These brand-new LVDS products, developed by THine, have the world’s lowest level of power consumption – using only one-third the power of existing LVDS transmitters in volume production and can contribute to extended battery life for tablet PCs, smart phones, and clamshell mobile devices.

 

“THine has accumulated its high-speed interface technologies and has achieved the world lowest power consumption of LVDS transmitters,” said Mr. Fumitaka Nishikawa, CTO and Managing Director of THine. “We are proud that NVIDIA recognizes THine’s low power technologies and know-how in high-speed interfaces for mobile devices. NVIDIA has unveiled Tegra 3’s record-breaking performance and energy efficiency. By collaborating with such terrific technologies, THine would like to contribute consumers’ exciting experiences with convenient battery life.”

 

“Tegra 3 enables ultra-low power consumption, bringing better battery life and great mobile experiences to tablets and phones,” said Mr. Stéphane Le Provost, Technical Marketing Manager, Tegra Platform Solutions at NVIDIA. “THine’s low-power LVDS transmitters are exceptionally well suited for these applications, helping to minimize the power of the display interface between Tegra 3 and the panel.”

 

THine plans to start volume production of the new LVDS transmitter products from the first quarter in 2012 and keeps developing strategic LVDS products for tablet PC, smart phone and clamshell mobile device markets with drastic energy-saving features and other differentiated advantages for customers by its original technologies.

 

Features of THC63LVD827 and THC63LVDM87

• Power consumption:

typical 83mW, WUXGA@60Hz/24bit color (LVD827)

typical 43mW, 1280x800@60Hz/24bit color (LVDM87)

• Small package:

7mm x 7mm / 72pin / TFBGA (LVD827)

5mm x 5mm / 49pin / VFBGA (LVDM87)

• 1080p/WUXGA with the highest-speed of 174MHz are supported (LVD827).

• 1.8V single power supply is allowed when 1.8V CMOS input.

• LVDS swing reducible to reduce both EMI and power consumption

• Flexible Input/Output mode (LVD827) :

Single TTL IN, Single/Dual LVDS OUT

Double edge Single TTL IN/Dual LVDS OUT

• Pin layout to simplify PCB layout

• Power down mode

• Input clock triggering edge selectable by R/F pin

 

About THine Electronics, Inc.

THine Electronics Incorporated is a fabless maker that provides innovative mixed signal LSI and analog technologies such as V-by-One®HS, LVDS, other high speed data signaling, timing controller, Analog-to-Digital Converter (ADC), Image Signal Processor (ISP), and power management in growing niche markets for our customers’ solutions, targeting its strategic markets in flat screen TVs, electronic paper displays, LCD monitors, projectors, projection televisions, mobile phones, document processing, amusement, and automotive markets. THine is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, and has subsidiaries in Taipei, Taiwan and Seoul, Korea. THine Electronics is listed on the JASDAQ under the security code of 6769. For more information, please visit www.thine.co.jp.

 

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Corresponding to the market trends of smart phone cameras toward higher resolution, the new ISP products achieve as high resolution and quality as compact DSC by the world fastest-level throughput performance of resolution and frame rates. THP7212 enhances rich image signal processing functions and camera functions by THine’s original technologies not only with features of auto focus, auto white balance, and auto exposures, but also with hardware-based functions of face detection, effective dark area correction, movie image stabilizer, 2D to 3D conversion.

These rich functions are achieved high-speed processing by internal LSI hardware and THP 7212 brings its users chances for perfect shot with startup time of 90 milliseconds.

The new ISP product adopts a wafer level chip size package (WLCSP) of the industry’s smallest 3.8 mm x 3.8 mm and is miniaturized to one-fourth of the existing 13-mega- pixel ISP size.

In addition to the fastest speed and smallest size, THine’s original technology has succeeded in removing expensive internal frame memories that are generally required for movie image stabilizer functions and enables smart phones to reduce the energy consumption and costs significantly. THP7212 is expected to be in volume production from the first quarter in 2012.

 

THine plans to expand its ISP businesses, promoting new products for global smart phone markets, bringing new value for customers of security cameras, embedded cameras for advanced safety vehicles, and amusement, using its synergy effects among image signal processing and high-speed interface.

