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CSTN

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CSTN

(Color STN) A color passive matrix screen technology developed by Sharp Electronics. CSTN displays have improved dramatically over the years and cost more than half that of an active matrix (TFT) display. See passive matrix.
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Davis Mok, vice president of Marketing in MagnaChip's Display Solutions Division, commented, "In today's marketplace, many existing PMOLED solutions fall behind TFT and CSTN in terms of price competitiveness.
Adding over 20 new color LCDs, TFS now has one of the largest standard display portfolios across all categories of displays including character, graphic, CSTN, and TFT.
NVIDIA GoForce 2150 supports over 70 different display interfaces (including CSTN, TFT, OLED and LTPS technology) at up to HVGA (320x480) resolution.
The Color LCD Controllers on the LH75401 and LH75411 support a wide range of LCD displays (STN, CSTN, TFT, HR-TFT) including Sharp's Advanced TFT (AD-TFT) with up to 4096 colors.
CSTN secured the Caribbean broadcasting rights to the 2002 World Cup finals for more than pounds 1.75million and were doing deals with broadcasters from all the islands in the region.
It has also introduced the PG-1810 clamshell phone with 1.8" main TFT LCD, 1" CSTN, VGA CMOS and MP3 player.
"With industry experts forecasting that up to 80% of the next billion mobile phone customers will come from emerging markets, cost-effective technologies such as CSTN will continue to ship in large volumes to meet the burgeoning demand for competitively priced handsets.
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