At DisplayWeek 2024, Chris Chinnock of Insight Media detailed AUO’s latest advancements in MicroLED technology, emphasizing their shift toward large-scale single panels and specialized automotive integrations. All featured displays utilize 30-micron chips and LTPS backplanes.
Large-Scale & Retail Solutions
- 60-inch Transparent Display: Awarded “Best MicroLED-Based Technology,” this tiled unit is designed for smart retail. It features over 60% transparency, 600 nits of brightness, and a wide color gamut (>110% NTSC).
- 31-inch Single-Panel Display: Notably the world’s largest single-module MicroLED screen, avoiding the visible seams found in tiled displays. It features a 0.6 mm pixel pitch and AUO’s Advanced Reflectionless Technology (ART) for a matte, ambient-light-rejecting surface.
Automotive Innovations
- Interactive Wood-Grain Cockpit: A center console display blended behind a textured wood-grain film. It achieves a high 80% transmissivity, allowing the display to remain invisible until activated.
- Zonal Privacy Display: A 21-inch MicroLED stack that includes a separate LCD layer for switchable privacy. It can restrict light transmission to just 0.5% in specific zones to prevent driver distraction.
- Smart Cockpit with Hidden Camera: A 13.5-inch transparent dashboard display with an under-display camera (UDC). By placing sensors in the spaces between MicroLED pixels, AUO enables eye-level video conferencing without a visible “notch.”
Specialty Form Factors
- Casino Dual-Layer Display: Uses a 16-inch MicroLED module placed 8mm in front of an LCD panel. This “Real Depth” setup provides physical depth and visual “punch” for gaming without the need for 3D glasses.
- Foldable MicroLED: A flexible prototype built on a polyimide substrate. While a promising concept for tablets or foldable laptops, Chinnock noted it currently lacks the reflection-reducing coatings found on their flat panels.