¢£ Photo of the new ISP, THP7212

* based on THine’s research in ISP products for smart phone markets in volume production as of the release date

 

About THine Electronics
THine Electronics Incorporated is a fabless maker that provides innovative mixed signal LSI and analog technologies such as V-by-One®HS, LVDS, other high speed data signaling, timing controller, Analog-to-Digital Converter (ADC), Image Signal Processor (ISP), and power management in growing niche markets for our customers’ solutions, targeting its strategic markets in flat TVs, smart phones, tablet PCs and LCD monitors, document processing, amusement, and automotive markets.
THine is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, having its subsidiaries in Seoul, Korea and Taipei, Taiwan. THine Electronics is listed on the JASDAQ under the security code of 6769. For more information, please visit www.thine.co.jp.

 

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The newly developed product, THC63LVDM83E, is suitable for mobile applications such as tablet PCs, notebook PCs, and digital still cameras, including single-lens reflex cameras, with the important features of the lowest-level energy consumption, the highest-speed, and the smallest-level fingerprint. Especially, THC63LVDM83E reduces the energy consumption by one third of existing similar products for mobile applications and can contribute to make the batteries long lasting.

 

Application markets of tablet PCs are expanding widely not only to notebook PCs and media players but also to game devices, medical electronics, and factory automation area, expected to bring sophisticated user experience. The new LVDS transmitter responds to such needs by achieving the speed of operating frequency by 20% faster than existing similar products. Users of THC63LVDM83E can achieve excellent user¡¡experiences with the high resolution LCD panels of WUXGA (1920 x 1200) as well as those of XGA (1024 x 768) and WXGA (1280 x 800) more easily. In addition, the new LVDS can ease the complex cable wiring and reduce the EMI noise in small-sized LCD panels, including digital reflex cameras with vari-angle LCD monitors by its small package and the lowest-level energy consumption.

 

THine is developing additional strategic LVDS products for tablet PC markets and mobile markets with drastic energy-saving features and other differentiated advantages for customers by its original technologies.

 

¢£Features of THC63LVDM83E

• Suitable data inputs tolerant to connect directly to low power, low voltage application and graphic processor

• Wide dot clock range: 8-160MHz suited for QVGA (320 x 249) ~ WUXGA (1920 x 1200)

• On chip jitter filtering

• Clock edge selectable

• Supports reduced swing LVDS for low EMI

• Power down mode

• PLL requires no external components

• Low power single 3.3V CMOS design

• Small package of 5mm x 5mm

        

 ¢¢Photo of THC63LVDM83E 

 

About THine Electronics, Inc.

THine Electronics Incorporated is a fabless maker that provides innovative mixed signal LSI and analog technologies such as V-by-One®HS, LVDS, other high speed data signaling, timing controller, Analog-to-Digital Converter (ADC), Image Signal Processor (ISP), and power management in growing niche markets for our customers’ solutions, targeting its strategic markets in flat screen TVs, electronic paper displays, LCD monitors, projectors, projection televisions, mobile phones, document processing, amusement, and automotive markets. THine is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, and has subsidiaries in Taipei, Taiwan and Seoul, Korea. THine Electronics is listed on the JASDAQ under the security code of 6769. For more information, please visit www.thine.co.jp.

 

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THine has started its ISP business since it completed an M&A deal in January 2009 and launched the world-highest throughput ISP product for 13-mega-pixel digital still cameras of mobile phones as well as an 8-mega-pixel product. THine plans to develop new products with larger pixels, higher throughput, and flexible functions for smart phone markets. Such new products will have better noise reduction performance in movies, higher sensitivity, and anti-shaking functions with higher speed as well as more flexible options for additional functions in mobile handsets. THine will achieve both of faster image signal processing and flexibility in consuming captured images, using Scalado’s SpeedTagsTM.

 

After processing image signal captured by CMOS sensors, THine’s ISP generally transmits pixel data with encoding JPEG. Application processors can reduce required memory capacities for data by enabling random access in JPEG data, enabling high-speed consumption by combination of THine’s high throughput ISP and Scalado’s SpeedTagsTM. 

