Display Development News articles from November 2001

Display Development News archives from November 2001

LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAYS A new Angle on LLD Monitors.(IBM's T560)(Product Announcement)
November 1, 2001... IBM (Old Orchard Rd., Armonk, NY 10504; Tel: 914/499-1900, Fax: 914/765-6021) has released a flat panel monitor that rests on a crane-like arm allowing it to be positioned, like a desktop lamp, in nearly any direction or angle. The 15-in....

Sharp Focuses on Big Screen Flat TVs.
November 1, 2001... Sharp Electronics Corp. (Tokyo, Japan and Sharp Plaza, Mahwah, NJ 07430; Tel: 800/237-4277) plans to bolster its lineup of large, flat screen televisions after discovering greater than expected demand in the big screen segment of the market. In...

15-in. LCD for $399.(NEC-Mitsubishi Electronics Display of America's NEC MultiSync LCD1550V)(Product Announcement)
November 1, 2001... NEC-Mitsubishi Electronics Display of America (1250 N. Arlington Heights Rd., Itasca, IL 60143; Tel: 630/467-4552) introduced the NEC MultiSync LCD1550V at a bold new price point of $399 ESP. Following the success of the new 18-in. LCD1850X,...

ViewSonic LCDs Have Pixelworks.
November 1, 2001... Pixelworks, Inc. (8100 S .W. Nyberg Rd., Tualatin, OR 97062; Tel: 503/612-6700), a leading provider of system-on-a-chip ICs for the advanced display market, says ViewSonic Corp. is implementing several series of advanced display products based...

Planar Expands Medical Line.(Planar Systems' VitalScreen and VitalScreen Non-Patient Vicinity flat panel displays)(Product Announcement)
November 1, 2001... Planar Systems (1400 N.W. Compton Dr., Beaverton, OR 97006; Tel: 503/690-1100, Fax: 503/690-1493) has introduced a 17.4-in. version of its medically certified VitalScreen flat panel display platform, and a 17.4-in. VitalScreen Non-Patient...

HDTV Monitor Can Be Used Anywhere.(Samsung's SyncMaster 151MP and 171MP flat panel monitors)(Product Announcement)
November 1, 2001... Samsung (3655 N. First St., San Jose, CA; Tel: 800/423-7364, Fax: 408/544-4919) smashed all display boundaries when it introduced the most versatile TFTs on the market, the SyncMaster 151MP and 171MP flat panel monitors. Samsung was the...

LIGHT EMITTING DISPLAYS Patents Advance OLED Technology.(organic light-emitting diodes)
November 1, 2001... Universal Display Corp. (375 Philips Rd., Ewing, NJ 08618; Tel: 800/599-4426) and its research partners Princeton University and the University of Southern California, have been issued three new OLED technology patents. These new patents...

High LED Brightness for Better Screens.(Cree Research's X-Bright family of LEDs)
November 1, 2001... Cree Research (4600 Silicon Dr., Durham, NC 27703; Tel: 919/313- 5300, Fax: 919/313-5452) unveiled a remarkably new and innovative next-generation light emitting diode (LED) X-Bright technology. This X-Bright family of LEDs is being designed to...

DuPont, CDT Sign Agreement.(DuPont and Cambridge Display Technology to develop light emitting polymer displays)
November 1, 2001... DuPont (Box 80352, Wilmington, DE 19880; Tel: 302/695-1258, Fax: 302/695-4635) and Cambridge Display Technology (CDT, Cambridge, U.K.) announced a strategic agreement to advance light emitting polymer (LEP) displays, also known as organic light...

CDT Also in Deal with Luxell.(Cambridge Display Technology and Luxell Technologies to develop light emitting polymer displays)
November 1, 2001... Cambridge Display Technology (CDT, Cambridge, U.K.) and Luxell Technologies, Inc. (5170A Timberlea Blvd., Mississauga, Ontario L4W 255; Tel: 905/206-1708, Fax: 905/206-9174) announced an agreement that will offer improved imaging performance at...

eMagin Enters New Era.(SVGA-3D stereovision microdisplay)(Product Announcement)
November 1, 2001... eMagin Corp. (1580 Route 52, Hopewell Junction, NY 12533; Tel: 914/892-1900, Fax: 914/892-1901) planned to unveil the first prototypes of its new full-color SVGA-3D stereovision microdisplay at the LCD/PDP International 2001 display conference...

MICRODISPLAYS: Microvision Wins Navy Contract.
November 1, 2001... Microvision, Inc. (19910 North Creek Pkwy., Bothell, WA 98011; Tel: 425/415-6847, Fax: 425/415-6600) has been awarded a $1.5 million subcontract by Concurrent Technologies Corp. (CTC) to support the Office of Naval Research's Battlespace...

