Bright high-contrast TFT is particularly suitable for instrumentation, medical equipment and handheld applications
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Digital Displays introduces the OSD043TN14, a 4.3in-diagonal 16:9 aspect ratio a-Si TFT display. This is a normally white, transmissive display with white LED backlight. It is also available with optional integrated four-wire resistive touchscreen. The display has a digital RGB (8,8,8) interface that supports up to 1.6 million colours.

It is compatible with the common Vsync/Hsync interface mode.

A high efficiency white LED backlight provides 450cd/m2 brightness (360cd/m2 with touchscreen) with a 500:1 contrast ratio.

The panel also features a typical response time of 25ms.

The OSD043TN14 features an overall power consumption of less than 1W for the display and the backlight.

This compact display has overall dimensions of 105.5 x 67.2 x 3.95mm and a large, 95.04 x 53.86mm active area.

This bright high-contrast TFT is particularly suitable for instrumentation, medical equipment and handheld applications.

MicroEmissive Displays has received a GBP 2 million order for its new polymer-OLED eyescreen microdisplay
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MicroEmissive Displays will start commissioning and qualification of its new production plant in the Fraunhofer IPMS in Dresden early in 2007

MicroEmissive Displays (MED) has received a GBP 2 million order for its new polymer-OLED eyescreen microdisplay. The order, from a manufacturer of consumer products in the Far East, will also be the first to ship from the company’s new manufacturing facility in Dresden. ‘This order is first proof of MED’s assertions that the image quality and battery saving, coupled with the small size and weight allowed by integration of backlight and driver electronics, all make the eyescreen the ideal component for portable consumer products’, said Bill Miller, CEO, MicroEmissive Displays The order relates to MED’s new eyescreen ME3204 microdisplay.

The new device is a compact 6mm colour P-OLED QVGA display.

The P-OLED technology is emissive and so does not require a backlight; as a result eyescreen ME3204 is ideal for portable applications such as video glasses or head-mounted displays, electronic view finders and night vision systems.

The microdisplay can be combined with magnifying optics to produce a large virtual image that appears to the eye to be equivalent in dimensions to the picture on a TV screen or computer display.

In addition eyescreen ME3204 features a digital video interface together with an integrated display driver eliminating the need for additional driver ICs.

MicroEmissive Displays will start commissioning and qualification of its new production plant in the Fraunhofer IPMS in Dresden early in 2007
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MicroEmissive Displays (MED) will start commissioning and qualification of its new production plant in the Fraunhofer IPMS in Dresden early in 2007. The move comes following the on-time handover of the purpose built cleanroom and delivery of the tool set from ANS Korea. In addition the first new employees to be based in Dresden started work in December.

‘I am delighted that the build-up to full production is going to plan’.

‘We are seeing growth in our target markets due to the progress of entertainment on the move services’.

‘With full production still on schedule for mid-2007, MED will be well placed to take advantage of that progress’, said Bill Miller, CEO at MED.
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He continued: ‘The new members of staff are in operator, administration and technician roles, which are vital to our ongoing plans and we anticipate adding to their numbers in the coming months’.

The 350m2 purpose built cleanroom is state of the art and is located within the substantial facilities of the Fraunhofer IPMS campus.

Construction of the cleanroom was completed on time; equipment is in place and installation is already underway.

The toolset, delivered from ANS Korea in December, comprises polymer OLED based deposition and thin film encapsulation equipment for mass production.

Professor Leo of the Fraunhofer IPMS said: ‘We are glad that MED will be the first European company to manufacture production volumes of OLED displays’.

‘Dresden is an established centre for the semiconductor and polymer industries and by sighting its production centre here, MED will be able to take advantage of the pool of experience and knowledge within the local work force’.

‘We believe that there are great synergies between MED and other OLED activities and hope that more production facilities will open in the future’.

Hitachi Display Products Group has announced four new widescreen TFT LCD display modules in a 16:9 display format
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With customers increasingly demanding the flexibility to display more information for an improved user experience, Hitachi Display Products Group has announced four new widescreen TFT LCD display modules in a 16:9 display format. Featuring display sizes of 7, 9, 12 and 15.4in, the new modules deliver industrial levels of specification, WVGA and WXGA resolutions and join the 7in, WVGA high brightness TX18D16VM1CAB display launched earlier this year.

‘We see 16:9 wide format modules as the future direction for industrial displays, and the launch of these LCD modules places Hitachi at the forefront of this growth market’.

‘With four display sizes and wide VGA and XGA resolutions our strategy is to continue to offer customers the best quality, choice and value in the market’, comments Mark Stephenson, Product Manager for Hitachi Display Products Group.

‘We see these modules being used in a wide variety of application areas particularly in medical and industrial monitoring where the wide screen enables larger amounts of data to be displayed’.

‘The wide viewing angle of the 9in IPS module also lends itself to gaming and personal media applications’.

Offering an automotive class operating temperature range of -30 to +80C, the TX18D57VM1BAA is a 7in WVGA TFT that delivers top quality optical characteristics with a contrast ratio of 450:1 and a brightness of 600cd/m2 and 130 degrees view angle from any direction.
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Featuring Hitachi’s advanced In-Plane Switching (IPS) technology, the TX23D12VM1CAA is a 9in WVGA module that offers viewing angles of up to 176 degrees in any direction ensuring a bright and clear image in all usage conditions.

Typical performance figures for the 800 x 480 pixel resolution display include a brightness of 300cd/m2 and a contrast ratio of 400:1.

With a broad operating temperature from -20 to +70C, the TX31D55VM2BAA is a 12in WVGA display delivers a typical contrast ratio of 350:1 and NTSC colour saturation of 60% together with 450cd/m2 brightness levels with a viewing angle of 130 degrees from any direction.

