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Hsinchu, Taiwan — AU Optronics Corp. will showcase its latest green panels at FPD International 2008, Oct. 29-31 in Yokohama, Japan. The AUO Green Innovations exhibit — focused on energy savings, materials savings, environmentally friendly and lean designs — will include a range of energy-saving technologies such as the Eco Plus Full HD TV panel that is less than 10-mm thick. This technology saves energy and materials used to manufacture the product.
The "Eco Plus" design of its 46-inch green TV panel reduces weight by 30%, thickness by 30%, and brings power savings of up to 30%. The package efficiency also rises by 66% due to the reduction of packaging space and weight. Combined with AUO's focus on green logistics, transportation efficiency is improved and the impact on the environment is decreased, said the company.
AUO will showcase a series of green designs at next week's conference including the 46-inch RGB Full HD LED-backlit panel with local dimming technology and high dynamic contrast, which improves the contrast ratio to above 200,000:1. The luminance depth is up to 10 bits and the high color saturation is up to 133% NTSC. Power saving on average reaches 50%.
The strength of using LED backlights is that they are eco-friendly and offer a slim design, said AUO. The company will also highlight its 8.9-inch WSVGA green panel for mini notebook PC applications with power savings of up to 45%, which improves the battery life to approximately 6 hours. Another 13.3-inch notebook PC application panel, also with LED backlights, saves 45% in power consumption. It can extend battery life by an additional 1.5 hours.
The company will also exhibit its 10.1-inch WVGA green panel with a LED backlight and driver IC. The LED-backlit technology, Content Adaptive Backlight Control (CABC), can adjust the backlight dynamically according to the environment luminance, which saves the backlight power by up to 50%. The driver IC technology, Advanced Power Saving Display (APSD), can simplify the design and reduce it to a one source driver IC.
The power for the driver IC is reduced by 40%, which is more eco-friendly than conventional LED-backlit panels, said AUO. Applications will most likely be consumer electronic products such as portable DVDs or digital photo frame displays.
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