Quarterly Question
Q:
Are ChLCDs used in any
readily available consumer products?
A: Yes, there
are, expect an announcement soon at www.kentdisplays.com
concerning our ChLCD Retail Products website.
If you have a question regarding Kent
Displays' products or technology please submit your questions . We will select a question from those
submitted and publish it along with the answer in a
future newsletter.
Announcements
The Embedded Systems Conference Silicon Valley
Kent Displays will exhibit at The 2006 Embedded Systems Conference Silicon Valley to be held at the McEnery Convention Center; San Jose, CA April 3rd - 7th. Our standard product line
as well as our latest product developments will be exhibited at booth 2035.
Register to win a USB flash
drive featuring a "No Power" ChLCD.
SID Journal
Title: Single Substrate Encapsulated Cholesteric LCDs: Coatable, Drapable, & Foldable
Author: Dr. Irina Shiyanovskaya et al.
Publication: March 2006
2006 Flexible Displays & Microelectronics Conference
Presenting: Encapsulated Flexible Bistable
Cholesteric Displays
Presenter: Dr. Asad
Khan
February 7 - 9, 2006
Phoenix, AZ
SPIE Defense
& Security Symposium
Presenting: Recent Advances in
Flexible Low Power Cholesteric LCDs
Presenter: Dr. Asad
Khan
April 17 - 21, 2006
Kissimmee, FL |
Editor's Notes
Welcome to the Volume 2, issue 1 of Kent Displays,
Inc.
Quarterly Newsletter: The Liquid Crystal
Twist. As the world leader in the research, development and
manufacture of Cholesteric Liquid Crystal Display products, it is
our hope to bring you interesting and useful information regarding
ChLCD technology, products, distributors/representatives and customers each quarter.
In the News
The addition of the QVGA "No Power" ChLCD with on board controller and Serial Peripheral Interface (SPI) to the list of standard products represents an innovative combination of a "No Power" ChLCD with its inherently superior optical characteristics and a simple interface. The end result is a product that reduces display integration time and thus product time to market.
The single board display solution features an embedded controller that generates the unique ChLCD drive waveforms, provides automatic temperature compensation while using a minimal number of host I/O resources. The interface is used to control all display operations from the downloading of images to the triggering of display updates.
The two board Development Kit is $249.00 and consists of QVGA display module with onboard controller and development platform module. The JTAG port can be used to program the Development Kit controller for other applications. All cables, AC adapter and battery pack are included. Available mid March 2006.
The QVGA ChLCD module is $79.00 each at
1,000 pieces. Availability is May 1, 2006. Contact sales for more information.
Photovoltaic Plastic Display Advancement Continues.
The United States Army Research Laboratory
for Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase
II has awarded Kent Displays a contract to develop a commercial plastic display for the U.S. Army that is self-powering by integrating a photovoltaic cell and a plastic ChLCD.
The project is based on Kent's Combined ChLCD and Solar
Cell Assembly Patent: 6,518,944. Unlike conventional LCDs, Cholesteric
Liquid Crystal Displays (ChLCD) absorb all light not reflected. The
addition of a photovoltaic cell as the absorbing background of the
plastic ChLCD will yield a robust flexible display capable of
harvesting energy from light sources.
AEG MIS becomes Kent Displays Licensee.
Kent Displays announces that it has licensed its Cholesteric "No Power" LCD Technology to AEG MIS of Ulm, Germany, a world leader in the production of Liquid Crystal Displays Systems. "We are pleased to add AEG MIS to our list of licensees. The addition of ChLCDs to AEG's product mix will enable AEG to explore new European markets." according to Joel Domino President of Kent Displays, Inc.
The University of Akron's Challenge X Design Team to Use ChLCD.
Challenge X is a prestigious automotive collegiate design competition sponsored by The General Motors Corporation, the U.S. Department of Energy and other government and industry leaders. Currently ranked second, The University of Akron is one of seventeen institutions participating in the three year competition to re-engineer a GM Equinox into an alternative vehicle with increased fuel efficiency and reduced emissions without sacrificing existing performance or customer features. According to Dr. Husain, Lead Faculty Advisor, Kent Displays "No Power" ChLCD will be used as the diagnostic display in the vehicle.
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