Dr. Shunpei Yamazaki discovered the Indium–gallium–zinc oxide (IGZO) crystalline structure material for transistors to have a higher mobility than amorphous silicon transistors, and an extremely low off-state current. C-axis aligned crystalline (CAAC) IGZO enables aggressive down-scaling, high reliability, and process simplification of transistors in displays and LSI devices. Listed on over 4,000 US utility patents, Dr. Yamazaki was named in the Guinness Book of World Records as holding the most patents in the world; hailed the most prolific inventor in history by USA Today. His most notable work is on the thin-film transistor — a significant discovery being a crystalline structure in Indium gallium zinc oxide (IGZO) material, which he discovered “by chance” in 2009. Today Dr. Yamazaki is President of the Semiconductor Energy Laboratory (SEL), where he and his team pioneered the unique development of ultra-low-power devices using CAAC-IGZO technology. A joint venture with the Sharp Corporation manufacturing smartphones using crystalline oxide semiconductors (IGZO) is a global first. In 2015 Dr. Yamazaki received the SID (Society for Information Display) Special Recognition Award for “discovering CAAC-IGZO semiconductors, leading its practical application, and paving the way to next-generation displays.” His paper on CAAC-IGZO ranked in the top 15 most downloaded papers of Wiley Electrical Engineering and Communications Technology journals, 2014. Dr. Yamazaki is also an IEEE Life Fellow.
Category: SID Display Week
IGZO inventor, Dr. Shunpei Yamazaki, President of Semiconductor Energy Laboratory (SEL)
3M at SID Display Week 2017, AR/VR, Automotive, Brightness, Safety
3M is a leader in making displays brighter and more energy efficient, thinner and more durable here at the Society of Information Display’s Display Week tradeshow showing their AR/VR ‘Screen Door Effect’ filter, to provide the AR/VR user with an immersive experience without the cost of creating a visual artifact where you can see individual pixels, like looking through a screen door. 3M has developed a new film that is designed to vastly improve this issue. The Screen Door Effect is muted while the overall viewing experience is improved. 3M’s Automotive Displays to prevent driver distraction and improve safety in automobiles, with solutions including a new louver-less film that shows content exclusively to the driver or just to the passenger. Also featured is a new solution for a head-up display that can be seen even in bright sunshine and with polarized sunglasses.
LCD Headlights by Stuttgart University (Best of I-Zone at SID Display Week 2017 Winner)
Winner of the Prize for Best exhibitor at the I-Zone startups and New Tech Demos area at the SID Display Week 2017, Hella together with students from the Institute for Large Area Microelectronics at the University of Stuttgart demonstrate their project to Develop an Active Matrix LCD for Use in High Resolution Adaptive Headlights also presented in detail in this paper.
Conventional adaptive driving beam headlamps are limited in achieving still higher quantities of switchable pixels by the number of LEDs and movable elements needed. In this paper, it is shown that by integrating an active matrix liquid crystal display module, it is possible to realize fully adaptive high-resolution headlights without mechanical elements and a finite number of LED with 30 k switchable pixels.
As adaptive driving beam headlamps (ADBs) are now established and already available in mass-production vehicles, the market is requesting headlight systems with increasing resolution.
State of the art are LED matrix modules such as the HD84 from Hella KGaA Hueck & Co. that realize low beam, ADB, and additional functionalities by using 84 switchable LEDs. But the number of pixels that can be realized using this approach is limited by the number of LEDs that can be integrated in the tight installation space of a headlamp.
Higher resolution is needed to be able to implement new lighting functions to further improve traffic safety when driving at night or dusk. To realize a significant increase in traffic safety, the ADB must be able to simultaneously fade out several drivers of traffic oncoming of the vehicle to avoid glaring and to highlight important areas like road markings and traffic signs. To accomplish this, the headlamp must be able to divide the illuminated area in front of the vehicle into a grid of small areas with individually controlled light intensity. The higher the resolution of the grid, the better are the realizable lighting functions.
Filmed at the I-Zone startups and New Tech Demos area at the SID Display Week.
