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Touch Panel Report - OCA/OCR for Touch Panel - 2012
Touch Panel 2012
The smart mobile era has opened as smartphones and tablet PCs have become more prevalent.
While the conventional feature phones were more for telecommunication, today’s smart mobile
devices operate more like a laptop enabling people take care of work almost whenever and
wherever using the Wi-Fi the devices support. Accordingly, the importance of display quality is
increasingly emphasized, and in particular, the need for better outdoor readability gets greater.
Under the circumstances, filling the air gap between the touch panel and the display (LCD,
OLED) to improve readability seems reasonable in many aspects. Currently, a direct bonding
(full lamination) method that fills the air gap with the OCA* or OCR** is mostly applied on the
mid-end to high-end smartphones. The method drastically improves both indoor and outdoor
readability, and the enhanced display performance greatly contributes to the product’s better
image. Yet, the direct bonding is not customary in the tablet PC, as the technology and capacity
lags behind, resulting in a low yield rate and high bonding cost. It will likely take quite some time
for the filling method to be widely used at faster pace, but still its application will gradually grow,
first mostly on high-end products.
With the release of Windows 8, an increasing number of laptops and all-in-one PCs are
introducing touch functions. The introduction of the touch panel on large-area products will
support the growth of the OCA/OCR market. Due to such reasons, it seems the touch panel
market will continuously maintain its growth pace. Yet on the other hand, that the touch layer
structure is becoming simpler makes it difficult to be optimistic about the OCA/OCR market
growth. Both the in-cell touch technology, which is noted as the optimal structure, and the G2
touch technology do not incorporate a separate touch sensor hardware. Therefore in theory, they
only use one single junction layer. Nevertheless there are many variables in practice and even
such an optimal touch structure usually has more than one layer. Therefore it is too early to
conclude that the OCA/OCR market growth will slow down and the size will shrink only based
on such technology developments. The demand will likely grow continuously with the increasing
preference for larger screens and air gap direct bonding. One point of concern, however, is
excessive price competition, which will result in price-cuts. This will likely hinder steady market
growth. The market is forecast at $771 mil. in 2012, and it is expected to surpass $900 mil. in 2014.
Report Overview
• Touch Panel Market Status and
Forecast
• Touch Panel Layer Structure Analysis
• OCA/OCR Characteristics, Process,
Pros & Cons
• OCA/OCR Use in Major
Smartphone/Tablet PC
• OCA/OCR Market Forecast and
Demand Analysis, ASP Forecast
• Major OCA/OCR Product Lineup
Frequency
• Special
Format
• PDF
Length
• 130 pages
Market Forecast of OCA/OCR for Touch Panel (Mil.USD)
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This report helps readers get a well-rounded understanding of the technology, industry, and
market trends. The report will surely be a great reference for companies in related fields to get a
grasp of the industry trends.
* OCA: Optically Clear Adhesive (= TAF: Transparent Adhesive Film = OTT: Optical Transfer Tape)
** OCR: Optically Clear Resin (= LOCA: Liquid OCA = OR = OPR: Optical Resin)
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Touch Panel Report - OCA/OCR for Touch Panel – 2012
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Table of Contents
1. Introduction
2. Touch Panel Market Forecast
2.1. Application Segment Categorization
2.2~3. Touch Panel Market Forecast (Unit) (USD)
2.4~5. Touch Panel Market Forecast
by Major Application (Unit) (USD)
2.6~7. Touch Panel Market Forecast
