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LG Display to supply miniLED for iPad Pro
LG Display to supply miniLED for iPad Pro
  • Gijong Lee
  • 승인 2020.06.22 21:33
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TSMT will handle LCD module, Epistar the LED chips
Apple launched the fourth-generation iPad Pro earlier this year Image: Apple
Apple launched the fourth-generation iPad Pro earlier this year Image: Apple

LG Display will supply miniLED panels to Apple for the new iPad Pro launching later in the year, sources within the company told TheElec on Monday.

It will be the South Korean display panel maker’s first miniLED supply deal to its long-time client Apple.

LG Display will supply 12.9-inch miniLED panels for the fifth-generation iPad Pro. Cupertino launched the fourth-generation device in March with 3D Time of Flight (ToF) module and minor upgrades from the third-generation model.

This will be the first time Apple us using miniLED for its iPad Pro line-up. MiniLED have bigger LEDs compared to MicroLED(which uses LED smaller than 100 micrometers) but smaller than conventional LEDs.

Using miniLED allow device makers to pack more LED chips into the same space and increase screen resolution.

A conventional tablet or a notebook PC require around 10,000 miniLED chips. By comparison, Apple’s 6K Monitor Pro Display XDR launched last year had 576 LED chips.

MiniLED displays also uses a back light unit (BLU). The BLU will be combined with a Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) and made into a LCD module.

Apple has also finalized the supply line for its upcoming tablet. Taiwan’s Epistar will be supplying its LED chips. The panels will be made by LG Display. The LCD module, or LCM, will be assembled by Taiwan’s TSMT. TSMT will oversee the project.

TSMT will then supply the module to Foxconn which will complete the iPad Pro.

The deal will likely be a boon to LG Display as Apple is the world’s largest tablet vendor. According to Strategy Analytics, Cupertino shipped 44.3 million tablets last year, over double the amount of second-place Samsung’s 21.8 million units. Apple controlled 27.7% in market share.

However, sources said LG Display was also gunning to become the LCM assembler. It wanted TSMT to make the panels while it assembles the module using affiliate Heesung Electronics. Then, the finished module will go to Foxconn. It would have been a more lucrative deal for LG, the sources added.

Apple also considered using Seoul Semiconductors as another vendor for LED chips beside Epistar, they also said.

The 12.9-inch miniLED iPad Pro is in trial production. It launch in the fourth quarter at the earliest. Apple will apply miniLED displays to future monitors and notebook PCs as well.

Apple Pro Display XDR also used LED chips Image: Apple
Apple Pro Display XDR also used LED chips Image: Apple

 


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