Gamma Scientific Near Eye Display Measurement System (GS-1290NED)
Gamma Scientific Near Eye Display Measurement system is a machine for measuring displays that go into VR headsets, heads up displays, Augmented Reality devices, smart glasses and the like. The device can precisely measure the quality of any display. They claim this system to be the first to offer high spatial resolution color and contrast measurements for near eye displays, addressing the unique testing requirements to point in different directions to various areas in the virtual Image Field of view with the axis of rotation for the measurement optics in the eyebox area. Filmed at the I-Zone startups and New Tech Demos area at the SID Display Week.
Micro LED for Pico Projector by Projechieve
Projechieve is maker of pico projector technology here demonstrating their new Micro LED Technology as a new suggested alternative to the established DLP, LCD and LCOS based projector technology. One of the models if the PJ 060 with an 800×600 resolution and 0.60″ display size. PJ 042 is a pico projector with a 480×270 resolution and a 0.42″ display size. They claim to be able to offer high brightness at low power usage. Filmed at the I-Zone startups and New Tech Demos area at the SID Display Week.
CMO Forum at SID Display Week 2017
At the second CMO Forum, a panel of global experts discuss the opportunities and challenges of taking sales and marketing to the next level in a highly correlated industry, from content creation to display. The panelists include:
– Justin Kalvitz, Senior Vice President, Kent Displays
– Mark Verrall, Senior Vice President, Merck
– Bahar Wadia, CEO, Visionox, USA
– Sri Subramanian, Senior Vice President, Technicolor
Women in Tech panel at SID Display Week 2017
Here are in 2 parts the Women in Tech panel at SID Display Week 2017 featuring:
– Julie Brown, Senior Vice President and CTO, Universal Display Corporation
– Candice Brown Elliott, CEO, Nouvoyance, Inc
– Heidi Dohse, Vice President, Product Execution, DTI Holdings
– Laura Rea, Senior Technology Program Manager, U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory
– Niaz Abdolrahim, Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, University of Rochester
Keynote: Sanjay Dhawan, President of Harman’s Connected Services Division
President of Harman’s Connected Services, Stamford, CT, USA, this is the Keynote by Mr. Sanjay Dhawan entitled “Humanizing the Autonomous Car Experience” at SID Display Week 2017. Sanjay Dhawan is President of HARMAN’s Connected Services Division. A technology veteran and serial entrepreneur, Sanjay is responsible for the day-to-day operations and financial performance of HARMAN Connected Services. Previously, Dhawan was President & CEO of Symphony Teleca, a private company that was acquired by HARMAN. Dhawan joined Symphony Teleca from Aricent, a KKR owned privately held company with global operations in more than 25 countries with over 10,000 employees, where he served as President and Chief Operating Officer. At Aricent, he was responsible for company strategy, sales, marketing and the management and oversight of several high-growth business units and various functional units. Prior to Aricent, Dhawan was the Chairman, CEO and co-founder of Inkra Networks, a company credited with defining the virtual networking market segment. Dhawan also held chief strategy, development, sales and management roles at Netopia, StarNet and Advanced Micro Devices (AMD). Dhawan has authored several networking-related publications and books and has chaired IEEE 802 and ANSI X3T9 standards sub-groups. He holds a Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering from Brunel University, England, and a Bachelor’s degree in Electronics and Communications from REC Kurukshetra, India.
Paul Peng, AUO CEO Keynote at SID Display Week
Chairman and CEO of AU Optronics Corp., Hsinchu, Taiwan, this is the Keynote by Mr. Paul Peng entitled “The Warring States Era of Display Technologies”. Over the past two decades, TFT-LCD has been the most dominant flat panel display technology among other technologies such as PDP, FED and OLED displays. With strong competitive advantages and ongoing technology enhancements, TFT-LCD continues to make breakthroughs, providing timely solutions and affordable luxury performance for fast-emerging display applications. In the warring states era of display technologies, will TFT-LCD continue to evolve and sustain its continuing dominance in the next decade? Pau Peng’s Current Positions is to be Chairman and CEO of AU Optronics Corp. (AUO), Chairman of Taiwan Display Union Association (TDUA), Chairman of Taiwan TFT LCD Association (TTLA), Executive Director of Taipei Computer Association (TCA). His Previous Experiences include President of AU Optronics Corp., President of AUO’s Display Business Operation, Executive VP of AUO’s Global Business Unit, General Manager of AUO’s IT Display Business Group, General Manager of AUO’s Suzhou module plant, the Company’s first overseas manufacturing facility, Vice President of AUO’s Supply Chain Management, Head of the Material and Production Department at BenQ’s plant in Malaysia. You can also watch my video filmed at the AUO Booth at SID Display Week 2017 featuring foldable AMOLED, comformed displays, fast response time, small bezel displays and more.
