Tianma has officially announced a new breakthrough in display technology. The China-based display maker revealed a screen panel that integrates NFC functionality directly within the display itself, marking a significant step toward compact and efficient device design. The announcement highlights how this innovation could influence the next generation of smartphones and smart terminals.

4.6-inch screen with 3cm air response

According to the company, the newly unveiled 4.6-inch panel features an advanced pixel-level coil structure that enables NFC communication at a sensing distance of up to 3cm. This allows users to interact with NFC systems through the front display without direct contact. The panel employs shared driving circuits, low-resistance materials, and a time-division algorithm that allows the touch and NFC functions to operate simultaneously without interference.

This design enables smooth multitasking, allowing users to continue using their devices while performing NFC-based actions such as payments or authentication. It also supports Tianma’s TED touch technology, ensuring responsive and accurate touch performance even with the added NFC integration.

Tianma’s new display adopts a highly integrated internal structure that reduces component layering, helping manufacturers save internal space and achieve thinner product designs. The screen itself acts as the NFC sensing area, enhancing visual uniformity and delivering an edge-to-edge viewing experience.

This innovation is expected to find applications across smartphones, industrial handheld devices, access systems, and smart home interfaces, offering a more seamless and compact human–machine interaction experience.

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Last week, Xiaomi took wraps off its latest flagship tablet Xiaomi Pad 6S Pro in China as well as global markets. This product was also accompanied by Redmi Book Pro 16 2024 in the company’s home country.

Both these devices feature LCD screens. And their panels are supplied by a common manufacturer.

The displays used on the Xiaomi Pad 6S Pro and Redmi Book Pro 16 2024 come from Tianma Microelectronics. The Chinese display maker is the sole supplier of screens for these products.

The specs of these displays are different from one another.

The panel on the Xiaomi Pad 6S Pro measures 12.4 inches diagonally in size with a 3:2 aspect ratio. It offers a resolution of 3048 x 2032 pixels, 294 PPI, 1400:1 contrast ratio, and 10-bit color depth (up to 12-bit software-based).

The screen supports up to a 144Hz refresh rate, a 360Hz touch sampling rate, a 240Hz stylus touch sampling rate, and 900 nits peak brightness level. It covers 100% of the DCI-P3 color gamut and plays various HDR videos, such as HDR10, HDR Vivid, and Dolby Vision.

The DC dimming-supported display is protected by Corning Gorilla Glass 5. It is TÜV Rheinland-certified for low blue light, rhythm-friendly, and flicker-free.

On the other hand, the Redmi Book Pro 16 2024 sports a 16-inch display with a 16:10 aspect ratio. This panel comes with a resolution of 3072 x 1920 pixels, a 165Hz refresh rate, and 500 nits brightness level.

The screen supports DC Dimming and Dolby Vision. It covers 100% of sRGB and DCI-P3 color gamuts.

The panel is DisplayHDR 400-certified and TÜV Rheinland-certified for low blue light as well as flicker-free.

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A couple of days ago, Xiaomi unveiled the new Redmi Book 14 and 16 2024 series of laptops in its home market of China. These are Redmi’s latest thin and light notebooks and a recent report has revealed the sole supplier of displays for the Redmi Book 14 2024 model.

Tianma is Xiaomi’s exclusive supplier of Redmi Book 14 2024’s display

As per official notes, Tianma Microelectronics is the sole supplier of display panels for the Redmi Book 14 2024. For those unaware, the new notebook sports a 14-inch display that offers 2.8K resolution, 16:10 aspect ratio, 100 percent sRGB color gamut, up to 120Hz refresh rate, DC Dimming, and TÜV Rheinland low blue light certification.

For those unaware, the latest Redmi Book 14 measures just 1.37 kilograms in weight and 15.9mm in thickness. Under the hood, this laptop is equipped with the Intel i5-13500H processor. This CPU even supports 47W performance boost as well. The i5 is paired with 16GB of LPDDR5 RAM and up to 1TB of SSD storage. To keep thermals in check, it features dual fans and dual 8mm heat pipes for efficient cooling.

Other notable features include a 56Wh battery pack that powers this device, Thunderbolt 4, USB Type A ports, HDMI, and a 3.5mm headphone jack. Apart from the Redmi Book 14 2024, Tianma is also the supplier of the 1.97-inch AMOLED that is equipped on the Redmi Watch 4. To recall, the smartwatch’s display features 600 nits of peak brightness, an LTPS low power screen, and a squarish panel.

