Display Development News articles from February 2002

Display Development News archives from February 2002

CATHODE RAY TUBES Direct View HDTV Expands.(Zenith Electronics's C34W23, C36V23 and C32V23)
February 1, 2002... Zenith Electronics (2407 W. North Ave., Melrose Park, Ill 60160; Tel: 708/450-8306, Fax: 708/450-8393) is committed to making high definition television (HDTV) sets widely available and affordable so it introduced three attractively priced...

LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAYS: Hitachi Model Has Better Color Accuracy.(Hitachi America's CML181 display)(Product Announcement)
February 1, 2002... Hitachi America Ltd. (200 Lowder Brook Dr., Westwood, MA 02090; Tel: 781/461-8300) announced an 18-in. flat panel display featuring the company's proprietary S-IPS technology that sets a new standard with almost imperceptible color shift and...

Samsung Breaks 30-in. Barrier.(introduces the world's first 40- in TFT-LCD display)
February 1, 2002... Samsung Electronics (One Samsung Place, Ledgewood, NJ 07852; Tel: 800/SAMSUNG, Fax: 973/691-6219) introduced the world's first 40- in. TFT-LCD, ushering in the era of wide screen TFT displays. A diagonal of 30 in. or higher was considered...

Large Screen LCDs For Just $799.(NEC-Mitsubishi Electronics' NEC MultiSync LCD1720M and NEC MultiSync LCD1850E)(Product Announcement)
February 1, 2002... Continuing to initiate the widespread adoption of flat panel displays, NEC-Mitsubishi Electronics (1250 N. Arlington Heights Rd., Itasca, IL 60143; Tel: 630/467-4552) introduced two large screen LCD monitors starting at $799. The 17-in....

Touch Friendly Monitor Designs.
February 1, 2002... NEC-Mitsubishi Electronics (location and contact numbers above) also announced Integration Select, a program that enables an elite group of integrators the complete authorization to add touch panels or protective glass option to its...

"Smart" Station Provides Security.(ADVAN International's Medical Smart Station)(Product Announcement)
February 1, 2002... ADVAN Int'l Corp. (47456 Fremont Blvd., Fremont, CA 94538; Tel: 510/490-1005), a leading supplier of TFT/LCD display technology for medical systems, announced that they have a combination PC/security system/flat panel monitor for medical...

PLASMA PANELS: Samsung is Key Player.
February 1, 2002... Samsung Electronics (One Samsung Place, Ledgewood, NJ 07852; Tel: 800/SAMSUNG, Fax: 973/691-6219) said it will announce a 63-in. plasma display in March of this year. This announcement follows the introduction of 42-in. and 50-in. models...

LIGHT EMITTING DISPLAYS OLEDs in Third Generation Phones.
February 1, 2002... Sprint and Sanyo Fisher Co. (Chatsworth, CA; Tel: 619/661-1134, Fax: 619/661-6795) provided a preview of third generation Sprint PCS phones at the Consumer Electronics Show. A futuristic Sprint phone which featured a 2.5-in. OLED was...

Luxell, Tohoku in Black Layer Deal.
February 1, 2002... Luxell Technologies, Inc. (5170A Timberlea Blvd., Mississauga, Ontario, Canada L4W 255, Tel: 905/206-1708, Fax: 905/206-9174), Canada's leading designer and manufacturer of flat panel displays, said that Tohoku Pioneer Corp. (Yamagata, Japan)...

Kodak, DENSO in OLED License.(organic light-emitting diode technology)
February 1, 2002... Eastman Kodak Co. (State St., Rochester, NY 14650; Tel: 716/580- 7612) has licensed its innovative organic light-emitting diode (OLED) technology to DENSO Corp. of Japan for use as passive matrix displays in automobiles. Terms were not...

ELECTROLUMINESCENT: Pioneer, Lincoln Create OEL Panel.(12-panel organic electroluminescent dashboard for the Lincoln Continental Concept vehicle)
February 1, 2002... Pioneer Corp. (2265 220th St., Long Beach, CA 90810; Tel: 310/952- 2111, Fax: 310/952-2990) unveiled a 12-panel organic electroluminescent (OEL) dashboard that showcases the future of automotive display technologies. The full width...

MICRODISPLAYS: Three-Five Acquires Zight.
February 1, 2002... Three-Five Systems, Inc. (1600 N. Desert Dr., Tempe, AZ 85281; Tel: 602/389-8600, Fax: 602/389-8801) says it has completed an acquisition of all of the intellectual property and selected assets from Zight Corp., a leading near-to-eye LCoS...

