Screen manufacturer Sharp has at CES a prototype of a 7″-image panel display based on mems-igzo-technology. This technique should be compared to lcd a larger kleurengamut mogelijkmaken and at the same time, the power consumption reduction.
The screen, which is Sharp, together with the company Pixtronics developed, consists of a triple backlight which is red, green, and blue light may radiate. For each pixel there is a small mems shutter. That is a tiny plate with narrow slots, that quickly can be pushed. By the actuation of the various backlightkleuren to sync, the screen can mix colors and therefore hues.
Because the light from the backlight through a color filter, it is according to Sharp as possible, to a wider kleurengamut to display than normal lcd’s. That is up to 120 percent of the ntsc color space, claims the manufacturer. In addition, it would adjust the brightness higher than tft-lcd’s and also, the screens are less reflective.
Another advantage over lcd’s is the versatility of the control method, according to Sharp. By the speed of the mems shutter is to slow, it should be possible to make the power usage drastically lower. This would be accompanied by a reduction of the color palette. Also is it possible to have a monochrome image to generate, which, according to Sharp, for a further reduction of the power consumption.
The screen on the CES shown is a prototype and Sharp has no plans to put it in a real product to integrate. The manufacturer hopes to conclude contracts for schermleveringen to other manufacturers, but would not say whether companies have already shown interest.