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A Transfer Printing Process for MicroLEDs is Under Development

by Arthur Berman

A team of researchers at Zhejiang University (Hangzhou, China) are developing a laser-driven, programmable, non-contact transfer printing technique that could be applicable to the transfer of microLEDs. The technique is based on the use …

Tags:Manufacturing| MicroLED| Printable Display

MicroLED: Emerging as a Next Generation Display Technology

by Sweta Dash

MicroLED is emerging as next generation display technology because of its potential to be a thinner, brighter, lighter, and low power display. It combines the best features of LCD and OLED. It is considered …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Manufacturing| MicroLED| Wearables

What Bob Saw on the Net 07/06/2019

by Bob Raikes

Most days, our editor, Bob, spends some time looking around the net for news. Here are some articles and links that he thought worth sharing… (note that registration or subscriptions may be required!) A …

AlGaInP LEDs in Short Supply After Explosion at Sanan Facility

by Andrew Fenn

Digitimes reports that an explosion occurred at Sanan Optoelectronics AlGaInP LED epitaxial wafer and chip plant in Tianjin, China in mid-September. Industry sources revealed to the publication that the facility will take one to …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| LED| Manufacturing| Vol 25 - Issue 17

X-Celeprint Discusses MicroLED Manufacturing

by Matthew Brennesholtz

On July 17th, the Bay Area Chapter of the Society for Information Display meeting hosted a presentation given by Dr. Chris Bower, the Chief Technology Officer at X-Celeprint Limited. At the meeting, Dr. Bower …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Manufacturing| MicroLED| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 25 - Issue 28

ZTE is on Again, But For How Long?

by Steve Sechrist

It’s Alive… It’s alive Dr. Frankenstein exclaimed of his brainchild monster’s awakening, and so too with jolts of reviving energy from renewed access to US chip technology, ZTE is back in the mobile smart …

Tags:Manufacturing| Mobile Phones| Smartphone Market| Vol 25 - Issue 23

Barco Lays the Foundation for its “Factory for the Future”

by Andrew Fenn

Barco has revealed its new home base for its manufacturing department. Since 2016, all of the company’s Belgium branches have been gradually moving across to the new campus, located at the Beneluxpark in Kortrijk, …

Tags:Barco| Large Display Monitor| Manufacturing| Vol 25 - Issue 16

Leyard and Planar Announce Plans to Expand US Presence

by Andrew Fenn

LED co-manufacturers Leyard and Planar have announced plans to expand their presence in the US by adding an LED video wall production line to their factory in Hillsboro, Oregon in 2018. Over the past …

SIS Digital Has Factory in Peterborough

by Yvette Raikes

UK LED and LCD display provider SIS Digital has opened a technical HQ in Peterborough called Vision Park. The factory has design, fabrication and engineering facilities, as well as sterile conditions for screen calibration. …

Tags:Display Calibration| Large Display Monitor| Manufacturing| Vol 24 - Issue 21

Could a US Display Fab be OLED, or LTPS?

by Bob Raikes

In early February, an executive at Sharp was quoted in the Japanese press that the company was thinking about investing in a display fab in the USA. Separately, (or is it separately?), Apple’s CEO, …

Tags:Foxconn (Honhai)| Manufacturing| USA| Vol 24 - Issue 18

FMM Improvements Allow Higher Resolution

by Bob Raikes

At the Finetech show in Tokyo, V-Technology of Japan, a maker of shadow masks for OLED deposition, had shown a fine hybrid mask (FHM) that can support up to 738 ppi. The company told …

Tags:Manufacturing| Mobile Display Monitor| OLEDs| Vol 24 - Issue 14

Sharp Plans Fourfold Growth in LCD TVs

by Yvette Raikes

Sharp plans to increase its LCD TV sales by four times over the next four years, according to Japanese sources as reported by Digitimes. In the company’s current financial year (April 2016 to March …