When it comes to the next development trend of smart phones, we can easily think of the rise of screen resolution. At the end of last year, we were still discussing whether 1080p resolution was necessary. Now, it seems that even if the screen resolution of the mobile phone reaches 4K one day, it doesn't seem impossible. But when it comes to smart phone display, we will inevitably encounter one of the biggest constraints - power consumption. Today's smart phones are mostly faced with the fate of charging one or more times a day, and the root of this problem lies in the most power consuming screen in smart phones. The answer to the seemingly impossible condition that the screen should be larger, the resolution should be improved and the power consumption should be low may be sharp's housekeeping skill - igzo display.
Igzo display can be regarded as sharp's housekeeping skills. Recently, sharp's smart phones launched in the Japanese market are all equipped with igzo display. It is worth noting that the biggest highlight of sharp mobile phone equipped with this screen is "ultra long standby". Of course, this is also the advantage of igzo display. The Sharpe aquosphonezeta, the longest standby in the history of Japanese operator DoCoMo, officially benefits from the low power consumption of igzo display.
Another interesting thing is a news about the Tokyo Olympic Games. It is said that the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games will lead to the debut of 8K TV, and the Japanese government has also expected to carry out the experimental transmission of 4K and 8K signals in 2014. In other words, at the Tokyo Olympic Games seven years later, 4K and 8K signals will be popularized, which will affect not only TV, but also mobile phones. If 4K is really popular, the mobile TV function in Japanese mobile phones can also receive this signal. At this time, the emergence of 4K display screen is inevitable. Sharp's igzo display is also well used in TV products, so there is no problem with 4K support. Combined with the low power consumption advantages mentioned above, it seems that igzo display has become one of the most reasonable schemes under the mainstream trend of mobile phone development.
So what is igzo display and how to achieve low power consumption? Let's talk about this topic today.
First of all, let's start with the name of igzo. The four letters igzo actually come from the acronyms of four elements, namely indium, gallium, zinc and oxide. In other words, igzo can be understood as indium gallium zinc oxide, which has the advantages of high mobility, good uniformity and strong permeability.
Igzo crystallizes the previously difficult indium, gallium, zinc and oxygen, and realizes a new atomic arrangement crystal structure. Based on this unique and detailed arrangement, igzo display has strong stability and finer display effect, which is suitable for more fields.
In addition to the new arrangement, another feature of igzo technology is its high electron mobility. Electron mobility shows the flow of electrons in solid matter. Compared with the widely used amorphous silicon panel, the electron mobility of igzo display screen can reach 20-50 times. The higher the mobility, the smaller the resistivity, and the smaller the power consumption when passing through the same current, which plays a very important role in the low power performance of igzo display screen. At the same time, based on the extremely high electron mobility, igzo display screen also has more fine display effect than previous display screens.
Igzo intermittently turns on the current when displaying the still picture, which saves more power
We talked about the low-power advantages of igzo display. Now let's talk about how igzo realizes low-power consumption. Sharp has made low power consumption the strongest advantage of igzo. This is because under normal circumstances, the previous display screen will constantly refresh the data even when displaying a still picture, which naturally forms the uninterrupted operation of the screen, making the screen a major power consumer of the smart phone. The igzo display adopts the mode of current switching between on and off when displaying the still picture, that is, the igzo display does not refresh continuously, but intermittently turns on and off the current. When it is not refreshed, the picture we see from the screen can actually be understood as the "cache content" of the picture previously displayed. In this way, the power consumption of igzo display can be greatly reduced to one fifth or even one tenth, which is why after being equipped with power-saving applications, sharp aquosphonezeta advertises that it can run for 3 days without pressure under normal use.
The last igzo display is characterized by its ultra-high sensitivity. Based on the above-mentioned intermittent driving mode of continuous switching between current on and off, the occurrence time of interference affecting the touch screen detection of the display is also very short, and even subtle touch screen operation signals can be sensitively identified, In this way, even a very thin stylus can write and draw on the igzo display screen, and the drawn lines can have more obvious changes in thickness, just like writing on paper, which brings users a natural feel of operation.
As for the future application of igzo display, it is the most suitable direction for igzo display in high-precision display devices, smart phones and other wearable smart devices. With the popularity of 4K and even 8K signals in Japan in the next seven years, 4K resolution smartphone display will also get an opportunity to popularize from Japan to the world. With high resolution and low power consumption, igzo will no longer be exclusive to sharp, but more likely to be applied to smart phone products launched by other mobile phone manufacturers at home and abroad. An Olympic Games may bring changes in the field of smart phones and a collision of technologies. For users, such a collision is undoubtedly welcome. We also need to be prepared to welcome more smartphones equipped with igzo screens in the future.