CMO Forum at SID Display Week 2017
At the second CMO Forum, a panel of global experts discuss the opportunities and challenges of taking sales and marketing to the next level in a highly correlated industry, from content creation to display. The panelists include:
– Justin Kalvitz, Senior Vice President, Kent Displays
– Sri Subramanian, Senior Vice President, Technicolor
– Mark Verrall, Senior Vice President, Merck
– Bahar Wadia, CEO, Visionox, USA
New Visual Media Group EPD Lighting
New Visual Media Group shows EPD lighting as an alternative to LED lighting for application such as signs and billboards. EPD stands for Electronic Paper Display. Advantages of the technology include 1/10th the weight, 1/10th the power consumption, and 1/7th the cost. Filmed at the I-Zone startups and New Tech Demos area at the SID Display Week.
Nomad Anti-Smudge/Reflective Coating
Nomad is anti-smudge/reflective coating for smartphones that applied using a coating and layering. The coating reduces reflections by 85% and increases outdoor visibility. Filmed at the I-Zone startups and New Tech Demos area at the SID Display Week.
Navillum Quantum Dots
Navillum is a manufacturer of quantum dots which are used in Q-led displays. Navillum is better at Making the Technology usable into real products. Filmed at the I-Zone startups and New Tech Demos area at the SID Display Week.
Wysips Solar Transparent Smartwatch Display by Sunpartner Technologies
Sunpartner Wysips display technologies are crystal layers for displays that receive solar energy and charge your device. Versions for both reflective and non reflective exist. Filmed at the I-Zone startups and New Tech Demos area at the SID Display Week.
Lumotone Bi-stable Transparent Display
Lumotone Transparent display Technology is a display Technology which can be put on any piece of glass to turn it into an electronic Display for outputting content. The displays can also be remotely controlled with software. Filmed at the I-Zone startups and New Tech Demos area at the SID Display Week.
Yuanse Technologies – Large Reflective Individual Pixels
Yuanse Technologies produces large reflective color pixels, which are individual pixels designed for outdoor usage. These pixels are low in power consumption, cheap to manufacture, and provide excellent outdoor visibility and color saturation. The color changes based on lighting conditions. The technology is still in development, but the firm hopes for commercialization soon. Filmed at the I-Zone startups and New Tech Demos area at the SID Display Week.
FLEXE – Flexible Electronics and Display
FlEXE or National Centre For Flexible Electronics is a government sponsored project for flexible electronics and displays. The project hopes to develop flexible electronics and displays and manufacture flexible electronics and displays. Flexible displays and electronics is an emerging field which the government hopes can give India a unique competitive advantage. The project hopes to make OLED lighting cost competitive with LED. OLED can provide a home produced alternative LED lighting which is not produced in India. Filmed at the I-Zone startups and New Tech Demos area at the SID Display Week.
Glowfilm Film Layer by Super Image Technologies
Super Image projection technologies glowfilm is a technology that enables any piece of glass to be a transparent digital display. The technology uses a transparent emissive film that can be applied to any piece of glass. For example, car Windows be turned into displays using this technology. It can also turn home windows into displays for decoration. The technology can even be used to manufacture televisions by using projectors and glass. Filmed at the I-Zone startups and New Tech Demos area at the SID Display Week.
ITRI Flexible OLED Touchscreen Coating
Industrial Research Institute of Taiwan or ITRI is a globally recognized technology research institute from Taiwan. ITRI has developed a ultra thin coating for for flexible Touchscreen that is only 80 microns thin and use a special flexible ITO technology. Filmed at the I-Zone startups and New Tech Demos area at the SID Display Week.
Sensel Force Touch Technology
Sensel high resolution touch screen technology senses force with a high degree of accuracy. The touch sensor offers a high dynamic range of force and can sense both how much force as well as the size of the object applying the force. The touch sensors are not capacitive and can therefore sense any item, such as styli or gloves touching the sensors. The technology can integrate with both Eink or OLED displays. There are also touch overlays for such things as pianos. Filmed at the I-Zone startups and New Tech Demos area at the SID Display Week.