“Since THine’s ISP technology has the world-highest-level throughput, THine can bring out Scalado’s advantages in high-speed random access in JPEG data and offer new value for mobile systems” said Mr. Masahiro Kato, COO and Managing Director of THine. “THine plans to deliver its new products to global customers widely”

“It is of big value that THine, having great reputation in Asian markets, selects Scalado’s IP.” said Mr. Fadi Abbas, Chief Marketing Officer/VP BizDev, Co-Founder of Scalado. “Therefore, I expect that synergetic value based on both companies’ collaborative advantages will expand to smart phone markets widely.”

 

Launched in 2000, Scalado is a world leader in the mobile imaging industry, thanks to a long history of developing innovative platform-independent imaging solutions. Based on Scalado’s unique Random Access JPEG and more than 50 patent and patent pending technologies, these innovations are currently being used by the world's leading global telecom and platform players in over 800M devices to date, a figure that is rapidly growing towards 1 billion devices

 

For this reason, Scalado has become the centre of gravity of imaging. The company is at the heart of the imaging pipeline network of industries, and is committed to working with global leading industry players to bring the best imaging user experience to any device.   Scalado is headquartered in Lund, Sweden, and has regional commercial and development facilities in USA, Korea, Taiwan, China, Hong Kong, Singapore and Japan. For more information, please visit www.scalado.com

 

THine Electronics Incorporated is a fabless maker that provides innovative mixed signal LSI and analog technologies such as V-by-One®HS, LVDS, other high speed data signaling, timing controller, Analog-to-Digital Converter (ADC), Image Signal Processor (ISP), and power management in growing niche markets for our customers’ solutions, targeting its strategic markets in flat screen TVs, electronic paper displays, LCD monitors, projectors, projection televisions, mobile phones, document processing, amusement, and automotive markets.

THine is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, and has design centers in Kyoto and Kyushu, Japan, as well as subsidiaries in Taipei, Taiwan and Seoul, Korea.  THine Electronics is listed on the JASDAQ under the security code of 6769.  For more information, please visit www.thine.co.jp.

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The advanced high-speed LCD driver interface, CalDriCon®, brings breakthrough to the high-speed intra-panel interface with no need to care about skew issue by auto calibration, minimizing analog blocks at receiver side of LCD drivers. That results in promised ability of data transmission for 4K2K (3840x2160 pixels) at 240 Hz LCD panel.Recently, high-resolution digital televisions require higher-speed data transmission of video signals that makes LCD driver interfaces more difficult to maintain signal integrity while various driver interfaces have been proposed. THine has achieved as high-speed as 2Gbps/lane driver interface technology by calibration assist, reducing pin counts and eliminating analog blocks with no PLL in the receiver side. The advanced LCD driver interface achieves simpler architecture.

 

Society for Information Display (SID) has 6000 members of professionals in all of the technical and business disciplines that relate to display research, design, manufacturing, applications, marketing, and sales. SID7s Display Week 2011 is held during May 15-20 in Los Angeles, U.S.A. THine makes its presentation in Advanced Program at Session 40 “Interface Technologies for Display.”

 

THine Electronics Incorporated is a fabless maker that provides innovative mixed signal LSI and analog technologies such as V-by-One®HS, LVDS, other high speed data signaling, timing controller, Analog-to-Digital Converter (ADC), Image Signal Processor (ISP), and power management in growing niche markets for our customers’ solutions, targeting its strategic markets in flat screen TVs, electronic paper displays, LCD monitors, projectors, projection televisions, mobile phones, document processing, amusement, and automotive markets.

THine is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, and has design centers in Kyoto and Kyushu, Japan, as well as subsidiaries in Taipei, Taiwan and Seoul, Korea. THine Electronics is listed on the JASDAQ under the security code of 6769. For more information, please visit www.thine.co.jp.

 

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CalDriCon®, originally developed by THine, shares technologies of V-by-One® HS that is quickly penetrating wider as de facto standard of internal interface of DTVs with high resolution. It enables engineers of TV sets to reduce die size and pin counts of LSI drastically without increasing energy consumption and to lower electro-magnetic interference (EMI), suppressing reflection of common mode noise that arises in differential transmission.

