Advanced Display Technologies (Technical Insights): Industry Report

Advanced Display Technologies (Technical Insights)

Product Type: Market Research Report
Published by: Frost & Sullivan
Published: June 2006
Product Code: R1-5013

Description

Research Overview

This Frost & Sullivan research service titled Advanced Display Technologies, offer an analysis of key industry challenges as well as technology drivers, restraints, and adoption trends. In this research service, Frost & Sullivan's expert analysts thoroughly examine the following technologies: plasma displays, LCDs, OLEDs, electronic paper and flexible displays. Other novel display technologies such as field emission displays (FEDs) and nano-emissive displays (NEDs) are also discussed. This research service also covers new developments in 3D displays, microdisplays, as well as developments related to display materials and coatings.

Technologies

The following technologies are covered in this research:

Plasma displays
Liquid crystal displays (LCDs)
Digital light processing (DLP)
Liquid crystal on silicon (LCOS)
Organic light-emitting diode displays (OLEDs)
Surface-conduction electron-emitter displays (SEDs)
Field emission displays (FEDs)
Nano-emissive displays (NEDs)

Market Overview

Display Industry Sheds Conventional Technologies and Witnesses a Spurt in Innovations

The display industry is no longer confining itself to developing newer technologies but is including novel solutions to address the shortcomings of existing technologies. The industry has been abuzz with activity - developments range from 103-inch flatscreens to displays that show different images from different angles to electronic paper and flexible displays. Cathode ray tube (CRT)-displays could well be on their way out with the proliferation of newer flat panel display (FPD) technologies such as plasma displays, liquid crystal displays (LCDs), and organic light emitting diodes (OLEDs), which offer benefits such as lower power consumptions and sleek designs.

New generations of mobile devices are being designed to support applications such as global positioning system (GPS)/navigation systems, test and measurement instruments, and portable patient monitoring equipment, which require greater on-screen performance. These applications demand high resolution and brightness, good contrast, and high color saturation. At the same time, they also need to consume less power to allow the devices to run longer while being viewable in various conditions. "With mobile products such as cell phones becoming more data-centric and PDAs and digital still cameras moving toward higher resolution screens, the demands on power consumption will become more severe," says the analyst of this research. M will have to develop larger displays that require lower power for operation. The current issues related to short battery life will also have to be addressed immediately.

Inventive Applications Necessitate the Development of Ground-breaking Display Technologies

The development mobile phones and other portable electronic devices have made technologies such as CRT displays give way to light emitting diode (LED) and LCDs. Scientists are working on creating flatter, thinner, sleeker higher-resolution screens based on LCDs, plasma, and even OLEDs. "Both LCD and plasma display panel (PDP) have advantages and drawbacks and the selection of a particular technology usually involves some tradeoffs," notes the analyst. "For instance, currently, plasmas have a slight cost advantage over LCDs in the large range, whereas in the small to medium range, LCD can support higher resolutions." The battle between LCD and plasma is driven not only by the development of newer technologies that help to overcome technology hurdles but also by the falling prices of the products based on these technologies. However, industry participants are hopeful that different display technologies will coexist in the future.

The display industry is flooded with technologies with unique features to address a wide range of applications. Manufacturers are developing displays that are increasingly flexible for newer applications such as electronic paper. Other emerging display applications include Ebooks, Epaper, smart devices such as smart phones and electronic wallets, interactive displays, flexible electronic devices, and microdisplay products. The advances in displays, in turn, have encouraged growth in mobile and portable communication, desktop monitors, laptops, digital cameras, full-color automotive center-console displays, navigation and passenger entertainment units, medical monitors, and Internet appliances.

