Dialog Semiconductor Begins Early Production of PMOLED ICS with First Commercial Adoption by Lenovo

KIRCHHEIM/TECK, Germany--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dialog Semiconductor plc (FWB: DLG), a provider of highly integrated innovative power management, audio and short range wireless technologies, today announced that the company's first SmartXtend(TM) passive matrix OLED (PMOLED) driver IC, the DA8620, is being used by Lenovo in its recently launched colour feature phone, the S800.

The S800 is the first commercial mobile phone to offer a transparent colour display utilising Dialog's SmartXtend driver technology. SmartXtend allows the main display of mobile devices - particularly those offering QVGA resolution - to utilise PMOLED, rather than LCD or active matrix OLED (AMOLED) displays.

PMOLEDs provide superior advantages in terms of picture and colour quality, viewing angle and video performance over LCD displays used today. PMOLED displays are also offered with a transmittance effect greater than 50 percent, thus ideal for see-through or transparent displays applications.

'I am delighted to announce Lenovo as the first commercial adopter of our SmartXtend OLED driver IC. Lenovo has a well founded reputation for implementing cutting edge technologies, and I have no doubt the S800 handset will exceed consumer expectations while providing a new user experience with its transparency effect,' said Dr Jalal Bagherli, CEO at Dialog Semiconductor.

'Together with our module partners we have perfected this technology over recent years to now offer portable device manufacturers a display technology that provides superior performance and enables unique features, such as transparency and flexibility. The Lenovo S800 early adopter design win will stimulate the PMOLED mobile market and represents our next milestone on route to mass production,' concluded Bagherli.

SmartXtend enables PMOLED panels to be used as the high-resolution main display in mobile phones, mp3 players and other portable devices. SmartXtend is a set of driving techniques for PMOLED that currently supports resolutions up to QVGA. It includes a unique multi-line addressing scheme, pre-charge schemes and accurate dynamic current matching to reduce peak current and the average power consumption of the display. This also extends the lifetime of the OLED display.

The DA8620 is available now and is shipped in bare die form with gold bumps suitable for mounting as chip-on-flex or chip-on-glass. +++ends

Note to editors: Dialog Semiconductor creates highly integrated, mixed-signal integrated circuits (ICs) optimised for personal portable, low energy short-range wireless, lighting, display and automotive applications. The company provides flexible and dynamic support, world-class innovation and the assurance of dealing with an established business partner.

With its unique focus and expertise in energy efficient system power management, and now with the recent addition of low energy short range wireless and VoIP technology to the portfolio, Dialog brings decades of experience to the rapid development of ICs for personal portable applications including smartphones, tablet PCs, digital cordless phones and gaming applications.

Dialog's power management processor companion chips are essential for enhancing both the performance in terms of extended battery lifetime and the consumers' multimedia experience. With world-class manufacturing partners, Dialog operates a fabless business model.

Dialog Semiconductor plc is headquartered near Stuttgart with a global sales, R&D and marketing organisation. In 2010, it had $296.6 million in revenue and was again one of the fastest growing European public semiconductor companies. It currently has approximately 550 employees. The company is listed on the Frankfurt (FWB: DLG) stock exchange and is a member of the German TecDax index.

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20.04.2011

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