AUO - Displaybank

Large Area TFT-LCD Panel Development 

Strategies and Roadmap Analysis 

PART III. Monitor Panel 

July 2009 

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Displaybank Co., Ltd. 

8F 810, Yatap Leaders Bldg. 342-1 Yatap-dong, 

Bundang-gu, Seongnam-si, Gyeonggi-do, Korea 463-828 

Phone: (82) 31-704-7188, Fax: (82) 31-704-7187 

e-mail: ricky@displaybank.com 

C Displaybank Co., Ltd. 2009, Confidential

Contents 

Monitor Panel trend, Lineup, roadmap analysis 

• Monitor Panel Trend 

• Monitor Panel roadmap by Size 

• Product line up by markers 

Monitor Panel Technology 

• Touch panel technology 

• Touch panel technology by makers 

• Green Product technology by makers 

Appendix 

• Panelization (Monitor) 

• Monitor Panel Comparison (18.5”) 




Chapter 1. 

Monitor Panel trend, Lineup, roadmap analysis 

• Monitor Panel Trend 

- Evolution of Monitor 

- Monitor Panel makers Technology Roadmap(’09~’13) 

- Monitor panel development Trend in 2009 

- Monitor Panel general Lineup in 2009 

- 16:9 MNT Panel Lineup by makers 

- 16:9 Monitor Position Map (By Qty, B/L) 

- 16:9 Wide Panel Makers’ Product Mix (SEC, LGD) 

- 16:9 Wide Panel Makers’ Product Mix (AUO, CMO) 

- LED MNT Panel Lineup by makers 

- HD/Full HD Product Positioning 

- LCD Makers Monitor Panel line up 

• Monitor Panel roadmap by Size 

• Product line up by markers 

- SEC 

- LGD 

- AUO 

- CMO 

- CPT 

- HannStar 

- Innoulx 

- BOE 

- SVA-NEC 

- IVO 


Monitor Panel makers Technology Roadmap(’09~’13) 

• Power Saving/Green design become major trend in Monitor design. By using 2 lamps, panel makers not only can save power 

consumption but also have cost advantage. It expects that mainstream monitor panels will maintain around 250 nits to 300 nits in 

the upcoming years. 

• Through the adoption of high contrast ratio color resister, new L/C for lower black level and new cell structure, contrast ratio already 

meets 1000:1 in TN mode and over 1200:1 in VA/IPS mode from 2007. Panel maker expect to reach over1200: 1 in TN mode from 

2H’09. 

• LED backlight and high color CCFL enable high-end monitors to reach over 90% color gamut. Panel makers promote very 

aggressively for high color gamut in 2008 but there is no significant demand from end market. Therefore, high color 

gamut models decreased a lot in mainstream size in 2009. 

2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 

Brightness(nits) 

Color Gamut(%) 

Contrast Ratio 

Resolution 

Response 

Time(ms) 

Viewing Angle 

Color Depth 

Optical Film BLU 

Mainstream

Monitor panel development Trend in 2009 

Trend by Sizes 

2009 Main Products 

15” 

~ 

20” 

• 17”/19” 1280X1024(B2B) and 19”W(B2C) 1440X900 are currently the 

mainstream products but 19”W will be threatened by 20” HD+ 

21.5 

”~ 

24” 

25” 

~ 


16:9 MNT Panel Lineup by makers 

• 18.5”W(HD): There will be no less than 7 panel makers develop or MP by 2009. 

• 15.6”W(HD): Many panel makers are developing but SEC and LGD don’t have plan for that. 

MP Developing Planning 

SEC LGD AUO CMO CPT HSD Innolux BOE SVA-NEC InfoVision 

32" WDXGA 

31.5/6" FHD 

27.6" FHD 

27"WDXGA 

27" FHD 

25" FHD 

24" FHD 

23" WDXGA 

23" FHD 

21.5/6" FHD 

20" HD+ 

18.5" HD 

17" WXGA 

15.6" HD 

15" WXGA 1280x720 


16:9 Wide Panel Makers’ Product Mix (AUO, CMO) 

• AUO and CMO are aggressively developing LED Slim products: 15.6” W~24”W 

• AUO is planning to input AMV3 in 2H’09 and 21.5”W panel with touch function will be MP in 1Q’10. 

