Quarterly Question
Q-
What is the thinnest ChLCD possible?
A- Glass
used for the manufacture of LCD products is available in a number of
standard thicknesses including 0.5 mm, 0.55 mm, 0.77 mm and 1.1 mm.
Two substrates are necessary (a top and bottom piece of glass) and
therefore the display thickness is 2X.
Kent Displays, Inc.
standard products use either 0.77 mm or 1.1 mm glass and therefore
the glass displays are 1.54 and 2.2 mm thick
respectively.
However, with the advent of ChLCD products on plastic substrates in Q4 of 2007 a 2.2 mm display or even a 1.0 mm display will look thick in comparison as plastic ChLCD products will have an overall thickness of 0.27 mm.
We believe Kent Displays has manufactured the world's
thinnest functional full color LCD with a display thickness of 60
microns. That is not a misprint: The display thickness is 60 microns. Just
how thin is 60 microns? See for yourself as it will be on display at
SID 2007 in Long Beach, CA May 22nd - 24th.
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
Society of
Information Displays International Symposium 2007
Kent Displays will exhibit at The Society of Information
Display's 2007 International Symposium, Seminar and Exhibition at
the Long Beach Convention Center in Long Beach, California May 22-24
booth number 1633. Our standard products as well as our latest
innovations will be on display.
KDI Presentations include:
"Single Substrate Coatable Multicolor Cholesteric Liquid
Crystal Displays." Irina Shiyanovskaya, PhD.
"Recent Progress in Color Flexible Reflective Cholesteric
Displays. " Asad Khan, PhD.
"Flexible Displays: What, How, When, and Where." Asad
Khan, PhD.
Exhibitor Forum: "Advancements in Black
& White ChLCD Products" by Nick
Miller
International Display
Manufacturing Conference and Exhibition
Title: Paper Like Displays.
Presenter: Asad Khan, PhD.
July 2-6, 2007
Taipei, Taiwan |
Editor's Notes
Welcome to Volume 3, issue 2 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
SID to Award Slottow Owaki Prize to Dr. J. William Doane CTO of Kent Displays, Inc.
The Society for Information Display (SID) will award the first ever Slottow Owaki Prize for Display Education to Dr. J. William Doane Co-founder and Chief Technology Officer of Kent Displays, Inc. The award recognizes Dr. Doane for his outstanding contributions to education in the field of information display through his direction of 24 Ph.D. students in the area of liquid crystals.
As the director of world-renowned Liquid Crystal Institute (LCI) at Kent State University from 1983-1996, he led the effort during that time to establish the National Science Foundation Center for Advanced Liquid Crystalline Optical Materials (ALCOM). According to Chris King, SID’s 2007 Awards Chair “Professor Doane is being recognized for his leadership of the LCI and the NSF Science and Technology Center. Under his direction, these institutes became the leading university-based display programs in the United States."
Congratulations Dr. Doane!
320 x 80 ChLCD with on board controller and SPI is added to Kent Displays' list of standard products.
The addition of the 320 x 80 “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 $199.00 and consists of 320 x 80 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 July 2007.
The 320 x 80 ChLCD module is $46.25 each at 1,000 pieces. Availability is August 2007. Contact sales for more information.
Kent Displays announces new Manufacturers’ Representative in Italy and adds Representative for Australia & New Zealand.
We are pleased to announce the addition Brelco S.r.l of Biassono, Italy (near Milan) to our list of manufacturers’ representatives. As a member of Eurodisplays with over 20 years experience in the sales, distribution and support of display products of all types, Brelco’s experience and technical expertise will insure a strong presence in the Italian market.
The addition of Arrow Asia Pac Ltd to Kent Displays manufacturers’ rep network solidifies Kent Displays presence in Australia and New Zealand. According to Stephen Tang, Product Manager at Arrow Asia, “Kent Displays ChLCD product line will fill a need not possible with conventional LCDs or other display technologies.” All Kent Displays representatives are equipped with sample products and would welcome the opportunity to demonstrate the superior optical properties of our "No Power" ChLCD. Seeing is believing; contact Kent Displays or the appropriate manufacturers’ representative for a product demonstration.
Embedded Systems Conference – San Jose, CA USB Flash drive drawing winners:
Michele Malinowski of BadgerMeter, Inc.
Eric Macintosh of MindTribe Product Engineering
Kevin Lacey of Carematix, Inc.
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