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Earlier this week, Xiaomi unveiled its most anticipated smartphone — Xiaomi 13 Ultra. Alongside this phone, the company also announced a bunch of other products.

Some of these devices are Xiaomi Smart Band 8 and Xiaomi Pad 6 series. The company’s eighth-gen fitness tracker arrives with an OLED panel, whereas its sixth-gen tablets sport an LCD screen.

However, the supplier of these displays is one and the same. The said supplier has formally announced it, following the launch of these products.

According to ITHome, Tianma has officially revealed that it is the supplier of OLED displays for the Xiaomi Smart Band 8. This rounded rectangular screen measures 1.62 inches diagonally.

The panel comes with a 326 PPI and a 60Hz refresh rate. Hence, it is sharp as well as smooth. The display supports up to 600 nits peak brightness level, AOD (Always-on Display), and it is accompanied by an ambient light sensor for automatic brightness.

Similarly, Tianma is also supplying the LCD panels for the Xiaomi Pad 6 and the Xiaomi Pad 6 Pro. For the unaware, Xiaomi also sources panels from TCL CSOT for its latest tablets.

These tablets are equipped with the same display. Their 11-inch screen offers a resolution of 2880 x 1800 pixels, 10-bit color depth, 309 PPI, and a 144Hz refresh rate. This 16:10 panel supports up to 240Hz touch sampling rate, 100% of the DCI-P3 color gamut, 550 nits peak brightness level, stylus input, HDR10, and Dolby Vision.

Both the Xiaomi Smart Band 8 and Xiaomi Pad 6 series are expected to release outside mainland China in the coming weeks.

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Redmi recently unveiled the Note 12 Turbo, its latest mid-range smartphone, featuring an immersive 6.67-inch OLED display with a resolution of 2400×1080 and a refresh rate of 120Hz. What’s particularly noteworthy is that the display has been developed in partnership with Tianma, a lesser-known China-based microelectronics company.

When it comes to smartphone displays, it’s common to see major players like BOE or Samsung providing panels for popular devices. Some Chinese brands have also opted for displays made by TCL. However, Tianma is another established name in the industry, known for developing immersive panels used in smartphones, tablets, and TVs.

The Tianma-made display used in the Redmi Note 12 Turbo comes with top-notch specs. According to Redmi, this screen has a resolution of 2400×1080, a peak brightness of 1000nit, and support for 12-bit color depth. The panel can display 68.7 billion colors and adopts a windmill-shaped pixel array layout, which is claimed to be more energy efficient.

The display on the Redmi Note 12 Turbo boasts several impressive features, including SGS low blue light certification, support for 1920Hz high-frequency PWM dimming, and dual-mode eye protection (conventional and paper) for an effective eye-protection experience.

In addition, the display features a flagship four-narrow-edge design without a screen bracket, with the left and right bezels measuring just 1.42mm and the top bezel measuring 1.95mm. The compact design of the bottom of the screen, combined with a reduction in the bending radius and strengthened process control, enables an ultra-narrow bottom frame of just 2.22mm, resulting in an impressive screen-to-body ratio of 93.4%.

Redmi Note 12 Turbo also brings the Snapdragon 7+ Gen 2 chipset and various other impressive specifications. You might check out our launch coverage for more details.

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Earlier this week, Tianma Microelectronics announced at the Wuhan Tianma G6 Industrial Base, that it has signed a new partnership deal with Xiaomi Corp. With this new agreement, both companies will seek to study and develop new display technologies through a new joint laboratory.

This new facility will feature independent labs, which will rely on the Chinese tech giant’s vast resources in consumer electronic products and Tianma’s innovative platform for the next generation of display technology (Via PanDaily). Some of the objectives of the joint laboratory includes research and development into new display technology, along with study and verification of equipment and materials related to these new technologies.

Furthermore, the new lab will also work directly with upstream and downstream of the industrial chain to improve its R&D capabilities. The goal is to develop new slim, lightweight, portable, and energy efficient display panel technology and to commercialize the mass production of this as well. Cheng Wei, Executive Vice President of Tianma Microelectronics, stated that the new joint lab enables the company to gain access to the industry chain ranging from the market, to terminals, and even parts manufacturers as well.