Also operating over the -20 to +70 Celsius temperature range, the TX39D55VM1BAA is a 15.4in1280 x 800 pixel WXGA industrial class display featuring four-lamp CCFL backlighting and offering high quality optical performance including a contrast ratio of 500:1, brightness of 450cd/m2 and a typical colour saturation for NTSC of 72%.

All four TFT modules operate in transmissive mode, normally white except for the 9in IPS display which is normally black.

Each display features CCFL backlighting and a pallet of 256K colours.

The displays are supplied through Hitachi Display Product Group’s distribution partners and are available to order across Europe immediately.

Hitachi Display Products Group is also able to design and develop customised display modules for specific customer requirements.

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All the modules feature low power consumption, wide viewing angle, high contrast and with their bright emissive displays are suitable for use in applications including, handheld instruments, medical equipment, measuring devices and consumer products.

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Focusing on display products and man machine interface components Tronex builds on a wealth of experience in application based solutions.

‘With their solution focused sales approach both companies perfectly match our project type business’, said Dr Joerg Blechschmidt, Strategical Sales Director, i-sft.

‘A technical understanding that goes well beyond the product itself provides additional value to our cutting-edge displays’.

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The slim and flexible pSEL Animated Backlites also bring a new dimension to existing keypad designs for mobile phones or remote controls, through multi-segment and even multi-colour animations driven by Pelikon proprietary driver electronics products.

Available from Q1 2007, the new slim and flexible pSEL Backlite and Animated Backlite will be available alongside the existing pSEL Intuitive Touch Display product.

The animated feature offers 16 levels of greyscale and multiple colours and segments, which when combined, can deliver complex animation using the Pelikon Mobile Display Controller to drive and optimise the display.
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This innovative feature will allow manufacturers to produce eye-catching products not seen on the market before and even use different EL colours to highlight distinct areas of a product to simplify operation for the user.

At the same time, the new slim and flexible pSEL Backlites will continue to offer a power efficient, durable and reliable solution, courtesy of Pelikon’s high quality manufacture and proprietary driver electronics.

With full engineering support offered to all customers the new pSEL Backlites and Animated Backlites are easy to handle in application construction, providing an-easy-to-implement solution that enhances consumer appeal.

‘Our pSEL displays and drivers are already a great option to bring an exciting and intuitive twist to a number of products including consumer electronic devices’, said Andrew Green, Product Manager, Pelikon.

‘The new thin and flexible pSEL Backlites are perfect for products where space is at a premium, whilst our pSEL Animated Backlites will overhaul future generations of mobile phones and remote controls’.

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Zytronic, the leading designer and manufacturer of Projected Capacitive Technology (PCT)-based sensing solutions that optimise the performance of electronic display applications, has strengthened its presence in Eastern Europe by signing a distribution agreement with the Electronic Components Division of Elatec.

The agreement will provide Zytronic and its customers with local support in the Czech Republic, Romania, Russia, the Ukraine, Slovakia, Slovenia, Bulgaria, Hungary, and Poland and brings the current number of Zytronic distributors and representatives to 28, covering 30 countries across Europe, Asia Pacific, the USA and Canada.

The Electronic Components Division of Elatec specialises in displays and focuses specifically on the kiosk, gaming and industrial markets - all areas in which the demand for touchscreen-based applications is growing very rapidly.

‘The core markets on which we are focused - kiosk, gaming, and industrial - all require touchscreens which are able to withstand everyday wear and tear, and that can continue to operate in the harshest of environments’, says Libor Pavel, Department Director, Electronic Components/Marketing at Elatec.

‘Zytronic’s internationally award-winning projected capacitive technology-based touch sensors offer a combined resistance to grease, dirt, and harsh chemicals and can be operated with gloved and ungloved hands, making it an ideal solution to be able to offer to our customers, locally’.

Zytronic’s PCT comprises an array of embedded micro gauge capacitors within a glass or plastic layered laminated screen.
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The sensitivity of the PCT system can be adjusted to sense touch through a distance of up to 20mm.

The sensing array is positioned behind an inert front-facing medium, making it more advanced than other traditional touch technologies and preventing any susceptibility to the system from accidental or deliberate damage.

This makes PCT ideal for applications that are in the public domain such as information kiosks, gaming machines, or industrial applications which are generally found to be in hazardous environments.

‘As the demand for touchscreen-based applications continues to grow, the appointment of a proven distributor of Elatec’s calibre is an important strategic move that will help ensure our continued growth and expansion of our customer base at an international level’, says Mark Cambridge, Managing Director, Zytronic.

‘Elatec offers a focused sales team with a wealth of experience and a dedicated team of knowledgeable application engineers’.

‘We are confident that Elatec will excel in providing local support for our range of PCT-based products’.

Elatec will also offer Zytronic’s full range of noninteractive products including ballistic visors, and RFI and EMI shielded optical filter and window technologies, which combine the highest levels of shielding with excellent optical performance.

These filter solutions can be tailored for a wide range of environments and applications, such as information displays, secure areas, information displays, navigational and medical equipment and military displays.

i-sft has teamed up with manufacturers’ representatives Tritek Solutions and The Tronex Group to better serve its North American customer base. Tritek Solutions, with its divisions Tritek Northwest and Aztec Enterprises, and offices throughout the western USA has a long history of selling quality products through profound product knowledge and a true understanding of customers’ applications. The Tronex Group serves the southern USA.

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All the modules feature low power consumption, wide viewing angle, high contrast and with their bright emissive displays are suitable for use in applications including, handheld instruments, medical equipment, measuring devices and consumer products.