 

Today, higher resolution DTVs, typically 3D TVs, make high-speed data transmission tremendously difficult to achieve. For example, current driver interfaces face difficulties in correct data transmission during limited set-up/hold timing because of higher speed specification. CalDriCon® offers breakthroughs in such difficulties by newly developed auto-adjust technology to secure enough set-up/hold timing in data transmission, achieving 5 times faster performance than current LCD driver interfaces.

In addition, CalDriCon® offers a solution not to distort eye diagram at receivers with pre-emphasis technology. This auto-adjust function in eye diagram allows engineers of TV set makers to adopt usual cables and connectors with reasonable costs even in the requirements of higher speed data transmission of 3D TVs and other high resolution DTVs. Furthermore, CalDriCon® can correspond adequately to power source and temperature that LCD driver interfaces have to face. It is expected that LCD driver makers and panel makers can reduce constraints of designing and developing, resulting in reduction of developing costs.

 

THine has already licensed CalDriCon® technology to 8 venders that supply display-related LSIs, LCD drivers and LCD panels and is discussing to license with 5 venders. Furthermore, THine develops a new CalDriCon® technology in order for DTVs to lower part counts of LCD drivers by applying the same driver with CalDriCon® technology from low-end panels to high-end ones. This advanced high-speed CalDriCon® technology is expected to be launched in this year at the earliest.

 

 

About THine Electronics, Inc.

THine Electronics Incorporated is a fabless maker that provides innovative mixed signal LSI and analog technologies such as V-by-One®HS, LVDS, other high speed data signaling, timing controller, Analog-to-Digital Converter (ADC), Image Signal Processor (ISP), and power management in growing niche markets for our customers’ solutions, targeting its strategic markets in flat screen TVs, electronic paper displays, LCD monitors, projectors, projection televisions, mobile phones, document processing, amusement, and automotive markets.

THine is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, and has design centers in Kyoto and Kyushu, Japan, as well as subsidiaries in Taipei, Taiwan and Seoul, Korea. THine Electronics is listed on the JASDAQ under the security code of 6769. For more information, please visit www.thine.co.jp.

 

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V-by-One® HS is an advanced high-speed interface standard, promoted by THine to deliver value for DTV markets. V-by-One® HS can reduce the number of cables between DTV panels and DTV controllers as well as related connectors. V-by-One® HS offers capabilities for DTV markets that are requiring ever-higher frame rates and higher resolutions such as ultra high definition (UD) display panels with 4K x 2K (3840 x 2160) pixels. For example, while UD panels require 96 cable pairs using the current interface, V-by-One® HS uses only 16 pairs. While 3D TV panels require 48 current interface cables, V-by-One® HS uses only 8 pairs. In addition, THine’s unique variable speed technology from 600 Mbps to 3.75 Gbps effectively meets the requirements of various different pixel rates and even 21:9 HDTV, cinema resolution televisions, need fewest internal cables. Furthermore, V-by-One® HS can reduce components needed for control of EMI. Any players of V-by-One® HS do not need to pay license fee and royalties by their own development using V-by-One® HS standard.

 

“THine’s V-by-One® HS enables LG Electronics to reduce the costs of internal interface systems and develop higher picture quality,” says Mr. Ian SH. Lee, Principal Research Engineer, SIC Center, LG Electronics. “LG Electronics will deliver more value to our worldwide customers by adopting V-by-One® HS to our DTV.”

 

“THine’s V-by-One® HS is suitable for innovative products such as LG Electronics’ DTV,” says Masahiro Kato, Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing, THine Electronics. “THine will support superior customers’ value through penetrating V-by- One® HS.”

 

¢£Key benefits of V-by-One®HS

¡İHigh transmission quality with high performance equalizer in noisy conditions

¡İHigh data transmission quality solving cable skew problems with high speed Seriarizer/Deserializer using Clock Data Recovery technology

¡İLower EMI with clock embedded transmission, no reference clock at receiver

¡İReduction of total cost and board space by optimizing cables and connectors

¡İSeamless transition to V-by-One® HS minimizing change of device input/output and peripheral design

¡İLower energy consumption with variable transmission speed: 600 Mbps to 3.75 Gbps

 

About LG Electronics, Inc.

