Schaumburg, Illinois, May 9 - Motorola Labs, the applied research arm of Motorola, Inc., today unveiled a working 5-inch color video-display prototype based on proprietary carbon nanotube (CNT) technology - a "breakthrough technique" that could create large, flat-panel displays with superior quality, longer lifetimes and lower costs than current offerings, according to a company news release. Optimized for a large-screen high-definition television (HDTV) that is less than 1 inch thick, this first-of-its-kind nano-emissive display (NED) prototype harnesses the power of CNTs to fundamentally change the design and fabrication of flat-panel displays (FPDs), the release said.
The development of this display is based on Motorola Labs NED technology, a scalable method of growing CNTs directly on glass to enable an energy-efficient way of emitting electrons. The cost-effective process and design provides Motorola with the potential to create longer-lasting NED flat panel displays with high brightness, excellent uniformity, and color purity, the company said.
"With over 15 years experience and 160 patents in CNT and flat-panel displays, we have developed a technology that could enable the next generation of large-size flat-panel displays to deliver an extraordinary visual experience at a fraction of current prices," said Jim O'Connor, vice president, Motorola technology incubation and commercialization. "We now look forward to aligning with display manufacturers and enabling them to further this technology and develop commercially available solutions."
"Motorola's NED technology is demonstrating full-color video with good response time," said Barry Young, VP and CFO of DisplaySearch, a leading FPD market research and consulting company. "And according to a detailed cost-model analysis conducted by our firm, we estimate the manufactured cost for a 40-inch NED panel could be under $400. "
Motorola's proprietary CNT growth process provides excellent precision in designing and manipulating a material at its molecular level to produce high-definition images, the company said. The electron-emission performance demonstrated by the technology exceeds that achieved to date with the application of the CNT to the cathode via an organic paste, the process used by other companies.
"Motorola has proven its NED technology to be fully video capable," said Kimberly Allen, Director Display Technology and Strategy for analyst firm iSuppli. "CNT direct growth on glass appears to have advantages over CNT paste/printing approaches and has potential for larger and more sophisticated displays."
The prototype is formatted as a 5-inch section of 42-inch, 1280x720, 16:9 HDTV display. The panel thickness is 3.3 mm, and the panel uses low-cost drive electronics that are similar to that used for LCDs.
More details of Motorola's NED performance will be discussed at the 43rd annual Society for Information Display (SID) International Symposium, Seminar and Exhibition in Boston, May 22-27.
Information: www.motorola.com .
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