Display Development News articles from November 1999

Display Development News archives from November 1999

CATHODE RAY TUBES: Compaq Monitors Have FD Trinitron Technology.
November 1, 1999... Compaq Computer Corp. (Houston, TX), the world leader in monitors, announced three new color monitors, all featuring the new high performance FD Trinitron technology with a virtually flat front glass panel offering dramatically less glare and...

PerfectFlat for Distortion-Free Image.
November 1, 1999... ViewSonic Corp. (Walnut, CA) announced the PF790, a 19-in. (18-in. viewable) monitor that combines patented PerfectFlat technology, which is perfectly flat from edge-to-edge, and an aperture grille to deliver precise images and superior color...

Natural Flat CRT from Mitsubishi.
November 1, 1999... Mitsubishi Display Products (Cypress, CA) is shipping a flat-faced 17- in. desktop monitor called the Diamond Pro 710. With an estimated street price of $419, the new Diamondtron NF (natural flat) color monitor features Mitsubishi's patented...

LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAYS Super TFT for Digital Media.
November 1, 1999... Hitachi, Ltd. says they had developed a new 18.1-in. Super TFT LCD that uses super-in-plane switching (Super-IPS) to improve image quality. Super-IPS mode operation minimizes changes in how colors appear at different viewing angles, resulting...

Ultra-Compact Display for Handheld Applications.
November 1, 1999... By using the latest in tape automated bonding (TAB) packaging technology, Densitron Corp. (Santa Fe Springs, CA) designed an ultra- thin LCD display module that includes all the necessary drive electronics, an electroluminescent (EL)...

Color Solutions for Prepress Market.
November 1, 1999... Miro Displays (Mountain View, CA) a leading provider of color and display technology, offered attendees at Graph Expo '99 a demonstration of its latest professional color solutions. A tandem of two color products-the radius PressView XL color...

Princeton Adds 18.1-in. Model.
November 1, 1999... Princeton Graphic Systems (Santa Ana, CA) introduced the APP800, the analog sibling to its popular 18.1-in. LCD digital flat panel. Combining exceptional screen performance and features with a traditional analog interface, the new display...

First 15-in. TFT for Advanced Graphics.
November 1, 1999... Samsung (San Jose, CA) introduced 2 new 15-in. additions to its award winning SyncMaster line of flat panel monitors. The multimedia SyncMaster 570p Plus TFT is the first 15-in. model to offer high end graphics professionals advanced image...

Sunlight Viewable Display for ATMs.
November 1, 1999... Diebold, Inc. has added the AllBrite PanoBrite sunlight-viewable LCD display as an option on its ix series automated teller machines (ATMs). The large display will improve readability and add impact to the advertising, promotional messages,...

PLASMA PANELS: Sony Has Plasma HDTV Display.
November 1, 1999... Sony Electronics (Park Ridge, NJ) showed their newest 16:9 flat panel plasma display, the PFM-510A1WU, high resolution, 42 in. monitor now available in the marketplace. Originally debuted at the NAB in April, 1999, it is one of the first on...

Fujitsu Plans Second PDP Plant.
November 1, 1999... Fujitsu Hitachi Plasma Display, Ltd. (Tokyo, Japan) the recently formed plasma display panel joint venture of Fujitsu, Ltd. and Hitachi, Ltd., has announced plans to construct a second PDP manufacturing plant. The company says it expects...

FIELD EMISSIVE DISPLAYS PixTech Delivers to U.S. Army.
November 1, 1999... PixTech, Inc. (Santa Clara, CA and Boise, ID) announced the early delivery of field emission displays (FEDs) under a recent DARPA contract from Micron Technology. These first 5.2-in. FEDs will undergo the initial phase evaluation by General...

Unipac Invests in PixTech.
November 1, 1999... PixTech, Inc. (Santa Clara, CA) announced it has completed a $20 million equity private placement with Unipac Optoelectronics Corp. (Unipac). Under the terms of this agreement, Unipac, an active matrix LCD manufacturer based in Taiwan,...

LIGHT EMITTING DISPLAYS Another Organic Patent for UDC.
November 1, 1999... Universal Display Corp. (UDC, Bala Cynwyd, PA) says that U.S. Patent 5,953,587 entitled "Method for Deposition and Patterning of Organic Thin Film" was issued to its research partners, Princeton University and the University of Southern...

