Toronto, Canada based iFire is near to perfecting a revolutionary new large flat-screen television technology. Its thick-film dielectric electroluminescent (TDEL) technology promises wide screen viewing with the advantages of CRT for a 30% price advantage over conventional widescreen technologies.

A TDEL display contains no gases, liquids or vacuum, is inherently rugged and less susceptible to shock, vibration and breakage, (significant advantage for product shipping). TDEL’s solid state structure and thick-film manufacturing process make a display less sensitive to clean room contamination, resulting in lower capital investment, higher manufacturing yield and reduced production cost.

In addition, iFire’s TDEL displays feature full color, rapid video response, unrestricted viewing angles and a wide operating temperature range. The technology is scalable from five inches to 50 inches and has a thinner, lighter form factor. IFire’s “Color by Blue” display system uses energy from a blue light source (a sheet of blue phosphor), to energize florescent pigments that emit green or red light. By combining the blue with the green and red light, the full color of an RGB (red green blue) video is displayed.

iFire Technology Corp. has an operational pilot production facility is operational and over 160 scientists, engineers and business professionals working on the project. The TDEL technology is a cooperative international endeavor, including joint development efforts with companies and academic institutions worldwide. iFire has entered technology collaboration agreements with Japan’s Sanyo Electric Company, Ltd. and Dai Nippon Printing Company Ltd. focused on the advancement of TDEL technology.

“As an emissive display technology, TDEL will offer a viewing experience that is much closer to the CRT and superior to other flat panel TV technologies,” said Nick Khoury, President of iFire. “In addition to better picture quality and a thinner, lighter form factor, TDEL offers lower capital investment and has a potential 30 to 40 percent manufacturing cost advantage compared to other technologies, which will translate into more affordable consumer products.”

iFire expects to commercialize its technology in partnership with industry leaders and plans to initially target the 30- to 45-inch screen size television segment.