Three-Five, China Microdisplay In Deal.
February 1, 2002... Three-Five also signed an agreement with China Display Digital Image Technology (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. to develop high performance light engines using Three-Five's Brillian microdisplays. The engines, to be produced by China Display, will be...

PROJECTION DISPLAYS: Micro-Portable XGA Projector From Hitachi.(Hitachi CP-X275W)(Product Announcement)
February 1, 2002... Hitachi America, Ltd. (2000 Sierra Point Parkway, Brisbane, CA 94005; Tel: 650/589-8300, Fax: 650/583-4207), a subsidiary of Hitachi, Ltd. of Tokyo, Japan, announced the latest micro-portable addition to Hitachi's projector product offering....

Widescreen Monitors For Projection HDTV.(Zenith Electronics' 60-in D60WLCD and the 52-in D52WLCD)(Product Announcement)
February 1, 2002... Zenith Electronics Corp. (2407 W. North Ave., Melrose Park, IL 60160; Tel: 708/450-8306, Fax: 708/450-8393) introduced two big, bright, widescreen rear-projection LCD HDTV monitors at the Consumer Electronics Show. They are the 60-in....

Large Screen TV Uses DLP Technology.(digital light processing technology)
February 1, 2002... Samsung Electronics America (One Samsung Place, Ledgewood, NJ 07852; Tel: 800/SAMSUNG, Fax: 973/691-6219) and Texas Instruments (TI, Dallas, TX) announced an agreement in which Samsung will introduce a new range of large-screen, tabletop TVs...

MATERIALS: Green LED Targets Signage Applications.(Cree's MegaBright 525 green device)
February 1, 2002... Cree, Inc. (4600 Silicon Dr., Durham, NC 27703; Tel: 919/313-5300, Fax: 919/313-5452) introduced its newest MegaBright light emitting diode product, the 525 green device, which completes the MegaBright product family. This device emits...

E Ink Materials for Displays.
February 1, 2002... Air Products and Chemicals (7201 Hamilton Blvd., Allentown, PA 18195; Tel: 610/481-4911, Fax: 610/481-5900) and E Ink (733 Concord Ave., Cambridge, MA 02138; Tel: 617/499-6000, Fax: 617/499-6200) have joined forces to develop next generation...

NEW TECHNOLOGY: Image Enhancement From Genesis.
February 1, 2002... Genesis Microchip (200 Town Center Blvd., Markham, Ontario, Canada L3R 8G5; Tel: 905/470-2742, Fax: 905/470-9022) used the Consumer Electronics Show to launch their latest generation of video processing technology, targeted at high volume...

DTV Controller in Projection TV.
February 1, 2002... Silicon Images, Inc. (1060 East Arques Ave., Sunnyvale, CA 94086; Tel: 408/616-4000, Fax: 408/830-9530), a leader in high-bandwidth semiconductor and systems solutions announced that Philips Consumer Electronics, North America (Atlanta,...

PROCESS NEWS: Inspection, Analysis of OLEDs.
February 1, 2002... Integral Vision, Inc. (38700 Grand River Ave., Farmington Hills, MI 48335; Tel: 248/477-4000) says it received an order for a "SharpEye" inspection station from UNIAX Corp. (Santa Barbara, CA), a division of DuPont. The system, valued at...

INDUSTRY NEWS: Patents Filed for Display Drivers.(Telegen)
February 1, 2002... Telegen Corp. (San Mateo, CA) said it has filed international patent applications corresponding to four of its pending U.S. patent applications on its proprietary video display driver technology. The original U.S. patent applications were...

Sharp Hires BDS Marketing.(to market the AQUOS series of liquid crystal televisions)
February 1, 2002... Sharp Electronics Corp. (Irvine, CA) has retained BDS Marketing to develop and implement a multi-faceted point-of-contract marketing program for its newly launched AQUOS series of liquid crystal televisions. The BDS program is designed to...

SID Returns to Boston.(Society for Information Display's Annual Symposium, Seminar and Exhibition)(Statistical Data Included)
February 1, 2002... After four years on the West Coast, The Society for Information Display's Annual Symposium, Seminar and Exhibition returns to Boston's Hynes Convention Center from May 19th to 24th for its 33rd incarnation. The event will feature OLEDs,...

CALENDAR.
February 1, 2002... Jan. 29, 2002, 2nd Int'l. Display Manufacturing Conference & Exhibition, Sheraton Walker-Hill Hotel. Contact: www.sid.org/conf/idmc2002/idmc2002html. Feb. 25-26, 2002, Fundamentals of OLED Fabrication. Westward Look Resort, Tucson,...