AUO Unveils World's Narrowest Border on 4.46" Panel Integration Technology

Taipei, Nov. 9, 2012 (CENS)--AU Optronics Corp. (AUO), the second-largest maker of thin film transistor-liquid crystal display (TFT-LCD) panels in Taiwan, recently unveiled its latest 4.46-inch cellphone and touch panel integration technology claimed to have the world's narrowest border.

The panel maker said that its super narrow border technology and low temperature poly-silicon (LTPS) method are applied to reduce the border width to just 1mm when touch panel is placed on the module surface, allowing the screen to appear in its largest at the cellphone's display area. In addition, AUO said, the active matrix organic light-emit diode (AMOLED), IGZO (indium gallium zinc oxide) and AHVA (Advanced Hyper-Viewing Angle) technologies are being developed by AUO to constantly drive the trends for ultra-high resolution, ultra-wide viewing angle and super-narrow border technologies.

T.K. Wu, AUO's vice president and general manger of Mobile Solutions Business Group, pointed out that as portable smart devices become prevalent and the size of mobile displays grow larger, audio-video entertainment, interactive games and content downloading have emerged at the top of consumers' demand list. "AUO proactively develops the latest technologies including AMOLED and IGZO and excels by introducing ultra high resolution, ultra wide viewing angle and super narrow border technologies. Mobile devices in the future will become lighter and smaller, color and image quality will also be all the more impressive, offering customers even more innovative solutions to choose from," he explained.

AUO claimed that it is the first to present the world's narrowest border on its 4.46-inch cellphone and touch-panel integration technology, with a high resolution of HD720 and the width of mere 1mm from display area to touch panel border, maximizing the display area available. Image and video content appear larger in frame size, and also better in quality.

With the resolution of current OLED panels ranging from 200 to 300ppi, AUO reveals 4.65-inch AMOLED panel technology which employs the company's proprietary pixel design with resolution as high as 317ppi. The panel is capable of exhibiting sharper quality for texts, and refined and realistic image property. Meanwhile, power could be saved to prolong the OLED lifetime.