Insight Media announced November 15 the release of a new white paper that delves into the science behind quantum dot technology as it pertains to displays. Insight Media's Chris Chinnock authored the white paper, Quantum Dots will Power Display Products to the Next Level, which details a range of topics from wide colour gamut options, High Dynamic Range (HDR) to the intricacies of quantum dot technology.
The white paper provides an overview of three technologies typically utilized to create a wide colour gamut (WCG) display: OLED, LCD and quantum dot.
In the case of OLED TV, for example, although it can produce most of the full DCI-P3 colour gamut at low luminance levels, the limitations in the peak emission and brightness affect the colour rendering capacities of the display. This causes images to look washed out and at high luminance levels and decrease of the colour volume. The implementation of micro-cavity structures in OLED displays allows more saturated colours and a wider colour gamut. The trade-off with this structure is a narrowing of the viewing angles of the display. The 27-page white paper takes a deep dive into the technology behind each display type and calls out their unique strengths and weaknesses.
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"Quantum dots are amazing materials with potential we are just beginning to explore," noted Chris Chinnock, president and founder of Insight Media. "This white paper profiles the great opportunity that quantum dots offer in displays, especially as displays stretch their colour capabilities to achieve the wide BT.2020 colour gamut. But they can also be used in other applications ranging from solar cells, to lighting and bioimaging, so this is clearly a technology to be tracking."
Quantum dot technology is now fuelling a range of LCD displays, offering a WCG that can be larger than that offered by OLED displays and other LCD technologies.