LG Electronics, Inc. is a global leader and technology innovator in consumer electronics, mobile communications and home appliances, employing more than 80,000 people working in over 115 operations around the world. With 2009 global sales of 55.5 trillion Korean Won (43.4 billion US Dollars),LG comprises of five business units - Home Entertainment, Mobile Communications, Home Appliance, Air Conditioning and Business Solutions. LG is one of the world's leading producers of flat panel TVs, audio and video products, mobile handsets, air conditioners and washing machines.

 

About THine Electronics, Inc.

THine Electronics Incorporated is a fabless maker that provides innovative mixed signal LSI and analog technologies such as V-by-One®HS, LVDS, other high speed data signaling, timing controller, Analog-to-Digital Converter (ADC), Image Signal Processor (ISP), radio frequency (RF) and power management in growing niche markets for our customers’ solutions, targeting its strategic markets in flat screen TVs, electronic paper displays, LCD monitors, projectors, projection televisions, mobile phones, document processing, amusement, and automotive markets. THine is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, and has design centers in Kyoto and Kyushu, Japan, as well as subsidiaries in Taipei, Taiwan and Seoul, Korea. THine Electronics is listed on the JASDAQ under the security code of 6769. For more information, please visit www.thine.co.jp.

 

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V-by-One® HS is an advanced high-speed interface standard, promoted by THine to deliver value for DTV markets. V-by-One® HS can reduce the number of cables between DTV panels and DTV controllers drastically has well as related connectors. In addition, THine’s unique variable speed technology from 600 Mbps to 3.75 Gbps effectively meets the requirements of various different pixel rates and V-by-One® HS can reduce components needed for various television line-ups with the same V-by-One® HS chip sets.

 

DTV markets require more valuable cost-performance in internal interfaces, shifting from general DTVs with 60 frames per seconds or 120 frames/s to those with 240 frames/s and 3D TVs. Under such trends, V-by-One® HS has been adopted for full HD televisions with double frame rate of 120 frames/s. Thus, V-by-One® HS is effective not only for the high-end DTV such as DTV with 240 frames/s or 3D but also the general double frame rate DTVs.

 

THine also plans to deliver timing controller LSIs to global top panel makers and television set makers, penetrating its original value widely among the global markets.

 

¢£Key benefits of V-by-One®HS

¡İHigh transmission quality with high performance equalizer in noisy conditions ¡İHigh data transmission quality solving cable skew problems with high speed Seriarizer/Deserializer using Clock Data Recovery technology

¡İLower EMI with clock embedded transmission, no reference clock at receiver

¡İReduction of total cost and board space by optimizing cables and connectors ¡İSeamless transition to V-by-One® HS minimizing change of device input/output and peripheral design

¡İLower energy consumption with variable transmission speed: 600 Mbps to 3.75 Gbps

 

About THine Electronics, Inc.

THine Electronics Incorporated is a fabless maker that provides innovative mixed signal LSI and analog technologies such as V-by-One®HS, LVDS, other high speed data signaling, timing controller, Analog-to-Digital Converter (ADC), Image Signal Processor (ISP), radio frequency (RF) and power management in growing niche markets for our customers’ solutions, targeting its strategic markets in flat screen TVs, electronic paper displays, LCD monitors, projectors, projection televisions, mobile phones, document processing, amusement, and automotive markets.

THine is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, and has design centers in Kyoto and Kyushu, Japan, as well as subsidiaries in Taipei, Taiwan and Seoul, Korea. THine Electronics is listed on the JASDAQ under the security code of 6769. For more information, please visit http://www.thine.co.jp.

