A publication from DigiTimes reports that TPK Holding is preparing for flexible-based Nanowires touchscreens. TPK is in the list of suppliers of Apple so there is a high probability that in the future an iPhone, iPod Touch or iPad could change to these flexible screens based on nano-silver connectors. It is originally developed by 3M, where the silver Nanowires are flexible and transparent for the eye, making them feasible for portable devices.
According to the President of TPK and CEO, Michael Chung, the supplier has obtained around 200 patents relating to nano-silver technology and has found new materials to replace the indium tin oxide (ITO), which is currently being used in rigid touch panels.
However, it will be in a few years until the technology is fully sold, either as early as two years or later as three to five years, said Chung. Still, TPK expects that its clients can launchhigh-end devices equipped with flexible nano-silver-based touch screens, that would be developed from the second half of 2016″, said the director-general.
Intended to replace the indium tin oxide (ITO), which has been used for traditional flat panel displays, is that this new technology is a mesh of tiny, approximately one nanometer in diameter silver wires.
The nanowires have better conductive characteristics than the indium tin oxide, which allows a better touch detection and multiple levels of pressure when you draw with your finger.
A rumor that had been thought was that the iPad Pro come with nanowires-based display technology, but no analysis of the rumor up to that time had been established as a fact. Last year supply chain reports suggested that Apple was evaluating samples of screen-based Nanowires of LG Display, Samsung Display, Japan Display and others.
The article Apple supplier could build flexible screens-based Nanowires has been originally published in Actualidad iPad.
