New plastic-film panel display announced by EPSON; thinnest, lightest, unbreakable liquid-crystal display technology

Business Wire, May 14, 1996

SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 14, 1996--EPSON Tuesday announced a new plastic-film panel (PFP) passive matrix full dot display, the TCM-A0824, to attendees at the Society for Information Display trade show.

``EPSON has been supplying PFP technology for more than 15 years,'' said Walter Carlos, business unit director, EPSON. ``PFP uses flexible plastic as a base material to achieve a thin, light and unbreakable-type LCD panel. Because of these characteristics, PFP displays are well suited for mobile communications devices such as pagers and cellular products.''

EPSON's new TCM-A0824 PFP display is designed for low-power- consumption products. The TCM-A0824 model integrates a 3.3-volt single power supply with a built-in RAM driver and a DC/DC converter for a low power consumption of 5mW.

The new 4.6-inch display is an FTN reflective LCD (transflective by option) featuring a display format of 640x200 pixels, black character color with white background and a 6 o'clock viewing angle. Additionally, the display screen size is 115.185mm (W) x 35.985mm (H) with a dot pitch of 0.18mm x 0.18mm and dot size of 0.165mm x 0.165mm.

EPSON's new TCM-A0824 display is compact, measuring 128.7mm (W) x 49.0mm (H) x 5.5mm (T) and weighing 40.0 grams.

With a high contrast ratio of 10:1, the panel's operating temperature is 0 degrees to 60 degrees C., and storage temperature is -20 degrees to 70 degrees C. Maximum contrast ratio is achieved at 25 degrees C.

The TCM-A0824 display is currently available in sample quantities. For more information on EPSON OEM products, call 310/787-6300.

EPSON offers an array of technology products for the OEM market including liquid-crystal displays (LCDs), PCMCIA cards, storage products, handheld computers, point-of-sale printers and intelligent terminals. For the consumer and business markets, EPSON offers ink-jet, laser and dot-matrix printers as well as LCD video projectors and digital cameras.

Founded in 1975, Epson America Inc. is an affiliate of Seiko Epson Corp., a global manufacturer and supplier of high-quality technology products that meet customer demand for increased functionality, compactness, systems integration and energy efficiency.

Epson America has headquarters in Torrance, Calif. For more information on OEM products, call 310/787-6300 or visit the company's corporate Web site at http://www.epson.com. -0-

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