למרות שכאשר ניתן לייצר את טכנולוגיית המגע המונוליטית-במוני, יש עדיין דעות שונות בשוק, במיוחד בהיבטים הטכניים כגון הפרעות אלקטרוניות, ועדיין יש כמה מחלוקות. עם זאת, נוכחים כל יצרני הפאנלים הגדולים שאחראים למעשה על הייצור. מוצרי לוח המגע המונוליטי המדגישים את השילוב של פונקציות TFT ו-Touch נשלחו להסמכה לדוגמה. הוא צפוי להיות מוצג לייצור המוני ולהיצא רשמית במחצית הראשונה של 2012. בנוסף, יצרני הפאנלים הגדולים כבר השתלטו על לקוחות מותגי הטלפונים הסלולריים העולמיים, ועלייתה של טכנולוגיית המגע המונוליטית זעזעה את שוק פאנל המגע.
The market research organization IDC also believes that the monolithic touch panel technology invested by TFT-LCD liquid crystal panel manufacturers may become a new trend as early as 2012. If major brand manufacturers introduce monolithic touch technology as expected, in-cell or on-cell technology will mature, and traditional touch panel manufacturers that are originally good at bonding processes will have a great impact on their performance.
In the current single-chip touch panel technology, the easier technology level is Touch-On-Lens, which is to integrate the touch sensor on the surface glass and reduce the use of one piece of ITO glass. Shenghua has begun mass production of Touch-On-Lens related products this year, and TPK Chenhong is expected to mass produce and ship products in July 2012.
On-Cell and In-Cell, which are technically difficult, although each panel manufacturer and market research institution have different definitions, in short, touch sensors are plated on color filters or TFT-LCD liquid crystal panels. Touch technology on the Internet, including Chi Mei Electronics (3481), AU Optronics (2409), Chunghwa Picture Tubes (2475), etc., all emphasize that mass production of this type will be possible from the second quarter of 2012 to the first quarter of 2013. product.
Since the technology and production capacity of traditional touch panel factories are almost completely concentrated on the back-end bonding process, with the rise of single-chip touch technology, the niche of touch technology has shifted from back-end bonding to front-end (masks, etc.) For traditional touch panel factories that lack the front-end process technology capabilities and equipment production capacity, the future product development and operation trends will face a severe test.
As for the touch panel component industry, in this wave of touch technology transformation, they will also accept varying degrees of challenges. For example, once the use of ITO glass is reduced, the future orders of ITO glass suppliers such as Encore (3615) and Zhengda (3149) may be affected to some extent.