 

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V-by-One® HS has been developed to offer high speed solutions with lower costs and EMI for long distance. The new V-by-One® HS products, THCV233 and THCV234, also achieving the high-speed of 3Gbps, can be applied to various markets such as multifunction printers, industrial cameras, security cameras, scanners for consumers, amusement, factory automation equipments, medical equipments. THine’s high-speed technology reduces number of cables and enables to decrease costs of cables as well as EMI, enhancing noise tolerance drastically, downsizing key components such as moving head of scanners, transmitting digital data for long distance.

 

Recently multifunction printers, shifting to higher resolution with full colors, require more high-speed data transmission from scanner to controlling print circuit boards. V-by-One® HS technology can reduces number of cables to one sixth of current LVDS interface cables and engineers can design downsized scanner heads and related parts.

In addition, THCV233 and THCV234 enhance noise tolerant features drastically in order to communicate control data between scanner heads and controllers more easily and reduce corresponding noise related costs.

 

THine plans to expand the application markets of V-by-One® HS in order to deliver values of higher speed, lower space, lower costs, more noise tolerance, and long-distance transmission for customers of DTV markets and many visual data related markets.

 

¢£Key benefits of THCV233 and THCV234

Main link

- Conversion between LVDS and V-by-One® HS

- Color depth selectable: 32bit/24bit

- LVDS clock frequency: Max. 100MHz

- V-by-One® HS data rate: Max. 3.4Gbps

- Pre-emphasis and equalizer

- On chip data error test mode

Sub-link

- Reciprocal control between THCV233 and THCV234 through sub-links

- 2-wire serial interface: Max. 400Kbps

- GPIO¡¡THCV233: 4, THCV234: 5

- Small package: 7mm×7mm QFN 48 pins

- Supporting two power sources of 1.8V and 3.3V

 

        

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CalDriCon®, originally developed by THine, shares technologies of V-by-One® HS that is quickly penetrating wider as de facto standard of internal interface of DTVs with high resolution. It enables engineers of TV sets to reduce die size and pin counts of LSI drastically without increasing energy consumption and to lower electro-magnetic interference (EMI), suppressing reflection of common mode noise that arises in differential transmission.

 

Today, higher resolution DTVs, typically 3D TVs, make high-speed data transmission tremendously difficult to achieve. For example, current driver interfaces face difficulties in correct data transmission during limited set-up/hold timing because of higher speed specification.

CalDriCon® offers breakthroughs in such difficulties by newly developed auto-adjust technology to secure enough set-up/hold timing in data transmission, achieving 5 times faster performance than current LCD driver interfaces.

In addition, CalDriCon® offers a solution not to distort eye diagram at receivers with pre-emphasis technology. This auto-adjust function in eye diagram allows engineers of TV set makers to adopt usual cables and connectors with reasonable costs even in the requirements of higher speed data transmission of 3D TVs and other high resolution DTVs. Furthermore, CalDriCon® can correspond adequately to power source and temperature that LCD driver interfaces have to face.

It is expected that LCD driver makers and panel makers can reduce constraints of designing and developing, resulting in reduction of developing costs.

 

Major panel vendor has plan to adopt CalDriCon® on the coming strategic product line. THine develops display controllers to launch in volume production at the end of 2010 and plans to develop new products such as display controllers with applying CalDriCon® technology by capturing potential needs. THine also plans to license CalDriCon® technology to LCD driver makers, FPD related LSI makers, and LCD panel makers to distribute values of CalDriCon® technology widely to the markets.

 

 

About THine Electronics, Inc.

THine Electronics Incorporated is a fabless maker that provides innovative mixed signal LSI and analog technologies such as V-by-One®HS, LVDS, other high speed data signaling, timing controller, Analog-to-Digital Converter (ADC), Image Signal Processor (ISP), radio frequency (RF) and power management in growing niche markets for our customers’ solutions, targeting its strategic markets in flat screen TVs, electronic paper displays, LCD monitors, projectors, projection televisions, mobile phones, document processing, amusement, and automotive markets.

THine is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, and has design centers in Kyoto and Kyushu, Japan, as well as subsidiaries in Taipei, Taiwan and Seoul, Korea. THine Electronics is listed on the JASDAQ under the security code of 6769. For more information, please visit www.thine.co.jp.

