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A path to brighter images and more efficient LCD displays

11/20/2014  University of Utah engineers have developed a polarizing filter that allows in more light, leading the way for mobile device displays that last much longer on a single battery charge and cameras that can shoot in dim light.

SmartKem announces new TFT fabrication facility to meet market demand for flexible semiconductors

11/20/2014  SmartKem, a supplier of high performance semiconductor materials for the manufacture of truly flexible displays and electronics, has announced the opening of a new thin-film-transistor (TFT) fabrication and testing facility at the company’s Manchester site – doubling the size of the company.

Holst Centre, imec and CARTAMUNDI join forces to create the near field communication chip of the future

11/19/2014  Holst Centre, set up by the Belgian nanoelectronics research center imec and the Dutch research institute TNO, and Cartamundi NV have announced a collaboration to develop ultra-thin flexible near field communication (NFC) tags.

New way to move atomically thin semiconductors for use in flexible devices

11/13/2014  Researchers from North Carolina State University have developed a new way to transfer thin semiconductor films, which are only one atom thick, onto arbitrary substrates, paving the way for flexible computing or photonic devices.

Display industry recognizes Plastic Logic's flexible AMOLED technology with Innovation Excellence Award

11/13/2014  Plastic Logic, experts in the development and industrialisation of flexible organic electronics, won the OLED Innovation Excellence award for its truly flexible AMOLED display technology.

Bending -- but not breaking -- in search of new materials

11/12/2014  Researchers at Drexel University and Dalian University of Technology in China have chemically engineered a new, electrically conductive nanomaterial that is flexible enough to fold, but strong enough to support many times its own weight.

Freescale wearable technology selected as 2015 CES Innovation Awards honoree

11/12/2014  Freescale Semiconductor has been named a 2015 CES Innovation Awards Honoree for its Wearable Reference Platform (WaRP).

ORNL thermomagnetic processing method provides path to new materials

11/06/2014  For much the same reason LCD televisions offer eye-popping performance, a thermomagnetic processing method developed at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory can advance the performance of polymers.

Clearing a path for electrons in polymers: Closing in on the speed limits

11/05/2014  Researchers from the University of Cambridge have identified a class of low-cost, easily-processed semiconducting polymers which, despite their seemingly disorganised internal structure, can transport electrons as efficiently as expensive crystalline inorganic semiconductors.

Crocus MLU sensors aim to put more 'flex' into flexible displays

11/05/2014  Crocus Technology, a provider of magnetically enhanced semiconductor technologies and products, today announces a new Magnetic Logic Unit (MLU) based solution that can detect the position and shape of flexible two dimensional surfaces.

Trans-Lux introduces TL Vision court side LED displays

11/05/2014  Trans-Lux Corporation has released a new series of modular court side LED displays under its premier TL Vision brand.

Better bomb-sniffing technology

11/04/2014  University of Utah engineers have developed a new type of carbon nanotube material for handheld sensors that will be quicker and better at sniffing out explosives, deadly gases and illegal drugs.

Rice chemists gain edge in next-generation energy

11/04/2014  Rice University scientists who want to gain an edge in energy production and storage report they have found it in molybdenum disulfide.

New 3D display technology promises greater energy efficiency

10/23/2014  LCD technology developed in Hong Kong maintains the 3D images it displays without drawing power.

Printing in the hobby room: Paper-thin and touch-sensitive displays on various materials

10/13/2014  What if you could integrate paper-thin displays into the cards, which could be printed at home and which would be able to depict self-created symbols or even react to touch? Those only some of the options computer scientists in Saarbrücken can offer.

Smartwatches storm wearables market; Flexible displays are critical

10/10/2014  Wearable electronics are going from geek to chic, as new smartwatches from the likes of Apple and Samsung have set a new standard for technological bling.

Printed, flexible, and organic electronics will account for 18% of wearable athletics sensors in 2024

09/26/2014  Printed, flexible and organic electronic (PFOE) sensors can offer flexible form factors, larger area, lower cost, lower power, and better disposability compared to conventional sensors, key attributes for wearable applications.

Flexible LEDs

09/24/2014  Flexible light-emitting diode (LED) displays and solar cells crafted with inorganic compound semiconductor micro-rods are moving one step closer to reality, thanks to graphene and the work of a team of researchers in Korea.

Future flexible electronics based on carbon nanotubes

09/24/2014  Study in Applied Physics Letters show how to improve nanotube transistor and circuit performance with fluoropolymers

Toward optical chips

09/19/2014  A promising light source for optoelectronic chips can be tuned to different frequencies.




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Environment, Safety & Health

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The semiconductor industry is an acknowledged global leader in promoting environmental sustainability in the design, manufacture, and use of its products, as well as the health and safety of its operations and impacts on workers in semiconductor facilities (fabs). We will examine trends and concerns related to emissions, chemical use, energy consumption and worker safety and health.

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Wafer Processing

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As the industry moves to 10nm and 7nm nodes, advances in wafer processing – etch, deposition, planarization, implant, cleaning, annealing, epitaxy among others – will be required. Manufacturers are looking for new solutions for sustained strain engineering, FinFETs, FDSOI and multi-gate technologies, 3D NAND, and high mobility transistors.

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