Table of Contents

1. Executive Summary
        1. Overview and Key Research Highlights
                  1. Overview
                  2. Key Research Highlights
        2. Scope and Methodology
                  1. Scope
                  2. Methodology

2. Technology Overview
        1. Technology Primer
                  1. Overview
                  2. A snapshot of Key Technologies
        2. Assessment of Applications
                  1. Overview
                  2. Key Application Sectors

3. Analysis of Technology Adoption Factors
        1. Technology Drivers and Challenges
                  1. Technology Drivers
                  a. Glass Composition
                  b. Need for Lightweight Substrate
                  c. Ubiquitous Use of Displays
                  d. Need for Higher Brightness and Better Color Accuracy
                  e. Sunlight Readability
                  f. Need for Larger Diagonal Sizes and Higher Resolutions
                  g. Power Savings
                  h. Expanded Usage
                  i. Cost Factor
                  2. Technology Challenges
        2. Technology Trends
                  1. Overview
                  2. Current Trends and Application Roadmap
                  3. In The Future

4. Noteworthy Innovations
        1. Noteworthy Innovations in LCD
                  1. A novel technology for power-conscious hand-held devices--USA
                  2. CMO’s 56-inch LCD TV Panel and other display technologies--Taiwan
                  3. Sharp’s 3.5 inch advanced-TFT display and Two Way LCD--USA
                  4. Corning’s environmentally conscious LCD glass--USA
                  5. CE Series from EIZO for color critical applications--USA
                  6. IC integrated 3.5-inch SOP LTPS TFT-LCD panel--Taiwan
                  7. Display driven by pentacene-based organic thin-film transistors--Taiwan
                  8. Researcher studies Holographically formed polymer dispersed liquid crystals--USA
                  9. Samsungs 82-inch LCD TV--Korea
        2. Noteworthy Innovations in PDPs
                  1. A method of submicronic powder synthesis--France
                  2. Researchers study fluid model for the discharge of plasma particle species--Taiwan
                  3. Technology reduces Plasma TV cost--Korea
                  4. Where bigger means better--Japan
        3. Noteworthy Innovations in OLEDs
                  1. PIN OLED technology for efficient OLEDs--Germany
                  2. An optimized HIL to drive P-OLED device performance--USA
                  3. Solution processing shows the way--USA
                  4. PHOLED technology for OLEDs offers four times greater efficiency--USA
        4. Noteworthy Innovations in electronic paper and flexible displays
                  1. E Ink Imaging Film for electronic paper displays--USA
                  2. High Carrier Density and Metallic Conductivity in P3HT--USA
                  3. Plastic Logic develops flexible plastic electronics technology --UK
                  4. Nemoptic develops high resolution paper-like BiNem displays--France
        5. Noterworthy Innovations in Other Display Technologies
                  1. All digital microdisplays--Scotland
                  2. GE’s new family of transparent encapsulants and silicone coatings--USA
                  3. Invisicon family of transparent conductive coatings--USA
                  4. Transparent electronics for display applications--USA
                  5. HEOS display technology for a wide variety of portable products--The Netherlands
                  6. A dynamic LED messaging sign from OnScreen Technologies--USA
                  7. SeeReal’s 3D Technology eliminates the need for glasses--Germany

5. Patents and Key Contacts
        1. Patents
                  1. US Patents
                  2. International Patents
        2. Key Contacts
                  1. Corporate
                  2. Universities and Research Institutes

6. Frost & Sullivan 2006 Science and Technology Awards
        1. Excellence in Technology Award
                  1. Award Description
                  2. Award Recepient
        2. Technology Innovation Award
                  1. Award Description
                  2. Award Recepient
        3. Product Innovation Award
                  1. Award Description
                  2. Award Recepient

7. Decision Support Database
        1. Database Tables
                  1. Total Enterprises(1999-2006)
                  2. Manufacturing Enterprises(1999-2006)
                  3. Number of Mobile Subscribers(1999-2006)
                  4. PC Installed Base; Million(1999-2006)
                  5. PC per household (1999-2006)
                  6. PC per Enterprise (1999-2006)
                  7. TV Installed Base; Million(1999-2006)
                  8. Laptop Install Base; Million (1999-2006)

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