Display Development News articles from April 2005

Display Development News archives from April 2005

MARKETS: Polymer Displays Expand OLEDs.
April 1, 2005... Organic light emitting displays continue to press into the display market and the availability of polymer-based displays is going to help in a big way. OSRAM Opto-Semiconductor announced two polymer based versions of its Pictiva line that is...

Expanded Features.(Brief Article)
April 1, 2005... The number of OLED manufactures shipping products has expanded and includes, in addition to OSRAM, Samsung SDI in Korea, Philips, the Netherlands, Pioneer in Japan and LGE in Korea. Basic features and applications driving this market are shown...

Market Estimates.(Brief Article)
April 1, 2005... The value of OLED shipments is expected to increase at a rapid rate now that they have found acceptance as smaller displays in consumer and industrial devices and work is proceeding on making OLEDs in large TV-like sized screens. Following are...

CATHODE RAY TUBES: Vertical Booster Helps Slim CRT Displays.
April 1, 2005... The emerging concept of a Slim CRT combines the form factor benefits of flat panels with the inherent advantages of CRT technology, such as bright colors, superb sharpness, and excellent contrast, at an attractive price. Slim tubes approximate...

LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAYS Lowest Power Plus The Brightest Display.(LG.Philips LCD)
April 1, 2005... One of the worlds leasing innovators of thin film transistor liquid crystal display technology, LG. Philips LCD (LG Twin Towers, Seoul, South Korea, Tel: 011-822-3777-0707) announced a new TFT LCD panel measured to have the worlds lowest power,...

No 3D Glasses Needed For This Notebook.
April 1, 2005... Sharp Systems of America (5901 Bolsa Ave., Huntington beach, CA 92647, Tel: 714/903-4600, Fax: 714/903-4716) showed a step up in power and style for its 3D notebook line. Their new Actius AL3D Notebook is geared for high end performance and has...

Four Millisecond Response Time.(Brief Article)
April 1, 2005... The world's fastest LCD monitors have been announced by ViewSonic Corp. ( 381 Brea Canyon Rd., Walnut, CA 91789, Tel: 909/869-7976, Fax: 909/468-1202). Featuring ultra-fast 4 millisecond average video response time across the entire color...

PLASMA PANELS: Hitachi Gets Shares, Patents from Fujitsu.(Brief Article)
April 1, 2005... Hitachi Ltd. (Tokyo, Japan, Tel: 81-3-5208-9324) reached an official agreement with Fujitsu Ltd. concerning Fujitsu Hitachi Plasma Display Limited (FHP), a joint venture of the two companies, in accordance with a basic agreement signed on...

LIGHT EMITTING DISPLAYS Key Patents For Printable OLEDs.
April 1, 2005... A number of key patents that will be allowed in the U.S., Europe and Canada, have been awarded to Cambridge Display Technology (Maddingly Rd., Cambridge CB3 OHJ, UK. Tel: 44-1954-713656), which further expands its extensive portfolio of...

PROJECTION DISPLAYS: InFocus Projectors Picked For Cinema Pre-shows.(InFocus Corp.)
April 1, 2005... InFocus Corp. says it was selected by Eastman Kodak and Cinema Screen Media (CSM) to provide three-chip DLP projectors to bring high definition clarity and excitement to pre-show entertainment programming. By teaming with Kodak and CSM, the...

Lightweight Projector For Large Venues.(Brief Article)
April 1, 2005... Toshibas Digital Products Division, located at 9740 Irvine Blvd., Irvine, CA 93618, Tel: 949/583-3000, announced a portable presentation tool designed to display bright, captivating images for audiences in large conference rooms and halls....

MICRODISPLAYS: Eyetop Wearable DVD Viewer Uses Microdisplay.
April 1, 2005... The Kopin CyberDisplay 320C has been selected as the imaging core of the Eyetop DVD, one of the worlds first private, wearable DVD players. It features a monocular display near the right eye that gives the experience of a virtual private cinema...

MATERIALS: Higher Efficiency P-OLED Materials.
April 1, 2005... An EU funded two year program undertaken by key players such as Cambridge Display Technologies (CDT), Philips, Covion and the Universities of Cambridge, Bologna and Mons has conclude with outstanding success according to those involved. Known...

NEW TECHNOLOGY: Fanless 10mm LED Video Screens.(Lighthouse Technologies Ltd.)
April 1, 2005... Two new fanless 10mm pixel pitch indoor LED video screens created for environments where noise levels need to be kept at an absolute minimum, were introduced by Lighthouse Technologies (Shatin, NT, Hong Kong, Tel: 852-2192-1688, Fax:...

