Points of Contact Between People and Information: FPD (Flat Panel Displays)
The advancement of telecommunications technology and the widespread use of smartphones have led to a rapid increase in the amount of information users receive on their personal devices. Among these products, Flat-Panel Displays are the most convenient display devices, and they have become our most familiar point of contact with information.
Indispensable for Small and Medium High-Definition Displays
Among the many thin-film transistors that are currently used in the driver circuits for Flat-Panel Displays, low-temperature polysilicon thin-film transistors are most commonly used in cutting-edge, high-quality display panels for smartphones, tablet PCs, portable gaming devices, and similar devices. Ever since our company was the first in the world to develop an ion implanter for LTPS-TFT manufacturing in 1998, we have delivered a large quantity of units and established a firm, dominant position in the market, contributing to the popularity and growth of small and medium high-definition display products. Furthermore, our equipment is used in the manufacture of displays for practically all middle-end and high-end smartphones.
Efforts to Improve Productivity
Although glass substrates of 4.5th-generation size or smaller were used for manufacturing small and medium displays, the rapid increase in global demand for smartphones triggered the need to build mass production lines with greater production capacities, and mass production lines that use 6th-generation size glass have become mainstream.
As a leading manufacturer of ion implanters for FPD manufacturing, we were the first to develop and market an ion implanter compatible with 5.5th-generation size substrates in advance of the aforementioned rapid increase in demand for small and medium displays. We followed that up with a 6th-generation size ion implanter, the iG6, which we developed and marketed in conjunction with the demand from display panel manufacturers for even higher productivity. It is the world’s only ion implanter for mass production of FPDs in the 6th-generation device market, and it is now operating on production lines in several countries. Furthermore, we have continued our efforts to increase productivity, including the release of iG6 Ver. 2, which provides a significant productivity boost. Going forward, we will continue to contribute to technological innovation in the FPD industry by meeting the increasingly diverse needs of our customers as the market grows.
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We provide ion implanters that are indispensable for the electrical characteristics control process in the manufacture of thin-film resistors for driving high-definition displays, as typified by low-temperature polysilicon thin-film transistors.
We provide ion implanters that are indispensable for the electrical characteristics control process in the manufacture of thin-film resistors for driving high-definition displays, as typified by low-temperature polysilicon thin-film transistors.
