AUO Raising LED backlight Proportion for Notebook and Monitor Panels
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September 3, 2010... AU Optronics (AUO) is increasing its applications of LED backlights for its TFT-LCD panels used in notebooks and LCD monitors, according to Digitimes article. The company reportedly plans to increase the LED backlight proportion for its notebooks from 98% currently to 100% at the end of 2010. AU Optronic says it also plans to increase the proportion of LED backlit LCD monitors from 25 percent in the second quarter of 2010 to 100% in 2013. AUO points out that its LED-backlit TV panels range between 24- to 65-inch models, and the LED-backlit LCD monitors go up to as large as 27 inches. The company says it is developing LED backlit 3D panels for TV, monitor and notebook applications. AUO plans to introduce its 65-inch TV panels with built-in 3D display function in the fourth quarter of 2010, and AUO notes that LED backlit 3D notebook panels and 23- and 27-inch LED-backlit 3D monitor panels will come in 2011. For touch panel products, AUO indicated that it can provide 5- to 10-point multi-touch solutions, and all-in-one PCs and tablet PCs.

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