Three-Five Joins Taiwan Consortium.(Taiwan Liquid Crystal on Silicon Microdisplay Consortium)
November 1, 2001... Three-Five Systems (1600 N. Desert Dr., Tempe, AZ 85281; Tel: 602/389-8600, Fax: 602/389-8801) says it has been accepted as a member of the newly created Taiwan LCoS (Liquid Crystal on Silicon) Microdisplay Consortium. This new consortium is...

PROJECTION DISPLAYS: High Image Quality Marks NEC Displays.(NEC Technologies' GT950 and GT2150)(Product Announcement)
November 1, 2001... NEC Technologies (1250 N. Arlington Heights Rd., Itasca, IL 60143; Tel: 630/467-4552) is now shipping the most versatile GT projectors yet-the GT950 and GT2150. The GT950 features the most impressive horizontal and vertical lens shift of any...

MATERIALS: Red OLED Materials Are More Efficient.(Universal Display's research on red phosphorescent materials)
November 1, 2001... In a paper presented at the 21st International Display Research Conference held October 16 through October 19 in Nagoya, Japan, Raymond Kwong, a senior scientist at the Universal Display Corp. (UDC, 375 Philips Rd., Ewing, NJ 08618; Tel:...

NEW TECHNOLOGY: Converter Gives Better Graphics.(Fairchild Semiconductor International's FMS9884A-175 analog-to-digital converter)(Product Announcement)
November 1, 2001... Fairchild Semiconductor International (82 Running Hill Rd., South Portland, ME 04106; Tel: 207/775-8100, Fax: 207/761-6139) announced a 3-channel, high-speed 8-bit analog-to-digital converter (ADC) optimized for delivering superior picture...

FPD ChassisTouch Monitors by 3M.(3M Touch Systems MicroTouch 15.1-in. and 17-in. Flat Panel Display ChassisTouch monitors)(Product Announcement)
November 1, 2001... 3M Touch Systems (30 Griffen Brook Park, Methuen, MA 01844; Tel: 978/659-9000) announced worldwide availability of the MicroTouch 15.1-in. and 17-in. Flat Panel Display (FPD) ChassisTouch monitors. These new monitor products are designed for...

PROCESS NEWS: CVD System Makes 5th Generation TFT-LCDs.(AKT's AKT 15K PECVD plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition system)(Product Announcement)
November 1, 2001... AKT, an Applied Materials Company (3203 Scott Blvd., Santa Clara, CA 95054; Tel: 408/727-6060, Fax: 408/727-6332) and the world's leading supplier of plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition (PECVD) systems to the flat panel display industry,...

INDUSTRY NEWS: Brooks Acquires General Precision.
November 1, 2001... Brooks Automation, Inc. (Chelmsford, MA) says it completed the acquisition of General Precision, Inc. (GPI), a leading supplier of high-end environmental solutions for the semiconductor industry. GPI's capability and focus will enable Brooks to...

UDC & Samsung SDI in Joint Agreement.(Universal Display Corp)
November 1, 2001... Universal Display Corp. (UDC, Ewing, NJ) and Samsung SDI Co., Ltd. (Seoul, South Korea) have announced a joint development agreement for low power, full-color active matrix Organic Light Emitting Device (OLED) displays. The initial focus...

Luxell, Hitachi Ink BlackLayer Deal.
November 1, 2001... Luxell Technologies (Toronto, Canada) and Hitachi High- Technologies Corp. (formerly known as Nissei Sangyo Co. Ltd.), a subsidiary of Hitachi (Tokyo, Japan) says they have signed a sales agreement. Under the terms, Luxell's proprietary...

Iridigm Completes Round of Funding.
November 1, 2001... Iridigm Display Corp. (San Francisco, CA), a developer of flat panel displays for mobile devices, announced the completion of a $13 million Series-A funding round. Investors include: Dynafund Ventures, IDEO Ventures, Intel Capital, Paralink...

Toshiba, Mitsubishi Combine LCD Units.
November 1, 2001... Japanese electronic companies Toshiba Corp. and Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. says they would combines their liquid crystal display operations in an effort to reduce costs and go head-to-head with the global competition. Toshiba is...

Dolch Acquires Touch Controls.
November 1, 2001... Dolch Computer Systems (Fremont, CA) the world leader in ruggedized portable computer solutions, acquired Touch Controls, Inc., a state-of-the-art manufacturer of ruggedized touch solutions for remote computing applications, industrial...

Dell Intros 20-in. Flat Panel Monitor.(Dell 2000FP)(Product Announcement)
November 1, 2001... Dell Computer (Austin, TX) introduced a new 20-in. flat panel monitor, the first of its size to be offered by the company. The Dell 2000FP is available to U.S. customers when ordered with a Dell Precision Workstation. It is expected to be...

CALENDAR.(Calendar of Events)
November 1, 2001... November 6-9, 2001. Ninth Color Imaging Conference, The Sun Burst Resort, Scottsdale, AZ. Contact: IS&T, 7003 Kilworth Lane, Springfield, VA 22151; Fax: 703/642-9094. November 14-16, 2001. OLEDs 2001, Hyatt Regency Islandia, San Diego, CA....