 

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V-by-One®HS Standard is developed to provide solutions to develop better picture qualities and reduce total costs of television sets. In 2007 the brief specification of V-by-One®HS Standard is disclosed by THine, in 2008 the full specification version is disclosed, and until today it is widely evaluated or selected in television markets and document processing markets. For example, while 3D televisions with 240 Hz frame rate panels requires 48 LVDS cable pairs, they need only 8 pairs if they use V-by-One®HS interface.

 

V-by-One®HS achieves the high-speed transmitter/receiver of 3.75Gbps per pair cable. This marvelous feature results in improving signal quality, reducing EMI, lowering energy consumption, and decreasing total costs including cables and connectors. THine has delivered V-by-One®HS Standard to almost one hundred companies and has granted royalty free specification rights to V-by-One®HS partners. V-by-One®HS Standard has been penetrated widely in major suppliers of televisions and document processing equipments.

 

The major features of V-by-One®HS Standard version1.3 are the following two points:

1) 3D frame identification. Since 3D televisions have identification on every frame, method to label 3D information on frame are described in V-by-One®HS Standard version1.3. This definition enables the television sets to identify right views and left views smoothly in 3D televisions and reduce engineering hours and adjusting activities in developing new 3D models among television set makers, FRC venders, and panel venders.

2) Data lane of Cinema Full HD, including 2560x1080p. In addition, V-by-One®HS Standard version1.3 defines the number of data lanes for Cinema Full HD of the 21:9 aspect ratio, including 2560x1080p resolution. In fact, V-by-One®HS Standard version1.3 requires the industry-fewest 4 data lanes for the 120Hz refresh rate or the pixel clock of 370MHz. Thus, the new version can support the increase of 3D televisions as well as internet televisions. Also V-by-One®HS users can obtain cost advantages in internal interface systems.

 

World major television makers and related parts makers are going to adopt or interested in V-by-One®HS and they are developing their new strategic products with V-by-One®HS. Moreover, global leaders in digital TV controllers with high market shares announce to deliver samples with V-by-One®HS and major FPGA suppliers supports V-by-One®HS. In addition, cable makers, connector makers, and test/measurement equipments makers have already deliver their products that support V-by-One®HS.

 

V-by-One®HS Standards is expected to penetrate more widely by incorporating new trends in television markets.

 

¢£Key features of V-by-One® HS Standard version 1.3

¡İ3D frame identification

¡İMinimal interface design for Cinema Full HD and 4Kx2K resolution

¡İHigh data transmission quality solving cable skew problems with high speed SerDes using Clock Data Recovery technology

¡İHigh transmission quality with high performance equalizer in noisy conditions

¡İLower EMI with clock embedded transmission, No reference clock at receiver

¡İTotal cost and space reduction by reducing number of cables and connectors

¡İSeamless transition from LVDS to V-by-One®HS minimizing change of device input/output and peripheral design

¡İLower energy consumption with variable transmission speed

¡İEase of use

 

About THine Electronics

THine Electronics, Inc. is a fabless LSI company that provides innovative mixed signal LSI and analog technologies such as V-by-One®HS, LVDS, other high speed data signaling, timing controller, Analog-to-Digital Converter (ADC), Image Signal Processor (ISP), radio frequency (RF) and power management in growing niche markets for our customers’ solutions, targeting its strategic markets in flat screen TVs, electronic paper displays, LCD monitors, projectors, projection televisions, mobile phones, document processing, amusement, and automotive markets.

THine is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, and has design centers in Kyoto and Kyushu, Japan, as well as subsidiaries in Taipei, Taiwan and Seoul, Korea. THine Electronics is listed on the JASDAQ under the security code of 6769. For more information, please visit www.thine.co.jp.

 

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THine’s new product, THV3058, achieves complicated power management systems required to 3D televisions and other advanced televisions only by one chip. The advanced television markets of 3D televisions and 240 Hz refresh rate panels are growing rapidly. Since these televisions have higher-speed refresh rates, driver ICs of LCD panels need more electric current. These advanced televisions therefore require more complicated power management systems.

