Japan Display Inc. Announces Development Of “FULL ACTIVE FLEX”

BY Riz Baig

Japan Display Inc. Announces Development Of “FULL ACTIVETM FLEX” – Jan 28, 2017– Tokyo, Japan (Techreleased) – Japan Display Inc. (JDI) today announced the development of FULL ACTIVE^TM FLEX, which uses a plastic substrate for both sides of the liquid crystal layer, and its introduction into a 5.5-inch Full-HD LCD display for smartphone devices.

With FULL ACTIVE^TM FLEX it is easily possible to form curved shapes by utilizing its flexibility, and thus it will greatly help to expand the degrees of freedom in smartphone design. Also, by using plastic substrates instead of glass, it is possible to prevent cracking from occurring when the display is dropped.

Furthermore, by incorporating low-frequency driving technology, which JDI has developed in the past, this FULL ACTIVE^TM FLEX supports not only a normal 60Hz driving scheme but also supports a driving scheme as low as 15Hz. This contributes to a significant decrease of power consumption for mobile devices.

JDI is planning to start mass production of this display in 2018.

JDI will position this technology as one of its new platform technologies, and will consider adopting it not only in smartphone displays but also in notebook PCs, automotive applications and other various products as well.

Specifications

Display size                              5.5-inch

Number of pixels                  1080(xRGB)×1920 Full-HD

Resolution density               401ppi

LCD driving frequency       60Hz/30Hz/15Hz

LCD mode                                 Photo-Alignment IPS (IPS-NEOTM)

Surface luminance               500cd/m2 (Typ.)

Contrast ratio                        1500:1 (Typ.)