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Light-emitting Silicon Boosts Chip Speeds
News Scientists at Surrey University, led by researcher Kevin Homewood, are showing off a prototype silicon-based light-emitting diode (LED) -- an invention that could be of significance to the whole electronics and communication industry.
[March 8, 2001, 15:02]
Characterization Of Proton Damage In Light-Emitting Diodes 2000 NSREC
White Papers Proton damage is investigated for several types of modern light-emitting diodes, examining the damage from the standpoint of older models based on lifetime degradation as well as the simpler method of normalized degradation.
[August 14, 2003, 16:19]
Kodak Goes Organic With LED Screen
News Eastman Kodak snapped a pretty picture for organic light-emitting diode displays Monday by adding a color screen based on the technology into one of its upcoming cameras. The light-emitting characteristic means that devices don't need as much power...
[March 4, 2003, 11:17]
Samsung Funds Organic Displays
News Samsung is teaming with Vitex Systems, a start-up developing organic light-emitting diode (OLED) technology, to build thinner, lighter displays aimed at the mobile device market. McMahon said the companies are working to get full-colour organic...
[February 26, 2003, 9:51]
Sony Speeds Development Of Next-gen Mobile Screens
News Sony is increasing its commitment to organic light-emitting diode display technology by further investing in a joint venture to produce OLED screens and use them in mobile devices. The light-emitting characteristic means that devices don't need as...
[June 13, 2003, 8:46]
Toshiba Goes Organic With New Displays
News Toshiba is applying its experience with liquid-crystal displays to create the next generation of screen technology known as organic light-emitting diode displays. Organic light-emitting diode displays -- also known as organic electroluminescent...
[May 31, 2001, 9:02]
3D Displays Emerge As Commercial Reality
News Several three-dimensional display technologies are in the works, and organic light-emitting displays are poised to grow quickly, research firm iSuppli/Stanford Resources said on Wednesday. The market for organic light-emitting displays (OLEDs) will...
[November 13, 2003, 9:45]
Q&A: The Future Of Display Technology
News CDT, which licenses its patents and technologies to other companies, is working on polymer organic light-emitting diode (OLED) display technology, which promises thinner, lighter and less power-consuming displays than today's LCDs.
[September 2, 2002, 9:33]
Video Projector On A Chip Focuses On Eyeballs
News The device works by having three light-emitting diodes shining red, green and blue onto a micro-electrical-mechanical-systems (MEMS) chip with a vibrating mirror. Other technologies close to commercialisation include liquid-crystal on silicon (LCOS...
[February 12, 2002, 15:40]
Display Company Powers Up Prospects
News The grant will help the privately held company develop efficient and commercially viable solar cells using its light-emitting polymer (LEP) screen technology. The polymer solar cells have a similar design as CDT's polymer light-emitting displays...
[July 25, 2002, 8:28]
UK Start-up To Commercialise Optical Silicon
News STMicroelectronics last year announced it had developed a technique that could allow silicon chips to create a beam of light capable of carrying signals, while other research has focused on light-emitting nanotubes and other methods.
[November 5, 2003, 17:20]
Nanocrystal Sheds New Light On Future Illumination
News The white-light emitting nanocrystals were discovered by graduate student Michael Bowers, who was trying to make blue-light emitting quantum dots. Until now they have been resolutely monochromatic, emitting one frequency of light.
[October 24, 2005, 16:45]
Implementing LED Drivers In MAX Devices
White Papers Discrete light-emitting diode (LED) driver chips are common on many system boards. Altera® MAX® 7000B, MAX 7000A, MAX 3000A, and MAX 7000S devices offer unique capabilities that allow designers to integrate single or multiple LED driver chips into...
[August 14, 2003, 16:19]
Cambridge Plastic Light Technology Licensed By Philips
News A new light-emitting technology, invented and developed in Cambridge, has taken its first step towards major commercial exploitation. Light-emitting polymers (LEPs) look much like LEDs, the universal solid-state indicating devices, but are made of...
[September 5, 1996, 15:56]
Display Screens Go Organic
News The two companies formed Polyink, which will create equipment and provide services to display companies looking to manufacture organic light-emitting diode (OLED) screens. Those inks contain light-emitting polymers, the key component of OLEDs.
[June 17, 2002, 14:38]
10 Mbit/s LAN Using 650 Nm LED And Step-Index Polymer Optical Fiber Up To 100 M
White Papers A 10 Mbit/s Ethernet test system consisting of an active star coupler and transceivers supports link lengths of 100 m and link budgets up to 27 dB with 650 nm light-emitting diodes. This paper reports on the performance of a 1 mm diameter Step...
[December 6, 2007, 0:01]
Glow Powder White Paper
White Papers The basic structure of the particle is crystalline, which has a tremendous capacity of absorbing, storing, and emitting light. The crystals absorb any ambient light, including regular indoor light. Glow Powder, or Glow Pigment as it is sometimes...
[August 14, 2003, 16:19]
Fibreless Optical Data Transfer Mooted
News The Visible Light Communications Consortium, a group of 15 IT manufacturers, most of them Japanese, is proposing using light emitting diodes -- which will increasingly become common for ordinary light fixtures and outdoor equipment like traffic...
[October 6, 2004, 9:40]
Kodak's Tech To Allow 10p-depth Screens
News OLED (Organic Light Emitting Diode) is based on organic semiconductors that are able to emit light when fed with electricity. Kodak presented a new kind of display technology at CeBIT today. The result is that they no longer require backlighting...
[March 23, 2001, 10:21]
Sony Cranks Up OLED Screen Production
News Sony will begin high-volume production of next-generation displays using organic light-emitting diode technology. Materials in an OLED display emit light when an electrical current is applied. The consumer electronics and entertainment conglomerate...
[September 15, 2004, 10:05]