by Technology (Unit) (USD)
2.8. Mobile Phone Touch Panel Market Forecast
by Technology
2.9. Tablet PC Touch Panel Market Forecast
by Technology
2.10. Laptop Touch Panel Market Forecast
by Technology
2.11. All-In-One PC Touch Panel Market
Forecast by Technology
2.12. Projected Capacitive Touch Panel Forecast
by Structure (by Area)
3. Air Gap vs. Filling
3.1~2. Importance of Display in Smart Device
: Purchase Decision Factor
: Enhancing Efficiency
3.3. Benefits of Air Gap Filling
3.4. Factors Determining Outdoor Readability
3.5. Transmittance and Reflection of Light
3.6. Enhancing Transmittance by Air Gap Filling
3.7. Reflection Reduction Technology
3.8. Enhancing Contrast Ratio by Air Gap Filling
3.9. Air Gap Filling and Technology Trend
3.10. Enhancing Durability
3.11. Various Bonding Design
4. Layer Structure Analysis by Touch Panel Type
4.1. Resistive Touch – FFF/FFG
4.2~7. Projected Capacitive Touch
– GFF, GG, G1F, GF2, GF1, G2, G1
4.8. Projected Capacitive Touch – In-cell, On-cell
4.9. Synthesis – General
4.10. Synthesis – AR Film Use
4.11. Synthesis – ITO Protection Film Use
4.12. Synthesis – Extra Decoration Film Use
4.13. Synthesis – Number of Adhesive Layers
by Structure
4.14. Synthesis – Structure by Number of
Adhesive Layers
4.15. Synthesis – Major Touch Panel Layer
Structure for Smartphone
4.16. Synthesis – Major Touch Panel Layer
Structure for Tablet PC
5. Analysis of Touch Layer for Major Touch Product
5.1. Smartphone – Samsung Galaxy S3,
Galaxy Attain
5.2. Smartphone – Apple iPhone5, iPhone4
5.3. Smartphone – HTC One X, One V
5.4. Smartphone – Nokia Lumia 900,
Motorola Razr Maxx
5.5. Smartphone – Huawei Ascend D1,
Lenovo K800
5.6. Tablet PC – Apple New iPad, iPad Mini
5.7. Tablet PC – Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1,
Galaxy Tab 2 7.0
5.8. Tablet PC – Amazon Kindle Fire,
Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet
5.9. Tablet PC – Google Nexus 7, Ainol Novo 7
5.10. Tablet PC – Microsoft Surface RT,
Asus Transformer
5.11. Synthesis - Smartphone
5.12. Synthesis – Tablet PC
6. Touch Panel Lamination Process
6.1. Overview of Touch Panel Manufacturing
Process
6.2~5. OCA Laminating Process
: Soft to Soft, Soft to Hard, Hard to Hard – 1,
Hard to Hard – 2, Tact & Alignment
6.6. OCR Direct Bonding Process
6.7. OCR Bonding Process
6.8. Recommendations for Successful
OCA Laminating Process
6.9~13. Touch Panel Lamination Process Order
– Resistive Touch, GFF, GG, G1F, GF2, G2,
In-cell/On-cell
6.14. Lamination Thickness by Location
7. Touch Panel OCA/OCR Market Forecast
7.1. OCA/OCR Market Forecast (USD)
7.2. OCA/OCR Market Forecast by Size (USD)
7.3. OCA/OCR Market Forecast by Type (USD)
7.4. OCA/OCR Market Forecast by Major
Application (USD)
7.5. Demand Forecast for OCA (Area),
OCR (Weight)
7.6. OCA Demand Forecast by Touch Panel
Technology (Area)
7.7. OCA Demand Forecast by Size (Area)
7.8. OCA Demand Forecast by Major
Application (Area)
7.9. OCR Demand Forecast by Size (Weight)
7.10. OCR Demand Forecast by Major
Application (Weight)
7.11. OCA/OCR ASP Trend and Forecast
7.12. OCA ASP Trend and Forecast by Major
Thickness
8. OCA/OCR Characteristics and Comparison
8.1. Requirement and Development Direction
8.2. Classification by Adhesive Material
8.3. OCA Film Structure and Release Film
8.4. OCA Selection Points
8.5. OCR Types and Characteristics
8.6. OCA Hardness and Relation with Other
Characteristics
8.7. Requirement by Adhesion Location
8.8. OCA/OCR Feature Comparison
8.9. OCA and OCR - Mutually Complementary
Technology
9. Major OCA/OCR Product Lineup
9.1. 3M OCA
9.2. LG Hausys OCA
9.3. Hitachi Chemical OCA
9.4. Mitsubishi Plastic OCA
9.5. Tesa OCA
9.6. Nitto Denko OCA
9.7. TMS OCA
9.8. Sekisui OCA
9.9. Tapex OCA
9.10. Dupont OCR
9.11. Dexerials OCR
9.12. Kyoritsu OCR
9.13. Momentive OCR
9.14. Henkel OCR
9.15. Hitachi Chemical OCR
9.16. 3M OCR
9.17. TMS OCR
9.18. Pelnox OCR
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