In other words, it will accelerate the development cycle of new display panels and bring new technologies into the market faster. For those unaware, the smartphone maker and Tianma Microelectronics maintain a close relationship with one another, with the latter supply the displays used in a number of the former’s smartphones and smart wearable products as well. So, it arrives as no surprise that the brands are seeking to further expand on their cooperation in areas like flexible OLED panels in the arriving year.

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In recent times, various display makers have launched their own iteration of a foldable display and have been developing the new breed of screen technology. And now, Tianma Microelectronics has announced a new CFOT foldable display, which arrives with various improvements like lowered power consumption.

The Chinese display manufacturer officially announced the new folding screen, which will be commercially available in the near future. It is the new CFOT foldable display that features certain improvements over other alternatives from competing brands. As per the official announcement, the new folding screen consumes significantly less power while the thickness of the display is also reduced as well. Notably, the display has a size of 8.3 inches.

This display would be aimed at foldable handsets from smartphone vendors. Furthermore, the display maker also announced that it seeks to develop and invest a lot of resources into the field of small and medium sized screens along with newer display technologies as well. This development would be further backed by the establishment of an innovation center, which will focus on research and development of advanced technologies.

These advances technologies include foldable displays, HTD, CFOT, MLP, and under display camera technology. Additionally, Tianma Microelectronics also aims to focus on the research and development of OLED panels through its independent R&D test line platform. The center would also be used for the development of new and upcoming technologies like MicroLED and other sensor technology as well.

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Tianma is planning on shipping a total of 40 million OLED display panels next year. Out of this figure, 20 million units are flexible OLED panels that are planned for shipments in 2021.

According to TheElec report, the Chinese display maker’s goal is half of BOE‘s target of shipping 40 million flexible OLED panels, which it announced back in August 2020. market research had also found that Tianma has already shipped around a million OLED panels this year, so the target for next year is a whopping 40 times this figure. The analysis from Stone Partners also estimates that the company will only be able to ship 7.5 million OLED panels in 2021, which is just around 20 percent of the company’s far fetched goals.

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At the moment, Tianma is proceeding to place orders for equipment for its 6th gen OLED factory, TM18. This equipment will be placed in the factory by the first half of 2022 and will have a production capacity of 48,000 substrates per month, which is higher than its current gen TM17’s 37,500 substrates production capacity. Furthermore, the company is producing its rigid OLED panels at its TM15 factory in Shanghai and has been used to supply smartphone OEMs like Xiaomi, Lenovo, Asus, HTC, and LG Electronics.

Notably, the company’s flexible panels are also being tested by Xiaomi, Vivo, and Honor. Tianma also has a chance of becoming another supplier of Xiaomi along with BOE. At the moment, both display makers are facing difficulties in securing customers for their flexible OLED panels, especially after the void left behind by Huawei. Currently, many smartphone brands are yet to adopt flexible display technology.

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The fingerprint recognition technology has rapidly advanced in the past few years and now we are getting smartphones with a fingerprint sensor embedded under the phone’s display.

One of the limitations with the in-display fingerprint sensor is that it works at a specific point on the display, although the technology has advanced and the fingerprint recognition area also keeps on increasing with a newer version of the technology.

Now, China-based Tianma Microelectronics has developed a multi-point in-display fingerprint recognition solution that can be used to unlock the full-screen smartphone through multiple points over the display.

The company says that it is an in-house technology where the image processing component of this new in-display sensing solution is embedded in a TFT display substrate, enabling the functionalities of touch, display, and fingerprint sensing simultaneously.

Further, Tianma claims to have used optical path design for this in-display technology which reduces the thickness of the module by about 50 percent compared to other types of optical fingerprint solutions.

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It’s noteworthy that the multi-point fingerprint recognition solution is for the LCD screens, which is a welcome move. So far, the technology of the under-display fingerprint sensor has been limited to OLED panels as their thinness allows light to pass through easier.

Recently, TCL’s China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd (CSOT) also announced its new in-display fingerprint technology for LCD screens called “Full-Screen Single-Point In-Display Fingerprint Technology.” It is claimed to cover around 92% area of the screen, which practically means that you can put your finger anywhere on the display to unlock.

So far, there’s no commercially available smartphone that comes with an in-display fingerprint sensor on an LCD display. However, with the technology from the likes of Tianma and CSOT planned to go into mass production this year, that could change soon.

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We have been seeing a lot of interesting announcements at Computex 2019. Tianma was the only Chinese display manufacturer at the event this year and showcased an interesting product — a 7.4-inch Foldable display.

