Unique driving capability provides an intelligent power consumption platform, addressing the consumer desire of true mobility.
25 May 2010. Today, Liquavista BV, announced a new dynamic frame rate capability down to frequencies as low as 1Hz, resulting in ultra-low power electrowetting display driving, aimed at providing the consumer with an even greater power advantage when using Liquavista’s displays.
“Our displays already had increased power efficiency over existing displays due the their remarkable optical efficiency” told Guy Demuynck, Liquavista’s CEO, “but with the launch of these new dynamic drive schemes, we can enable future devices to improve even further on overall power consumption, without compromising optical performance in all modes from static images, to hi-fidelity video: fulfilling our promise of true mobility.”
“With more dynamic content electronic devices are struggling to keep up with the power demands of playing video & audio or web browsing, while providing a good reading experience at the same time.” added Johan Feenstra, Liquavista’s CTO. “Using our dynamic frame rate capability with intelligent power management, our displays dynamically adapt refresh rates to the content being viewed by the consumer, even down to frequencies as low as 1 Hz. This leads to even greater scales of power reduction without affecting optical performance. With such an increased battery life the consumer can become truly mobile.”
“These displays further drive our belief in providing ‘Green Electronics’ that offer increased power reductions as well as a lower carbon footprint by taking advantage of natural light to produce bright and colorful displays” stated Guy. “Another step to offering consumers and uncompromised viewing experience as well as a greener mobile lifestyle.”
Liquavista’s unique ultra low frequency technology results in superior power consumption performance and is the first step in ongoing innovation to further reduce the battery size for mobile devices. This new concept will herald the launch of products that require smaller batteries leading to a reduced technology footprint – ultimately resulting in much lighter products and increased design freedom for product developers.
Liquavista’s technology is based on the principles of electrowetting and offers three main platforms to the market, LiquavistaBright, LiquavistaColor and LiquavistaVivid, these displays already offer enhanced battery life due to their use of the highly efficient electrowetting technology.
Liquavista will be showing its dynamic addressing demonstrator and the rest of its product platforms at SID 2010, taking place in Seattle Washington on stand 405.
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About Liquavista – www.liquavista.com
Liquavista offers a new type of electronic display technology that will change the way we interact with all consumer electronics devices, including mobile phones, media players, and electronic readers. Liquavista’s displays create bright and colourful images that ensure excellent indoor and outdoor readability and use dramatically less battery power. Users can engage with their favourite applications for much longer before a recharge is necessary and battery sizes can be reduced allowing devices to be thinner and lighter.
The company’s ultimate vision is to build on the extraordinary optical performance and unique power efficiency of its technology to lead a green revolution in displays for notebook PCs, desktop monitors and televisions that use less than one-tenth of the power of current devices.
Liquavista’s electrowetting display technology has been developed to be directly compatible with existing display manufacturing techniques and processes. Called LCD 2.0, partners can quickly re-use their manufacturing assets to manufacture displays based upon Liquavista’s technology and bring exciting, highly differentiated products to consumers with both enhanced usability and performance.
Liquavista has developed three technology platforms (LiquavistaBright™, LiquavistaColor™ and LiquavistaVivid™) based on electrowetting display technology initially for use in eReaders, mobile phones, media players, and other mobile devices. In the future Liquavista will develop and market further technology platforms, which will support future generations of all consumer electronic products, including mobile through to advanced TV and computing devices.
Liquavista was founded in 2006 as a spin-off from the world famous Philips Research Labs in Eindhoven. The company is backed by Amadeus Capital Partners, Gimv, Applied Materials and Prime Technology Ventures. It is headquartered in Eindhoven, the Netherlands.
MEDIA: For further information please contact:
Joanne Eames, Liquavista UK
+ 44 (0) 7840 937841 joanne.eames@liquavista.com or press@liquavista.com
