SID Organic Electronics UK 2009 Takes Place in London in September

The 2009 SID Organic Electronics UK Conference will be held at Imperial College London on September 28 and 29. This annual meeting is the only one dedicated to organic electronics in the UK. It covers all aspects of this area, including OLEDs, OTFTs, polymers and small molecules, display electronics, oxides for electrodes and TFTs, OPVs for power generation, device modeling, printing, and fabrication methods.

Last year's conference, which was organized by the UK & Ireland Chapter of the SID, featured click here to read the rest of the article.

TCTech Enters Partnership with Kaleido Technology

Stockholm, Sweden; June 5, 2009. TCTech, a leading global supplier of intelligent plastic nanostructures, has announced that it has entered into a partnership with Kaleido Technology of Denmark. The partnership will focus on the development of state-of-the-art light guide plates using TCTech's proprietary patented Thermal Cyclic Technologies. Light guide plates lead light from light sources to displays and are widely used in computers and TV screens.

Kaleido, a leading global manufacturer of lenses, mirrors, and replication tools for next-generation optics, will supply TCTech with masters for embossing and replication of micro- and nanostructures in light guide plates. click here to read the rest of the article.

Display Week Day 4: Projectors

San Antonio, TX; June 4, 2009. How small is 0.17 inches? That's about one sixth of an inch. A display with a 0.17-in. diagonal is so small that you can fit at least four of them on your little fingernail. So what would you ever do with a display so small? You'd need a microscope to see the image. Or you could use it as an imager for a projector. And that's exactly why TI created its DLP Pico HVGA chip.The 480 x 320 pixel device is designed to be incorporated in small portable devices including mobile phones, media players, and accessory projectors. It was also the Silver Award Winner of the SID 20099 Display Device of the Year. Samsung's mobile phone with a built-in projector based on the DLP Pico has been selling in Korea and will soon start selling in Europe. And Samsung's new MPB 2000 media player has just started shipping in Korea.

At SID 2009, TI was demonstrating its $349 DLP Pico Projector Development Kit. This includes a light engine based on the DLP Pico imager, along with an RGB LED light source that produces a 7 lumen image. It accepts either DVI or VGA video input. --Alfred Poor, HDTV