Digitimes reports that Tianma’s 7.4-inch WQHD AMOLED display panel comes with a bending radius of 3mm, with a bending angle of 0 – 180 degrees, module thickness of less than 0.25mm, and an aspect ratio of 21:9. Like the Galaxy Fold, Tianma’s flexible display folds inward. So, manufacturers using this display will most likely have to add an additional screen on the front of their smartphones.

Tianma reveals that its foldable screen substrate is made out of plastic instead of glass for flexibility. This also makes it quite thin and portable. The 7.4-inch screen comes with a resolution of 3360 x 1440 while ensuring the bezels are thin at 0.9mm.

Tianma’s entry into the foldable display market will ensure there are a number of options for manufacturers when it comes to their foldable smartphones. The first foldables with this Tianma display is expected to hit the market in the first half of 2020.

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Google took the veil off the Pixel 3a and 3a XL yesterday, ending lingering speculation about the models. The models present with a Snapdragon 670 chipset under their hood and unlike the Pixel 3 models, they retain the 3.5mm audio jack. The Pixel 3a models also come with OLED displays which is our point of focus of this report. Not long after the launch conference, the Pixel 3a/3a XL kernel source code appeared on Google’s support library. One of the major things we can grab from the listing is that the display panels of the Pixel 3a and Pixel 3a XL are supplied by Samsung and Chinese firm Tianma. The source code for the Pixel 3a XL was specifically listed to be manufactured by both Samsung Display and Tianma while that of the Pixel 3a is manufactured by Samsung Display only.

Tianma Micro-Electronics is a China-based display producer that was established in 1983. TianMa has been active with OLED R&D since 2010. The company presently manufactures OLED panels in its 6-Gen LTPS AMOLED fab in Wuhan, China. This is a good development which means Samsung’s monopoly in the aspect of OLED panels supply.

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The source code also shows that Google had finalized the industrial design of the Pixel3a as far back as 2013. The camera module was completed in 2016 and the core chip was installed in 2017. Also, we got to know that the Pixel 3a is codenamed Sargo while the Pixel 3a XL comes with the code name Bonito.

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The major trend this year has been smartphones with 18:9 displays. First made popular by the LG G6 and Samsung Galaxy S8 (18.5:9), the last few months have seen some entry level and mid-range smartphones with the same display come out of China.

While the mid-range smartphones with full screen displays like the Vivo X20 and X20 Plus are priced high, a large number of the entry-level ones in the market are clones. And since none of the big names have released an affordable phone with a full-screen display, those who can’t afford the pricier ones have to wait. But they may not have to wait for long as there is a rumor that a future Redmi phone will have an 18:9 screen. Before we dive into the details, let’s brief you on what led to the reveal.

The Xiaomi MIX 2 is actually the second Xiaomi phone with a bezel-less design. Initially, the display was said to have been supplied by LG, but it has been discovered that some screens are from JDI too. A Weibo user had mentioned that some displays are from Tianma, a China-based maker, but popular analyst, Pan Jiutang said the Mi MIX 2 doesn’t have and will not use a display from Tianma.

However, a representative of the domestic screen manufacturer revealed that the company is making 18:9 displays which is expected to appear in a new generation Redmi phone. The Redmi phone is still unspecified but the guess is it’s probably the Redmi Note 5 or at most the Redmi Note 6.

Xiaomi has announced the Redmi Note 5A and may soon announce the Redmi 5 Plus (and Redmi 5). The Redmi Note 5 may be released much later so as to get supply for the new 18:9 displays.

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Lenovo-owned ZUK announced its new flagship, the ZUK Edge, yesterday. The selling point of the phone is its thin bezels which results in the screen accounting for up to 86.4% of the surface area. Most people might have thought ZUK got the supply for the displays from big display companies like Samsung, JDI, or Sharp, but surprisingly the displays were supplied by a local company called TIANMA.

The finding was made by a Weibo user @老爆科技 (Old burst of Science and Technology) who made the discovery using system information app AIDA64. He has berated the company for settling to use locally made displays for a flagship device instead of screens from more popular display manufacturers. AIDA64 even shows the display as having a size of 4.97 inches instead 5.5 inches.

Some other Weibo users have actually praised Lenovo’s decision to settle for locally manufactured parts as a way to boost the industry and support its growth instead of going to other corporations based outside China.

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