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Himax, Subsidiary Partner on ‘Microstructure’ Film for Automotive Displays

Taiwan’s CM Visual Technology and its majority owner Himax Technologies announced the joint development of a “microstructure” optical film, trademarked Omniwide, for “resolving optical display performance challenges in certain types of display panel applications.” Omniwide films laminated to the in-plane-switching…

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LCD panels that are widely adopted in automotive displays “can eliminate the light leakage issue under oblique viewing angles” that’s common to IPS displays without the laminate, said the companies Monday. “These results outperform optical compensation film solutions from rivals while also meeting performance requirements from automotive customers.”