THV3058 has DC/DC converter control functions with pulse frequency modulation (PFM) as well as usual charge pump functions to supply large capacity electric currency for driver ICs with high-speed refresh rates.

THV3058 saves energy consumption in power management LSIs by at most 30% compared to usual power management LSI*1. In addition, this new products achieved more reliable systems by adding new function for protecting from over current as well as usual system protection functions.

*1: compared by THine Electronics

 

THine plans to introduce new values of power management continuously, responding to demands in television markets with higher performance, lower energy consumption, and more efficiency.

 

¢£ Features of THV3058

Power channel

¡İbuck converter for timing controllers

¡İsynchronous buck converter for frame rate converters

¡İboost converter for source drivers

¡İcharge pump for gate drivers with high voltage or boost converter with PFM

¡İcharge pump for gate drivers with low voltage or inverting converter with PFM

¡İhigh-voltage tolerant low drop out (LDO) for gamma DAC

 

Protection function

¡İover current protection

¡İover voltage protection

¡İthermal shut down

¡İshort circuit protection

¡İprevention from inrush current

¡İunder voltage lock out

 

Package

¡İQFN 5.0mm×5.0mm×0.9mm with 36 pins

¡İthe smallest package among power management LSIs with 2 channel buck converters for advanced television panels

 

About THine Electronics, Inc.

THine Electronics Incorporated is a fabless maker that provides innovative mixed signal LSI and analog technologies such as V-by-One®HS, LVDS, other high speed data signaling, timing controller, Analog-to-Digital Converter (ADC), Image Signal Processor (ISP), radio frequency (RF) and power management in growing niche markets for our customers’ solutions, targeting its strategic markets in flat screen TVs, electronic paper displays, LCD monitors, projectors, projection televisions, mobile phones, document processing, amusement, and automotive markets.

THine is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, and has design centers in Kyoto and Kyushu, Japan, as well as subsidiaries in Taipei, Taiwan and Seoul, Korea. THine Electronics is listed on the JASDAQ under the security code of 6769. For more information, please visit www.thine.co.jp.

 

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1. Purpose of establishing the subsidiary

THine Electronics has started its new Business Strategy “TACK123” since this fiscal year, targeting business expansion in Asia, including Korean markets. In order to achieve the goal of “TACK123,” THine has decided to establish the Korean subsidiary, THine Electronics Korea, Inc. with the purpose to enhance Asian business capabilities as well as Taiwan subsidiary.

 

2. Outline of subsidiary to be established

(1) Company name: THine Electronics Korea, Inc.

(2) Representative: Fumitaka Nishikawa

(3) Head office location: Seoul, Korea

(4) Establishment date: March 10th, 2010 (Scheduled)

(5) Business content: Planning, designing, and sales of LSI

(6) Capital: 300 million won

(7) Shareholder: THine Electronics, Inc. (100%)

(8) Fiscal period December

(9) Business starting date: April 1st, 2010 (Scheduled)

* Schedules may be changed due to procedures.

 

About Business Strategy, “TACK123”

THine Electronics has started its new Business Strategy “TACK123” toward 2012 since this fiscal year.

“TACK” stands for “Toward Asia: China, Taiwan, and Korea,” and is also originally from the yacht “tack” action of going forward against the wind by changing the sailing direction. “TACK123” aims to expand our business by 2012 up to 3 times, cultivating our business relationships with Asian partners.

 

About THine Electronics

THine Electronics Incorporated is a fabless maker that provides innovative mixed signal LSI and analog technologies such as V-by-One®HS, LVDS, other high speed data signaling, timing controller, Analog-to-Digital Converter (ADC), Image Signal Processor (ISP), radio frequency (RF) and power management in growing niche markets for our customers’ solutions, targeting its strategic markets in flat TVs, LCD monitors, projectors, projection televisions, mobile phones, and automotive markets.

THine is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, and has design centers in Kyoto and Kyushu, Japan, as well as subsidiaries in Tokyo and Taipei, Taiwan. THine Electronics is listed on the JASDAQ under the security code of 6769. For more information, please visit¡¡www.thine.co.jp.

 

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TRADEMARKS

All trademarks and registered trademarks are the property of their respective owners.