Amorphyx Exhibits Breakthrough LCD Backplane Technology at Display Week 2018
LOS ANGELES (PRWEB) May 22, 2018 -- Oregon-based electronics technology startup Amorphyx features two demonstrations of the world's first quantum tunneling device and fabrication process technologies for the present and future of liquid crystal displays (LCD) in the I-Zone at the Society of Information Display (SID) 2018 Display Week May 22-24 at the Los Angeles Convention Center.
The first demonstration marks a display industry revolution - the elimination of semiconductor content through quantum tunneling electronics in a color UHD TV resolution LCD. Designed and fabricated in collaboration with one of the leading LCD TV panel manufactures in the industry, this 5-inch diagonal 85ppi 60 Hz color LCD panel exhibits 1000:1 contrast ratio with a 65% aperture ratio - achieved from the first fabrication run. By eliminating semiconductor materials and their associated fabrication tolerance issues, this display reduces photolithography mask count while supporting over 50,000-hour display lifetimes for the UHD LCD TV application.
The second demonstration represents the first example of a 4-mask in-plane switching (IPS) using no multi-tone or half-tone photolithography masks. Fabricated completely outside a cleanroom environment, this monochrome prototype features the patent-pending AMNR-IPS subpixel physical structure and represents the path to reduced cost in UHD TV while maintaining high-quality, high-resolution imaging. This "True 4-Mask IPS" process demonstrates the ability of the AMNR device to support simplified manufacturing of high-performance displays - increasing LCD fab output capacity while supporting reduced panel cost and high-performance images.
Amorphyx spun out of Oregon State University in 2013 to incorporate innovations in amorphous thin film metals into quantum tunneling electronic devices to replace semiconductor-based thin film transistors (TFT). CEO John Brewer describes the key feature of the Amorphyx technology for the UHD LCD TV market as "better than LTPS performance at lower than amorphous silicon cost."
The company's family of patented thin film electronic devices - including the bi-directional switch Amorphous Metal Nonlinear Resistor (AMNR) and the Amorphous Metal Hot Electron Transistor (AMHET) - eliminates semiconductor materials from the display backplane. In doing so, the Amorphyx technology reduces backplane manufacturing complexity and decreases rework due to photolithography tolerances while creating opportunities for increased TV image quality that cannot be supported by existing TFT technologies. Amorphyx Chief Technology Officer Dr. Sean Muir summarizes the company's device and process technologies as "not only a breakthrough for 4k and 8k TV, but also the path to the display industry's dream of the intersection of increased image quality and flexible substrates in a cost-effective, mass production-viable technology platform."
About Amorphyx
Amorphyx is an innovator at the intersection of materials science and electronics for the display industry. We leverage our expertise in amorphous metals and the creation of high-quality thin films in developing the Amorphous Metal Nonlinear Resistor (AMNR) device, subpixel circuit, and manufacturing process for rigid and flexible display backplanes from smartphones to TVs and large-format panels. The AMNR leverages existing backplane manufacturing equipment in enabling display manufacturers to increase market share across their product lines. Amorphyx is a spinout from Oregon State University (oregonstate.edu) and the Center for Sustainable Materials Chemistry (sustainablematerialschemistry.org), and a portfolio company at the Oregon Nanoscience and Microtechnologies Institute (ONAMI). The Amorphyx logo and "Simple. For A Change." are trademarks of Amorphyx, Inc. For more information, please visit Amorphyx's website at amorphyx.com, and follow the company on Twitter at #amorphyx and on Facebook.
John Brewer, Amorphyx, Inc., http://www.amorphyx.com, +1 5034532765, [email protected]
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