09/05/2011 

Displaybank report on capacitive touch panel technology, structures and manufacturing process trends: capacitive touch panels without separate touch sensors, and a move away from film-based and single-layer glass-based panels.

09/01/2011 

The Future of Mobile Display by ROA Holdings finds that larger panels are increasing mobile device usage, and AMOLED is replacing LCD as the mainstream display technology. Mobile device companies, rather than display makers, are leading the drive for new technologies.

08/29/2011 

Touchscreens went from showing up in 7% of smartphones in 2006 to being integrated into 75% of the devices in 2010. The next 5-year period will increase touchscreen infiltration to 97% of all smartphones by 2016.

08/05/2011 

Rice University researchers combined single-layer graphene with a fine aluminum nanowire mesh to create a transparent, flexible, conductive material to rival the more expensive indium tin oxide (ITO) in LEDs, displays, and solar cells.

04/27/2011 

Michael A. Fury continues reporting from this year's MRS Spring meeting, looking at second-day papers. Highlights: pushing III-V CMOS, the resurgence of spin-on low-k, work with nanomaterials (nanowires, graphene, nanotubes), and improvements in photovoltaics, LEDs, and printed electronics.

04/23/2011 

Laird Technologies released the Tpcm 580SP Series phase change material, a high-performance, screen-printable or stencilable thermal interface material with a thermal conductivity of 4.0W/mK that provides an alternative to thermal grease.

04/13/2011 

Applied Materials Inc. (AMAT) launched the Applied AKT-Aristo Twin system for manufacturing touch-enabled displays. Featuring two independent processing tracks on a single system, the AKT-Aristo Twin enables simultaneous fabrication of two different film stacks.

04/08/2011 

Synaptics will develop reference designs incorporating Cambrios ClearOhm material as a transparent electrode in projected capacitive touch sensors, enabling a wide variety of clear, multi-touch solutions for electronic devices.

03/25/2011 

Key takeaways from Applied Material's analyst day meetings this week: Where wafer-fab equipment demand is strongest, how solar manufacturing technology can expand, and why tablet computers and electric vehicles are underpinning a resurgence in 200mm demand.

03/11/2011 

Oxford Nanopore Technologies signed an exclusive agreement with Harvard University's Office of Technology Development for the development of graphene for DNA sequencing. Oxford Nanopore has exclusive rights to develop and commercialize methods for the use of graphene for the analysis of DNA and RNA, developed in Harvard labs.

02/01/2011 

Displaybank reports that LG Chemical secured its number one position in the large-area TFT-LCD polarizer market for the second straight year, followed by Nitto Denko and Sumitomo Chem. For the large-area TFT-LCD polarizer market in 2010, these top 3 suppliers' market share exceeded 80% of the total market.

12/10/2010 

IC shipments are surging again as the key PC market rebounds off three dismal years with renewed strength thanks to portable computers, which are widening the sales gap with chip-stalwart desktop systems, according to a new IC Insights forecast.

03/24/2010 

Peter Harrop, Ph.D., chairman, IDTechEx, describes advances in the manufacturing of stretchable electronics, printed medical electronics applications, printed batteries, energy harvesters, edible electronics, and more.

01/27/2010 

After slow adoption, 2009 became "the year of the e-reader." Semico Research's Michell Prunty breaks down the rise of e-readers and the technology inside them, and what new functionalities, content, and technology are next.

06/18/2009  June 18, 2009 -- Carbon Nanotubes (CNTs) and graphene exhibit extraordinary electrical properties for organic materials, and have a huge potential in electrical and electronic applications such as sensors, semiconductor devices, displays, conductors and energy conversion devices (e.g., fuel cells, harvesters and batteries).

09/16/2008  September 16, 2008: Nano-C, Inc., developer of nanostructured carbon materials, has been issued US Patent Nos. 7,335,344 and 7,396,520 by the Department of Commerce's United States Patent and Trademark Office. These newly issued patents cover the manufacture of Nano-C's core products, carbon nanotubes and fullerenes.

08/15/2008  Shrink the iPhone
By Jim Stratigos, Jacket Micro Devices
Apple's recently introduced 3G iPhone is a marvel of engineering from just about any perspective; compact, feature rich, cool touch screen, and a plethora of wireless functions. It's also an indication of how far the electronics industry has yet to achieve in terms of miniaturization of complex analog circuits.

07/01/2008  Particle monitoring is an integral part of maintaining adequate cleanliness levels.

06/24/2008  June 24, 2008 -- Cypress Semiconductor Corp. (www.cypress.com) has introduced the TrueTouch touchscreen solution based on the PSoC programmable system-on-chip architecture.

09/13/2007  Unidym, Inc., a majority-owned subsidiary of Arrowhead Research Corp., announced that U.S. Patent No. 7,265,174 has been issued by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. With respect to transparent conductive films, Clemson University has exclusively licensed this patent to Unidym.