At the Emerging display conference is San Jose, 3M discussed their new technology for creation of small to mid format (under 10″) stereoscopic 3D displays. They brought a working sample of a 9″ digital photo frame that had an autostereoscopic, glasses free, display. The display was capable of displaying both 2D and 3D digital images,…
Haptics technologies is based on creation feedback to the sense of touch for users of electronic systems. Most people have experienced various types of haptic feedback for decades without even realizing it was an area of research, understanding, and development. These feedback techniques include vibration, force, resistance, clicks and other actuator based responses. This form…
DDR3 memory is designed for low power and high performance applications in gaming and graphics systems, computing environment, mobile & tablet devices and also hdtv & consumer products. The consumer marketplace is dominated by line cord, rather than battery, powered products which support larger memory configurations and component footprints. Due to the nature of the…
Recently the Homeplug AV specification as part of the IEEE P1901 power line modem specification has been updated for Green applications. The Homeplug.org group has released a new Green PHY spec that is targeted for smart grid & smart meter/appliance applications under a 1Mb/s data rate, rather than the typical 200Mb/s data rate that is…
At Infocomm, they displayed applications for both TV and display panel like flat screens in the industrial marketplace. Multi-Touch, Ltd of Finland is a maker of “dumb” touch screen displays with embedded speakers. The displays are stackable into a display array These devices are connected to a PC which creates all of the graphics and…
The challenge of advanced process technologies used in semiconductors, and the criteria of design closure is not sufficient to insure that a product will work, they need to use manufacturing (MFG) closure. MFG closure is expanding on-die design closure to include advanced process characteristics, variability, and assembly including multi-die configurations. This is targeted at the…
Brian Berkley, vice president Mobile Display Technology Center discussed his organization and its work on Organic LEDs (OLED). The group started in November of 2003 as a consolidation of the R&D efforts that were previously spread across many Samsung divisions. The focus of the group is to work on active-matrix organic LEDs (AMOLED) based on…
Atmel Corporation maXTouch solutions now support large touchscreens up to 15 inches diagonally and offer both touch functionality and stylus support. The larger screen solution is an enhancement of existing maXTouch capacitive touch systems which supported small screens up to 4.5 inches. This new upper limit was selected based on market factors rather than technical…
B&O recently announced a new 40″ and 46″ LCD/LED TV to the North American Market. The TV’s used panels made by Samsung, however they featured an Anti-reflective coating and a close mounting industrial design that results in a very large viewing angle without picture degradation. One of the major enhancements of the B&O TV over…