Samsung Electronics Develops World's First 30" Single Glass TFT-LCD.SEOUL, Korea--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 15, 1997--Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. announced today that it has completed development of the world's first single glass 30" thin-film- transistor liquid crystal display liquid crystal display (LCD) Optoelectronic device used in displays for watches, calculators, notebook computers, and other electronic devices. Current passed through specific portions of the liquid crystal solution causes the crystals to align, blocking the passage of light. (TFT-LCD TFT-LCD Thin Film Transistor - Liquid Crystal Display ) for use in next- generation, high-definition multimedia displays and large screen wall-hanging TVs. Samsung spent approximately $11 million to develop the next-generation 30" model which provides the same effective screen as a conventional 33" Cathode Ray Tube See CRT. (hardware) cathode ray tube - (CRT) An electrical device for displaying images by exciting phosphor dots with a scanned electron beam. CRTs are found in computer VDUs and monitors, televisions and oscilloscopes. (CRT (1) (C RunTime) See runtime library. (2) (Cathode Ray Tube) A vacuum tube used as a display screen in a computer monitor or TV. The viewing end of the tube is coated with phosphors, which emit light when struck by electrons. ) TV, weighs 4.5 kg, is 4.5 cm thick and has a clearer picture than the Plasma Display Panel See plasma display. (PDP) of High Definition TVs (HDTV (High Definition TV) A set of digital television (DTV) standards that offer the highest resolution and sharpest picture. Although some HDTV sets are available in standard (rather square) screen sizes, the overwhelming majority of sets are wide screen, which eliminates ). The technology used to develop the 30" TFT-LCD lends itself to Samsung's development of 40" models. Product Development After Samsung developed a 22" TFT-LCD in 1995, the greatest technological barrier to developing a 30" model was the use of a single glass panel rather than multiple panels. Through the successful development of its 30" model, Samsung mastered core technology for super-high-definition displays as well as for injecting liquid crystal into screens of 30 inches or larger. Samsung has already received 18 patents related to its new TFT-LCD. Samsung plans to add extra-wide-screen TFT-LCDs to the product lineup being mass produced at the company's plants opening in Kiheung and Chonan, Korea during the first half of 1998. Product Features Samsung's 30" TFT-LCD operates on 45 watts of power, one-fifth the electricity needed in a conventional TV of the same size. It also offers UXGA (Ultra eXtended Graphics Array (hardware) eXtended Graphics Array - (XGA) An IBM display standard introduced in 1990. XGA supports a resolution of 1024 x 768 pixels with a palette of 256 colours, or 640 x 480 with high colour (16 bits per pixel). ) picture quality, which amounts to 5.76 million pixels (1,600 x 1,200 x Red Green Blue See RGB. pixels). Response time has been brought down to 40 milliseconds or lower for excellent motion picture reproduction and clarity. Samsung used its patented technology to produce an industry high 70% aperture ratio (the amount of light emitted from each pixel) and added its uniquely designed color filter to achieve 65% color saturation, another industry high. The new TFT-LCD can display 1.76 million colors and has an improved viewing angle of 80 degrees top to bottom and 120 degrees left to right. To date, Samsung's TFT-LCDs have been designed for use as either a monitor or TV screen. The 30" model, however, can handle signals from computers and frequencies used for public TV, as well as signals from VCRs. Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., a US$19 billion flagship company of Korean-based the Samsung Group, is a world leader in electronics, with operations in more than 60 countries. CONTACT: SungIn Cho Samsung Electronics Tel. 82-2-727-7856 scho@samsung.co.kr Jessica Page/Russell Dubner Edelman Public Relations Tel. 212-704-8222/4538 jpage/rdubner@edelman.com |
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