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DuPont
Displays and UDC Form Strategic P2OLED™ Alliance
Wilmington,
Delaware and Ewing, New Jersey, December 11 - DuPont
Displays and Universal Display Corporation (UDC) today
announced a joint development agreement to create a new
generation of soluble OLED materials and technology. UDC and
DuPont have also executed a cross-license agreement under
which DuPont will make an initial payment to UDC and pay UDC
a running royalty for products sold that utilize UDC's
background phosphorescent-emitter, transparent-cathode, and
ink-jet-printing technologies. Based on UDC's work in
phosphorescent OLED (PHOLED™) technology and DuPont's
expertise in solution-based processing, the companies expect
that their new OLED materials will have significant
performance and cost advantages that will help OLEDs capture
an increased share of the fast-growing $30 billon FPD
market. The collaborators expect to use a third-party
subcontractor to manufacture materials resulting from this
agreement.
The joint
development agreement establishes an important intellectual
property collaboration aimed at combining the best elements
of small-molecule OLED and solution-processible OLED
research. This technical approach builds on the performance
advantages of phosphorescent small-molecule materials and
marries it to solution-based application methods, such as
ink jet printing, to produce a phosphorescent, printable
OLED, which the companies call P2OLED™. DuPont intends to
use the results of this strategic alliance to expand its
OLED manufacturing capability. UDC, in turn, will have the
exclusive right to license the results of the collaboration
to third parties.
Information: www.dupont.com/displays,
www.universaldisplay.com.
Sharp
Designs Genesis FLI2310 into AQUOS LCD-TVs
San Jose,
California, November 19 - Genesis Microchip Inc. today
announced that Sharp Electronics Corporation has selected
Genesis' FLI2310 digital video format converter for use in
its B3 Series of AQUOS LCD-TVs. The newly introduced AQUOS
models are based on Sharp's proprietary "Advanced Super
View" (ASV) LCD panel technology that features wide
viewing angles with high contrast and brightness. The
combination of the ASV panel with Faroudja video processing
technology from Genesis is intended to create excellent
image quality. The chip is being used in Sharp's Model
LC-20B3, LC-15B3, LC-13B3, and LC-22BV5 models, which are
currently available in Japan.
According to
DisplaySearch president Ross Young, "With costs and
prices expected to decline significantly as a result of the
productivity benefits of 5th and 6th generation fabs, we
expect the 10-inch-plus LCD TV market to grow at a 92
percent CAGR from 2001 to 2006 to over 16 million
units."
The FLI2310
is a single-chip digital video-format converter that
incorporates Faroudja's deinterlacing and video enhancement
technologies with highly flexible scaling and aspect ratio
conversion. The FLI2310 converts standard interlaced and
high-definition video signals into formats compatible with
the fixed pixel formats of flat panel displays, a Genesis
statement said. Additional features of the FLI2310 include
proprietary DCDi™ algorithms that produce smooth and
natural images by eliminating the jagged edges seen on
moving angled lines in video.
Information: www.genesis-microchip.com.