First Full Color OLED.
November 1, 1999... Eastman Kodak and Sanyo Electric Co. unveiled the world's first commercially viable model of a full color, active matrix organic electroluminescent (OEL or OLED) display at the Japan Electronics Show in Chiba. The 2.5-in. diagonal display...

MICRODISPLAYS: CMD Opens Japan Office.
November 1, 1999... Colorado Microdisplays, Inc. (CMD, Boulder, CO) announced the opening of a new sales and support office in Tokyo. The new office opened August 1 and is led by Tomio Okachi, director, CMD, Japan. In conjunction with this announcement, CMD and...

PROJECTION DISPLAYS: Ultra-Light Personal Presentation Solution.
November 1, 1999... ViewSonic Corp. (Walnut, CA) announced the PJL855 ultra-light portable projector. Weighing just 9.9 lb., the projector is especially suitable for mobile sales and training professionals who require remote freeze and magnification of computer...

MATERIALS: Corning Doubles Glass Capacity.
November 1, 1999... To meet surging demand for flat panel computer displays, Corning, Inc. says it will double its worldwide capacity by the end of next year to produce active matrix liquid crystal display (AMLCD) glass substrates. The company says it has already...

NEW TECHNOLOGY: First 3D Flat Panel Displays.
November 1, 1999... VisuaLABS, Inc. (VLI, Calgary, Alberta) announced the completion of its first prototype 3D flat panel LCD computer display. The 16-in. diagonal display presents computer graphics or processed video that have been encoded with depth data....

SEDs Find Backing for Research.
November 1, 1999... Canon and Toshiba will jointly develop a next generation large screen surface conduction electron emitter display (SED). This new display technology is similar to the CRT in that light is emitted when an electron beam hits a fluorescent body....

Lucent & E Ink Develop E-Paper.
November 1, 1999... Lucent Technologies (Murray Hill, NJ) and E Ink Corp. (Cambridge, MA) announced a joint development agreement to move electronic books and newspapers resembling flexible plastic sheets one step closer to reality. The two companies plan to...

INDUSTRY NEWS: Richardson, NEC Form Partnership.
November 1, 1999... NEC Technologies named specialty distributor Richardson Electronics, Inc. as the authorized worldwide distributor of NEC's line of LCD flat panel chassis monitor products. The partnership will merge Richardson's technical expertise and...

Universal Display Plans Expansion.
November 1, 1999... Universal Display Corp. (UDC) announced it has moved its operations and corporate headquarters to a new 11,000-sq. ft. facility (375 Phillips Blvd., Ewing, NJ 08618; Tel: 609/671-0980, Fax: 609/671-0995). The building will include a pilot line...

Dell & Samsung in LCD Panel Supply Agreement.
November 1, 1999... Dell Computer Corp. (Round Rock, TX) says it has broadened its strategic relationship with Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. ensuring itself a significantly increased, long-term supply of LCD monitors used in notebook computers and flat panel...

Aerospace Display Design Order.
November 1, 1999... White Electronic Designs Corp. (WHT, Phoenix, AZ) says its display division has been awarded an initial order totaling $270,000 for cockpit displays from the aerospace division of Ametek, Inc. This initial production and certification order is...

Standars Agreement for Notebooks, Displays.
November 1, 1999... The Industry's top notebook PC and flat panel display manufacturers announced a mechanical and electrical standard for current and future notebook PC displays through the standard panels working group (SPWG). This group consists of procurement...

Kopin Completes Stock Offering.
November 1, 1999... Kopin Corp. (Taunton, MA) announced the completion of a public offering of 2,300,000 shares of common stock at $33.94 per share, the last reported bid price on October 20. The company had originally filed a registration statement to sell...

PROCESS NEWS: Big Order for Display Inspection Equipment.
November 1, 1999... Orbotech, Ltd. (Yavne, Israel) announced they received a major order from Sharp Corp. consisting of multiple automated optical inspection (AOI) systems to be used in their innovative new Mie plant liquid crystal flat panel display production...

More Uniform Oxide Films.
November 1, 1999... Structured Materials Industries, Inc. (SMI, Piscataway, NJ), has developed a new metal organic chemical vapor deposition (MOCVD) systems for high-quality, high volume deposition of complex oxide films. The extremely uniform films produced are...

CALENDAR.
November 1, 1999... Dec. 1-3, 1999. The Sixth International Display Workshops, Sendai International Center, Sendai, Japan. Contact: IDW Secretariat; Tel: +81-3-3423-4180. May 14-19, 2000. SID International. Symposium, Seminar and Exhibition, Long Beach...