Single Chip Cuts Costs.(new product from Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.)
April 1, 2005... Using all of its expertise in the global TV market, Royal Philips Electronics (Breitner Center, Amsterdam 1096, Tel: 31-40-272-2091) revealed a single chip solution for midrange LCD TVs. Designed to make it easy for manufacturers to build...

Laser Scanning Simulates Wide Screen.(patent for display system architecture by Microvision Inc.)
April 1, 2005... Microvision (19910 North Creek Parkway, Bothell, Washington 98011, Tel: 425/415-6847, Fax: 425/415-6600), the leader in light scanning technologies for displays and imaging, says it hs filed for patent protection relating to a novel display...

PROCESS NEWS: Alternative Printing May Lower Costs.
April 1, 2005... Two companies involved in the development and production of displays have just announced the start of Phase Two of their joint program to explore alternative printing processes for the fabrication of displays based on light emitting polymers....

INDUSTRY NEWS: Global FPD Meeting Sites Cooperation.(Global Flat Panel Display Partners Conference)
April 1, 2005... SEMI says that its recently concluded inaugural Global Flat Panel Display Partners Conference (GFPC) revealed extremely promising progress for promoting cooperation among executives within the FPD industry. About 160 CEOs, presidents and senior...

Stocks Drop In First Quarter.(Brief Article)(Illustration)
April 1, 2005... Only three of our display stocks were up as the first quarter of 2005 came to an end. The entire market was down more than 2% during the quarter because of lower earnings and oil worries. Most forecasts still call for continued growth in 2005,...

CALENDAR.(meetings of technical associations)(Brief Article)(Calendar)
April 1, 2005... April 20-22, 2005. FINETECH Japan Expo and Conference. Tokyo, Japan. Concurrently held with Technical Conference organized by Reed Exhibitions Japan, Ltd. Visit www.ftj.jp/english/inv/. May 22-27, 2005. SID Int'l. Symposium, Seminar and...

BUSINESS.(meshed briefs)
April 1, 2005... Microvision Wins Head Worn Contract. Microvision (Bothell, WA) says it has been awarded a Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) contract for approximately $730,000 from the U.S. Army Tank-automotive and Armaments Command (TACOM)....

CONTRACTS.(Aydin Displays Inc., electronics industry, contract)
April 1, 2005... Integrated Scoring and Video Display System. Daktronics (Brookings, SD) says that the University of Iowa has selected them to replace the existing scoring and video display system at historic Kinnick Stadium with a custom designed integrated...

PEOPLE.(Mr. Joseph Carr appointed at Cambridge Display Technology)(Scott Ballantyne appointed InFocus Systems Inc.)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2005... Chief Marketing Officer for InFocus. InFocus, the projector maker from Wilsonville, Oregon, announced the appointment of Scott Ballantyne as Chief Marketing Officer. He will be responsible for strategic direction of all global InFocus marketing...

PRODUCTS.(new)
April 1, 2005... Toshiba Launches White LED Driver for Cell Phone Backlights. Toshiba America Electronic Components (TAEC, San Jose, CA) announced a new driver that powers the white light emitting diodes (LEDs) used to backlight color liquid crystal display...

AWARDS.(Genoas ColorPeak Technologies)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2005... Genoas ColorPeak Wins Silver Award. ColorPeak, Genoa Color Technologies multi-primary (MPC) system for television displays, won a Silver Award from the influential industry newsletter Private Line Report on Large Screen Display for being one of...

INDUSTRY INSIGHT: Laser Scanning Helps Shrink Digital Projector.
April 1, 2005... By Judy Dancer, Product Manager, InFocus Corp., Wilsonville, Oregon Laser scanning played a key role in engineering internal components to fit within a 2.05 inch by 3.69 inch by 9.75 inch portable digital projector. The problem with...

Challenges.(digital light processing projector)
April 1, 2005... The compact size of the LP120 created numerous mechanical engineering challenges. The greatest challenge was fitting all of the components within the die-cast magnesium alloy case. The complexity of the task was increased by the fact that the...

Laser Scanning Services.(usage)
April 1, 2005... We took some measurements on a coordinate measuring machine but this was not very helpful because there are no flat surfaces on the part so there really arent any reference points to measure against. Fortunately, we had faced this same problem...

Saving Tooling Costs.(InFocus Systems Inc., contract)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2005... In this case, InFocus engineers shipped the pre-production prototypes of the critical components to Laser Design and within a couple of days received computer aided design files that defined their complete geometry. Each individual point was...

WHO'S WHO Maxdem Seeks Better Lighting.(Matthew Marrocco)(Interview)
April 1, 2005... Maxdem Inc. is a technology company located in San Dimas, California that specializes in chemical sciences. Recently, DDN spoke with Matthew Marrocco, a co-founder of the company who serves as VP of Research & Development, CTO and Chairman of...