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3M debuts LCD backlight film with power of 3

06/11/2012 

3M Optical Systems Division unveiled its OneFilm optical film technology, which incorporates the functionality of three individual light management films into a single enhancement film for LCD backlights.
SCHOTT offers cover glass innovations for next-gen displays

06/08/2012 

SCHOTT announced the market entry of its Xensation cover glass, an alumino-silicate glass offering improved resistance to breakage and scratches for touchscreen panels. The company also debuted a special anti-glare effect capable of significantly reducing glare on high-resolution displays.
Large-size LCD panel suppliers: China's got the growth, South Korea holds majority share

06/07/2012 

Chinese suppliers of large-size LCD panels are the fastest growing segment of the industry, although major South Korean brands continue to dominate, according to IHS.
3M chooses quantum dots for LCD color boost

06/06/2012 

Nanosys Inc. will supply the Optical Systems Division of 3M Company with quantum-dot-based technologies to allow LCDs to display 50% more color.
Universal Display intros novel emission layer systems for OLEDs

06/05/2012 

Universal Display Corporation (NASDAQ: PANL) introduced new red, green, and yellow UniversalPHOLED products, combining UniversalPHOLED emitter materials with novel host systems.
Exciting display products take awards at Display Week

06/05/2012 

The Society for Information Display (SID), a global organization dedicated to the advancement of electronic display technology, announced the winners of its 17th annual Display Industry Awards.
@ The ConFab: Semiconductor industry experts look to the future

06/04/2012 

The ConFab’s sessions opened with “The Economic Outlook for the Semiconductor Industry,” featuring Jackie Sturm of Intel, Dan Hutcheson of VLSIresearch, and Jim Feldhan of Semico.
Transparent touchscreen tech combines multi-touch and stylus input with 1 sensor

06/04/2012 

Multi-touch touchscreen display technology developer Stantum and film material supplier Nissha Printing Co., Ltd. introduced FineTouch Z pressure-based transparent touch-panel technology.
Dimenco enhances glasses-free 3D displays with new lens tech

06/03/2012 

Glasses-free 3D display developer Dimenco released Dimenco Clear View (DCV) technology, with a “unique lens design and manufacturing process” to enable deeper black levels, no brightness loss, wider viewing angle, and lower cross-talk.
E Ink subsidiary Hydis adds on-cell touchscreen tech to LCD portfolio

06/01/2012 

Tablet growth, diversification attracts more display panel suppliers

06/01/2012 

LG Display and Samsung Display dominated the tablet display panel market in 2011, but several more companies grabbed small pieces of the tablet pie than had in 2010, says IHS. That trend will continue in 2012.
Samsung taps LLH for TFT-LCD manufacturing gases at Gen-8.5 Suzhou display plant

06/01/2012 

Linde LienHwa, The Linde Group and LienHwa MiTAC Group JV, signed a long-term deal with Samsung Electronics to supply gases for its latest Gen-8.5 TFT-LCD manufacturing plant in Suzhou, China.
Gamma Scientific combines spectroradiometers and gonioreflectometer heads for production-speed display test

05/31/2012 

Gamma Scientific is releasing the Display Reflectance Spectrophotometer System, which tests thin-film optical coatings on displays at production line speeds.
Novaled's new OLED materials set could double OLED lifetimes

05/31/2012 

Novaled debuted a class of n-doped electron transport layer (ETL) materials for OLED TV and mobile displays.
CNTs produced with >95% semiconducting content now available from SWeNT

05/31/2012 

SouthWest NanoTechnologies (SWeNT) released SG65i, a single-wall carbon nanotube product with >95% semiconducting concentration, before secondary processing to remove metallic SWCNT content.
USI updates coating tool for tablet, large display fab and R2R processing

05/31/2012 

Ultrasonic Systems Inc. (USI), ultrasonic spray coating tool manufacturer, developed new options for its MAX-800 coating system, such as an automated reel-to-reel system, tablet-glass handling conveyor, and more.
New report analyzes touchscreen technology patents

05/30/2012 

Smartphones typically use projected capacitance touchscreens: a tempered window, touch sensor, and flexible printed circuit board. However, various touch sensor technologies exist, and each company uses a different method to detect touch input.
AGC carrier glass enables ultra-thin display fab in existing production lines

05/30/2012 

AGC has developed 0.5mm carrier glass for handling and transport of its 0.1mm-thick ultra-thin glass during product manufacturing processes.
Largest flexible OLED display fabbed with mixed-oxide TFT

05/30/2012 

The Flexible Display Center at ASU, in conjunction with Army Research Labs scientists, manufactured what it is reporting as the world's largest flexible, full-color OLED display prototype. FDC used advanced mixed-oxide TFTs to build the 7.4” device.
Display fabs focus spending on retrofitting for LTPS/OLED production

05/29/2012 

Barclays Capital reports on LCD demand and display fab equipment and materials at the company’s BarCap 2012 Global TMT Conference.



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