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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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
MyFlashlight 2.0
Downloads It can be very useful for reading various papers that are more sensitive to colored light rather than to white light.In Laserlight mode the LED is constantly emitting a red light (cool for those concerts you plan to attend)As a BONUS we have...
[June 25, 2008, 8:00]
MyFlashlight 2.0
Downloads It can be very useful for reading various papers that are more sensitive to colored light rather than to white light.In Laserlight mode the LED is constantly emitting a red light (cool for those concerts you plan to attend)As a BONUS we have...
[February 17, 2004, 7:00]
Electronics and Circuit Analysis Quick Study Guide. FREE first chapter in the trial
Downloads Electronic ComponentsPassive components: Fuse | Capacitors | Inductors | Magnetic amplifier | Crystal Oscillator | Polyswitch | Resistors | Varistor | Transformer | SwitchActive solid-state components: Semiconductor devices | Semiconductor...
[July 24, 2007, 8:00]
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]
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]
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]
MIT makes quantum leap in display technology
News The new technology, which combines organic and traditional solid-state light emitting features, has the potential to produce much purer colours and use much less electricity than existing LEDs. By moving electrons into and out of these dots light...
[January 13, 2003, 15:57]
