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Cheaper LCDs are Coming
Key papers to be presented at SID 2000 reveal plans
of major manufacturers for reducing LCD costs.
February 15,
2000 -- During two busy January days in a 1960s-vintage Miami Beach hotel, an
international Technical Program Committee selected the nearly 300 technical papers that will be delivered at
the Society for Information Display’s 31st Annual Symposium, Seminar, and Exhibition (SID 2000). The
symposium, recognized as the international display industry’s leading event, will be held at the Long
Beach Convention and Entertainment Center in Long Beach, California from May 14 to 19, 2000.
Conversations with Committee Chair Brian Berkeley (Apple Computer), sub-committee chairs, and
committee members revealed a concentration of selected papers that discuss ways of substantially
reducing the cost of manufacturing liquid-crystal displays (LCDs) – the displays that are critical to the
success of notebook computers, flat-panel monitors, PDA’s, digital cameras, and the anticipated flood of
advanced cell phones and internet appliances. Among these papers are “A Novel Four-Mask-Count
Process Architecture for TFT-LCDs” by Chi-Woo Kim (Samsung Electronics), “Development of a
Manufacturing Process for a Thin, Lightweight LCD Cell” by Hideo Ohkuma (IBM Japan), “High-Volume
Microdisplay Manufacturing” by Carl Derrington (Three Five Systems), “Samsung’s Concept for its
Fourth-Generation TFT-LCD Production Line” by Won-Kie Chang (Samsung), “Printing Processes for the
Vacuum-free Manufacture of Liquid-crystal Cells with Plastic Substrates” by Martin Randler (Univ. of
Stuttgart), and “AMLCD Manufacturing in Taiwan” by H.-B. Chen (Acer Display).
There will also be many discussions of innovative display and input technologies at SID 2000. Among them will be “Fingerprint Scanner Using a-Si:H TFT Array” by Inoue Satoshi (Seiko Epson), “The
Combination of a Transflective FLCD for Daytime Use with an OLED for Darkness” by Ernst Lueder (Univ.
of Stuttgart), “A Novel Direct-Vision 3-D Display Using Two Luminance-Modulated 2-D Images Displayed
at Different Depths” by Shiro Suyama (NTT Cyber Space Laboratories), “Rotating-Wheel Braille Display
for Continuous Refreshable Braille” by John Roberts
(NIST), “Development of In-Plane EPD [Electrophoretic Display]” by E. Kishi (Canon Inc.),
“Sixty-Inch Full-Color AC Plasma Display Panel” by Myung-Ho Park
(LG Electronics), “Twenty-Four-Inch Wide UXGA TFT-LCD for HDTV Application” by Jun-Hyung Souk (Samsung Electronics), and a late-news
paper from Candescent and Sony on their new prototype 13-inch FED panel.
Perspectives on the immediate and mid-term future of display technology and applications will also be in
generous supply. They include “BMW Group Roadmap to Fulfil the FPD Need of Future Cars” by Michael
Heimrath (BMW Group), “Displays for Location-Based Entertainment” by Eric Haseltine (Walt Disney
Imagineering), “Active Matrix Low Temperature Poly-Si TFT/OLED Full Color Displays” by G. Rajeswaran
(Eastman Kodak), and “Displays for Hand- Held Portable Electronic Products” by Robert Akins (Motorola).
Mark Goldfarb
Palisades Institute for Research Services
411 Lafayette Street, Suite 201
New York, NY 10003
Tel: (212) 460-8090 ext. 202
Fax: (212) 460-5460
email: mgoldfarb@pcm411.com
The Society for Information Display is an international society devoted to the advancement of display technology, manufacturing, and
applications, with headquarters at 31 East Julian Street, San Jose, California 95112.
Calendar editors, please note: The Society for Information Display's 2000 International Symposium, Seminar, and Exhibition (SID 2000)
will take place May 14-19 at the Long Beach Convention and Entertainment Center, Long Beach, California. For registration information
contact Mark Goldfarb, Palisades Institute for Research Services, 411 Lafayette Street, Suite 201, New York, NY 10003.
Tel: (212)
460-8090 ext, 202; Fax: (212) 460-5460; email: mgoldfarb@pcm411.com.
