On October 16, 2008, Liquavista launched its first display platform using its electrowetting technology: Liquavista ColorBright. Electrowetting, according to the company, is “a microfluidic phenomena” and “involves modifying the natural surface tension… intrinsic to an oil and water interface at small length scales.” What that means is that the surface tension between oil and water [...]
Microsoft Research has published a paper in Nature Photonics that details a new display technology based on telescopic pixels that use two micromirros allowing for fast on/off switching times of just 1.5 milliseconds. 1.5ms isn’t too big a deal since there are monitors that you can buy right now that feature 2ms response times. So, [...]
On July 17, 2008, Purdue University made this exciting announcement. By replacing traditional lighting with solid state lighting technologies such as LED, electricity consumption can be reduced by 10%. LED is also more friendly toward the environment as it does not contain mercury, a poisonous substance that make up CCFL technology that is being touted [...]
Engadget is reporting that Apple has filed a patent. The patent involves incorporating solar cells into a LCD geared for mobile devices. The concept is very smart. Of course, the question of whether it is currently manufacturable using today’s technologies and available at reasonable prices needs to answered. But just as a concept, having self [...]
OLED displays are marvelous, at least the prototypes that I have seen at SID 2008. OLEDs are super thin, colors are brilliant and black levels are truly kuro! But there are many challenges to OLED displays becoming the next display standard. A LOT. One challenge is the short lifetimes of the OLED materials that lasts, [...]
On May 7, 2008, DuPont and Dainippon Screen Manufacturing announced their intention to form a strategic alliance to develop integrated manufacturing equipment for printed organic light emitting diode (OLED) displays. The companies also have signed an agreement to bring together materials, technology and equipment to mass produce OLED displays that feature enhanced performance, lower cost [...]
On May 8, 2008, LG Display (LPL) announced the development of the world’s first thin film transistor (TFT) roll printing technology that replaces the photolithography process. This is an important development in the manufacturing of TFT LCDs (TFT and color filter) as the photolithography process be extremely complex, requires very large and expensive equipment and [...]
On April 9, 2009, Photon Dynamics announced that LG Display has placed a multiple-system order for its ArrayChecker product and will use them as the sole array test solution for its eighth generation TFT LCD P8 fabrication facility located in Paju, South Korea.
The ArrayChecker is an equipment that checks for defects on the panel. As [...]
Researchers in Canada and the UK has developed a flat panel display (FPD) that is based on photonic crystals that can reflect colors across the entire visible spectrum controlled by electricity. Since it is a reflective display there is no additional power consumption from a backlight, unlike transmissive or transflective displays. Colors can be tuned [...]
Photon, based in San Jose, CA, manufacturer of integrated yield management solutions (equipment that checks for errors on LCDs) is looking at a decline in revenues in the fourth quarter due to its customers delaying investment decisions due to reduced profitability. A seasonally slow second quarter in addition to an increase in inventory led to [...]