LG Display became first to apply Advanced In-Cell Touch (AIT) technology that it developed onto middle to large-sized touch panels.
LG Display finished developing In-Cell touchscreen LCD for laptops by greatly decreasing weight and thickness and announced on the 6th that it will mass produce them during the second half of 2015.
LG Display applied its AIT technology on to its products. Although it had applied it onto Smartphones such as LG Electronics’ G4, but this is the first time it is applying on medium to large-sized products such as laptops.
Instead of using add-on method that puts touch panels on to LCD, AIT inserts touch sensors into LCD. It does not need cover glass for touch drive, which greatly reduces its thickness.
By setting 15.6-inch full HD as a standard, LG Display decreased more than 35% of previous touchscreen panel’s weight and materialized 200g. It reduced 25% of thickness to 1mm. Because it doesn’t have loss of intensity of radiation or light reflection due to cover glass, it is possible to materialize brighter and clearer screen.
LG Display already agreed on supply of 15.6-inch and 14-inch products with multiples of global laptop manufacturers. It is also preparing for panels that have pen-touch function.
“Not only AIT has vivid touch sensitivity, it also can materialize super-lightweight and super-slim design that makes it an optimum solution which will lead touchscreen display for laptops markets. We are going to continuously develop products that can maximize users’ values such as pen-touch function.” Director Kim Byung Koo of LG Display’s IT/Mobile Development Group said about the advantage of AIT and what LG Display will continuously do to differentiate itself from its competitors.
According to market investigative company called IDC, 10% of world’s laptops have touchscreen display. It is predicting that the share of touchscreen display products will rapidly increase and bring the percentage to 20% in 2016, and 30% in 2019.
Staff Reporter Sung, Hyeonhee | sunghh@etnews.com