Sharp LCD Screen Doubles As Image Sensor
6 March 2007 by axxxr The new 2.6-inch VGA (640×480) LCD was unveiled at the ISSCC 2007 event in San Francisco and will be used to add touch-panel input functionality as well as biometric capabilities to mobile devices like phones and PDAs. Apparently other companies have developed similar LCDs in the past but Sharp’s version allows for a higher resolution output from the sensor at a low cost.The real breakthrough made by Sharp was a proprietary TFT fabrication technology called the continuous grain (CG)-Silicon TFT process. Unfortunately at the moment there is no information on when this technology might be included in future mobile devices. source:ohgizmo techon
Comments On 12 Mar 22:05 bav wrote Asian phone makes like Pantech have been using these for years. Europe is so behind. On 12 Mar 12:23 luca wrote brilliant!!! not only will authorities have our personnel details, machines will too!!!! this is utopia at it's best!!!! On 10 Mar 19:57 kurdistan wrote cool y like it y hafe it its a cool stuf buy it 2 On 8 Mar 21:27 bangsters wrote that can also be used to replace the touchpad in the notebooks! nice! On 6 Mar 22:50 DocTorpor wrote Now that screen should be used in the M600, W950, P990 successor(s). Just great! |
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