DGAP-News: Dialog Semiconductor revolutionizes the use of OLEDs in the main displays of mobile devices

Dialog Semiconductor Plc. / Miscellaneous

07.02.2008 

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Company announces new SmartXtend™ technology that extends the life and
reduces power consumption of high resolution, passive matrix OLED displays

Kirchheim/Teck, Germany, February 7, 2008 – Dialog Semiconductor Plc (FWB:
DLG), a leading developer of mixed signal semiconductor solutions for
wireless, automotive and industrial applications, has announced its new
SmartXtend™ technology that will allow the main displays of many mobile
devices – particularly those offering W-QVGA and QVGA resolution – to
utilize passive matrix OLED displays rather than LCD or active matrix
OLEDs.  Passive matrix OLEDs are available at a much lower cost compared to
active matrix OLEDs while providing the same advantages in terms of video
quality and performance.

The new SmartXtend™ technology, which utilizes a number of innovative
design techniques including a unique multi-line addressing scheme, accurate
dynamic current matching and state-of-the-art power management, will form
the basis of a new family of display drivers to be developed by Dialog
Semiconductor for passive matrix OLEDs. SmartXtend™ is designed to
significantly extend the lifetime of passive matrix OLED displays; it
reduces the peak current by up to 30 percent and power consumption by up to
30 percent compared to the conventional passive matrix driving scheme.

Manoj Thanigasalam, general manager of Dialog’s displays system business
unit, said, 'As OLEDs increasingly replace active or passive matrix LCD
displays, we believe SmartXtend™ allows Dialog to develop a roadmap of
products that give mobile device manufacturers an alternative to the
current trend of using active matrix OLEDS in the primary display.
SmartXtend™, which is being evaluated by a number of our customers, will
allow the use of lower power and lower cost passive matrix OLEDs to be
extended to higher resolution main displays on mobile devices.'

The SmartXtend™ technology is part of a range of advanced display driver
technologies available from Dialog for a diverse range of low power mobile
applications – from electronic paper displays and MEMS, to active matrix
OLEDs. All its display drivers are highly integrated mixed signal high
voltage CMOS solutions designed for the next generation of always-on low
power displays, available as both standard and custom products.

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Information about Dialog Semiconductor

Dialog Semiconductor develops and supplies power management, audio and
display driver technology, targeting the wireless, automotive and
industrial markets. The company’s expertise in mixed signal design, with
products manufactured entirely in CMOS technology, enhances the performance
and features of wireless, hand-held and portable electronic products. Its
technology is also used in intelligent control circuits in automotive and
industrial applications. Dialog Semiconductor Plc is headquartered near
Stuttgart, Germany with operating facilities in the UK, the USA, Austria,
Japan and Taiwan. The company is listed on the Frankfurt (FWB: DLG) stock
exchange. For more information visit www.dialog-semiconductor.com

For further information please contact:

Dialog Semiconductor 
Neue Straße 95  
D-73230 Kircheim/Teck 
Germany  
T +49-7021-805-412 
F +49-7021-805-200 
dialog@fd.com 
www.dialog-semiconductor.com

FD - London  
Matt Dixon  
T +44 20 7269 7214
matt.dixon@fd.com 

A&B FD - Frankfurt
Claudine Schaetzle
T  +49 69 920 37 185
c.schaetzle@abfd.de 


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Language:     English
Issuer:       Dialog Semiconductor Plc.
              Tower Bridge House, St. Katharine's Way
              E1W 1AA London
              Großbritannien
Phone:        +49 7021 805-220
Fax:          +49 7021 805-200
E-mail:       carsten.dahl@diasemi.com
Internet:     www.diasemi.com
ISIN:         GB0059822006
WKN:          927200
Indices:      MIDCAP, PRIMEALL, TECHALLSHARE
Listed:       Regulierter Markt in Frankfurt (Prime Standard); Freiverkehr
              in Berlin, Stuttgart, München, Hamburg, Düsseldorf
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