Display Development News articles from November 2003

Display Development News archives from November 2003

MARKET ANALYSIS: Medical, Industrial LCDS Get Attention.
November 1, 2003... A large part of the publicity for flat panel displays, especially liquid crystal models, is directed toward computers and television screens. Now, several companies are making an effort to market the advantages of LCDs for other areas,...

DuPont, NEC to Launch Displays.
November 1, 2003... DuPont Display Solutions (625 Alaska Ave., Torrance, CA 90503; Tel: 310/320-9768, Fax; 310/320-9357), a unit of DuPont Display Technologies, and NEC LCD Technologies, Ltd. (Kanagawa 211-8666, Japan; Tel: 81-44-435-1283, Fax: 81-44-435-1291)...

Division to Expand in Medical Displays.
November 1, 2003... NEC-Mitsubishi Electronics Display of America, Inc. (1250 N. Arlington Heights Rd., Itasca, IL 60143; Tel: 630/467-4552), the number one standalone vendor of flat panel desktop displays, said it has established a new division within the company...

LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAYS: LTM Combines Desktop Computing and TV.
November 1, 2003... Sharp Systems of America (5901 Bolsa Ave., Huntington Beach, CA 92647; Tel: 714/903-4600, Fax: 714/903-4716), a division of Sharp Electronics Corp., announced a new class of desktop LCD monitors called the LTM (LCD/TV Monitor). In addition to...

3-D Notebook Needs No Glasses.
November 1, 2003... Sharp Systems of America (Huntington Beach, CA) also announced an exciting new addition to their Actius notebook line. The Actius RD3D, a new notebook, is the worlds first notebook computer that incorporates Sharps TFT 3-D LCD technology, which...

Proview Chips in Motorola LCDs.
November 1, 2003... Motorola, Inc. (1303 E. Algonquin Rd., Schaumberg, IL 60196; Tel: 847/576-5000, Fax: 847/576-5372) has joined a growing list of companies subcontracting Chinese firms to build displays under their company names. Although it left the television...

LIGHT EMITTING DISPLAYS: OLED Deposition System Installed at UDC.
November 1, 2003... Tokki Corp. (Tokyo, Japan), a leading supplier of manufacturing equipment to the organic light emitting diode (OLED) industry, working with Hitachi High-Technologies Corp. (also in Tokyo, Japan), a premier Japanese trading company, and...

OLED Interface Kits for OEMs.
November 1, 2003... eMagin Corp. (2070 Route 52, Hopewell Junction, NY 12540; Tel: 845/892-1900, Fax: 845/892-1901) announced the latest addition to its portfolio supporting its SVGA series OLED microdisplaysthe new PC interface kit. The company showcased the new...

MICRODISPLAYS: Hands-Free Operation for Military Helmet.
November 1, 2003... eMagin Corp. (2070 Route 52, Hopewell Junction, NY 12540; Tel: 845/892-1900, Fax: 845/892-1901), a leading manufacturer of active matrix OLED microdisplays, and Night Vision Equipment Co., manufacturer of night vision and laser products,...

Color Microdisplay Evaluation Kits.
November 1, 2003... Displaytech, Inc. (2602 Clover Basin Dr., Longmont, CO 80503; Tel: 303/772-2191, Fax: 303/772-2191), a leader in liquid crystal on silicon (LCOS) microdisplays, said it is performing product demonstrations and is now sampling evaluation kits...

Microvision, Canon to Provide Prototypes.
November 1, 2003... Microvision, Inc. (19910 North Creek Pkwy., Bothell, WA 98011; Tel: 425/415-6847, Fax: 425/415-6600), a leader in light scanning technologies, said it entered into an agreement with Canon, Inc. under which Microvision will provide Canon...

PROJECTION DISPLAYS: SXGA+ and a 7,000 Hour Lamp.
November 1, 2003... Epson America, Inc. (3840 Kilroy Airport Way, Long Beach, CA 90806; Tel: 562/981-3840, Fax: 562/290-5220) announced the Epson PowerLite 9300i, a new installable series projector with SXGA+ (1,400-by-1,050) resolution, 2,500 ANSI lumens, and an...

Single Panel LCOS Rear Projector from Philips.
November 1, 2003... In a move that demonstrates its commitment to lead the emerging liquid crystal on silicon (LCOS) microdisplay market for rear projection TV applications, Royal Philips Electronics (5600 MD Eindhoven, The Netherlands; Tel: 31-40724-173) unveiled...

Low-Cost Home, Office Projector from Dell.
November 1, 2003... Dell, Inc. (807 Las Crinas Pkwy., Round Rock, TX; Tel: 512/338- 4400, Fax: 728-3653), well known for its line of computers, introduced their 2200MP projector that can display images of everything from sporting events to presentations to video...

Big Screen to the Living Room.
November 1, 2003... Hitachi America, Ltd. (2000 Sierra Point Pkwy., Brisbane, CA 94005; Tel: 650/589-8300, Fax: 650/583-4207) is offering its first multimedia projector for the home theater market. Called Home-1, the display offers advanced features to impress...

NEW TECHNOLOGY: White LED Driver for Color Display.
November 1, 2003... Supertex, Inc. (1235 Bordeaux Dr., Sunnyvale, CA 94089; Tel: 408/222-8888, Fax: 408/222-4895) announced a fixed frequency DC-DC boost converter IC designed to drive 1 to 6 white LEDs with constant current at efficiencies over 85%. It is ideal...

Nanotubes May Drive Field-Emitting Display.
November 1, 2003... Applied Nanotech, Inc. (ANI), a subsidiary of Nano-Proprietary, Inc. (3006 Longhorn Blvd., Austin, TX 78758; Tel: 512/338-5020) formed a team with some prominent Japanese display component manufacturers to produce a 25-inch diagonal full-color...

PROCESS NEWS: Jet-Printed Plastic Transistor Arrays.
November 1, 2003... The Palo Alto Research Center (3333 Coyote Hill Rd., Palo Alto, CA 94304; Tel: 650/812-4085), a subsidiary of Xerox Corp., has developed the first plastic semiconductor transistor array entirely patterned using jet printing. Use of this...

INDUSTRY NEWS: UDC Gets SBIR Funds from DOE.
November 1, 2003... Universal Display Corp. (Ewing, NJ), a leading developer of OLED technologies, lighting, and other opto-electronic applications, said they received an award for $750,000 in Phase II funding from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Small...

R&D Contracts for Inks.
November 1, 2003... The U.S. Display Consortium (USDC, San Jose, CA), a public/private partnership chartered with developing the flat panel display industry supply chain, announced a $439,000 R&D project with General Atomics Corp. of San Diego, California, with an...

Microvision Expects Q4 Revenue to Increase.
November 1, 2003... Microvision Inc, (Bothell, WA) said it expects to report 2003 third-quarter revenue of $2.6 million. The company had previously reported that it expected the third quarter to show some weakness, citing uncertainty regarding the timing of new...

Stocks Continue Gains on Revenue Rise.
November 1, 2003... Nine of 14 display-related stocks were in the plus column for the month ending October 31st, as the broad industrial markets rose as a result of a 7.2% earnings gain in the third quarter, the best record in 19 years. The spectacular result,...

CALENDAR.
November 1, 2003... December 1-5, 2003. Materials Research Society Fall Meeting, Boston, MA. Contact: MRS; Tel: 724/779-3003, Fax: 724/779-8313. December 3-5, 2003. The 10th International Display Workshops, Fukuoka Intl. Congress Center, Fukuoka, Japan....