3500:1. AUO's full series of 42-inch to 65-inch LCD TV products all feature with 120Hz technology.

    The exhibition area is divided into seven sections, including PID applications, advanced technology for large-sized LCD, LCD TV applications, monitor applications, green panel and notebook PC applications, leading mobile technologies and in-cell multi-touch panels. AUO will display several innovative products and technologies, such as in-cell multi-touch panel, the third generation of AMVA technology with high static contrast ratio 5000:1, Full HD line-up LCD TV panels, 16:9 LCD for MoniTV, notebook PC panels with LED backlight, large-sized LCDs for PID and a series of green panels that utilize AUO's green solutions.

    PID is a major focus for AUO at Display Taiwan 2008. The 65-inch Full HD portrait LCD is demonstrated in Taiwan for the first time. With a portrait backlight mode design, it can reach a high brightness at 700 nits, which is the best choice for PID. AUO will be also showcasing 42-inch PID applications with slim bezel design, which can be pieced up to one 84-inch display with 4 panels.

    AUO has set up a special area to demonstrate its green panel solutions, with a full range of power-saving features and LED panels. The 46-inch and 32-inch LCD TV panels with improved CCFL can save the power consumption up to 50%. The 20.1 panel with 2 CCFL lamps can also lower power consumption by 40%. AUO will also showcase the full series of notebook PC panels with LED backlights, including 12.1-inch, 14-inch and 15.6-inch. Both 14-inch and 15.6-inch LCDs are with 16:9 wide aspect ratio, which can provide greater digital multi-media functions with slim, power-saving features.

    As 3G video phones become more popular, multimedia applications are becoming more and more important. Therefore high contrast ratio and wide viewing angle are becoming essential characteristics. By using novel domains forming technology along with specific pixel structure design, the AUO AMVA-mobile technology can maintain stable liquid crystal molecular directions, prevent press mura, and provide higher transmittance. Also, via leading Multi-domain Vertical Alignment design, the AMVA-mobile technology can effectively restrain dark state light leakage and increase the aperture ratio hence providing a higher contrast ratio of up to 2000:1; also the response time and viewing angle are much better than those of conventional MVA LCDs.

    It uses liquid crystal to control the passage of light. The basic structure of a TFT-LCD panel may be thought of as two glass substrates sandwiching a layer of liquid crystal. The front glass substrate is fitted with a color filter, while the back glass substrate has transistors fabricated on it. When voltage is applied to a transistor, the liquid crystal is bent, allowing light to pass through to form a pixel. A light source is located at the back of the panel and belongs to a backlight unit. The front glass substrate is fitted with a color filter, which gives each pixel its own color. The combination of these pixels in different colors forms the image on the panel.