• CMO is now developing 120Hz technology and Q2;09 will launch 120Hz/Touch technology on 

21.5”W FHD, 23.6”W FHD 


Maker 15.6"W 18.5"W 20"W 21.5"W 23"W 23"W 

HD(250nits, Q2'09) 

AUO 

HD(Slim, WLED, Q1'09) 

CMO 


LED MNT Panel Lineup by makers 

• Top 5 panel makers used LED B/L on MNT products and for mainstream Monitor and panel makers 

are using 2 CCFL to reduce power consumption and cost but LED B/L has limited adoption. 


SEC LGD AUO CMO CPT HSD Innolux BOE SVA-NEC InfoVision 

30" WQXGA 

24" FHD (16:9) 

24" WUXGA 

23" FHD (16:9) Q2'09 

Wid 

e 

LED 

BLU 

5:4 

LED 

BLU 

22" WSXGA+ Q4'08 

21.5" FHD 

(16:9) 

21" WSXGA+ 

20" WSXGA+ 

19" WSXGA+ 

19" WXGA+ 

18.5" HD (16:9) 

21.3" WUXGA 

20.1" UXGA 

20.1" SXGA+ 

19" SXGA 

17" SXGA Q3'08 

15" XGA 


Monitor Panel roadmap by Size (15”/15.6”W) 

• Major Panel Makers, except Samsung, are or will produce 15.6”W Monitor panel. 

• Mainstream luminance for 15.6” is 250nits with few lower(200nits/220nits) for cost down products. 

• Contrast ratio is mainly 500:1 and three models are (600:1/700:1). 


Maker H2'08 Q1'09 Q2'09 Q3'09 Q4'09 

LGD 

AUO 

CMO 

M156B1-L01 

1366x768/250nits 

500:1, 60%, 90/65, TN + Film 

CPT 

Hannstar 

BOE 

SVA 

HDS156MGW1-A 

1366x768/250nits 

600:1, 63%, 8ms, 150/130, TN+Film 

HT156WX!-100 

1366x768/250nits 

500:1, 65%, 90/45, TN+Film 

156WX1-01TB 

1366x768/250nits 

500:1, 60%, 90/65, TN+Film 

InfoVision 


Product line up by marker - AUO 

• Product regulation 

– Energy star 5.0 

– Environmental friendly product: Power saving &Halogen free monitor 

Product Version EC Content 

Q2'09 18.5" HD V0/V1 V2/V4 

Align 2 CCFL spec. 

Confirm to Energy Star 5.0 

Q2'09 20" HD+ V0 

Q2'09 21.5" FHD V0/V1 

Q3'09 21.5" FHD V0/V1/V3 V7/V8 

Q2'09 24" FHD V0/V4 V2/V5 

Q3'09 24" FHD V2/V5 V8/V9 

27" FHD V0 

* Source: AUO 


Chapter 2. 

Monitor Panel Technology 

• Touch panel technology 

- Many Interactive Touch Technologies 

- Touch panel technology(Window 7) 

• Touch panel technology by maker 

- SEC 

- LGD 


- CMO 

- HannStar 

• Green Product technology by maker 

- SEC 

- LGD 


- CMO 

- HannStar 

- BOE 

- Corning 


Touch panel technology by maker - AUO 

• AUO Product Line for Touch panel 

On-cell Touch 

AUO In-cell Touch 

Type 

Resistive CMOS Optical Photo Sensor 

Structure 

Point Single Touch Multi-touch Multi-touch 

Input Anything Anything Anything 

Tech Ready Ready Q4'09 



• AUO In Cell Multi-Touch Panel 

– AUO prefers to develop voltage and change sensing In Cell touch panels. 

• Integrated touch panel function into driver IC 

• Slim and thin module dimension 

• Better optical performance and anti-glare 

– [Solution 1] Voltage Sensing Touch Panel 

• True multi-touch 

• Provide 8 point coordinates 

• Can be used with stylus and nail 

– [Solution 2] Charge Sensing Touch Panel 

• Gesture recognition 

• Can be used by finger and conductor 




• AUO’s In-Cell Solution 

Type Voltage Sensing Charge Sensing Photo Sensing 

Active Force Required (< 30g) Not required Not required 

LCM w/TP Thin Thin Thin 

Thickness 

Multi-touch 

Input 

Transmittance 

Environment 

Reliability 

Cover-lens 

Sensing Controller 

The possibility for 

over 20" 



Green Product technology by maker - CMO 

* Source: CMO 


Chapter 3. 

Appendix 

• Panelization (Monitor) 





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