Volume 3
JUNE 2008
Number 6

Virtual Microdisplays 3
MED Ramping Up Production 3
Kopin Stresses Smaller Microdisplays at SID 3
eMagin Goes for Power Efficiency at SID 4
Display Electronics 5
CMD Builds MDDI-to-MIPI Bridge Architecture 5
Small-Display Backlit Drive Boards Shown at SID 7
Backplane Manufacturing 8
Printing and Stamping of Backplanes 8
HP Develops New Active Matrix Backplane 10
OLEDs 11
Samsung SDI: King of the AMOLED Hill 11
SID 2008 - Big Advances for Small OLEDs 13
    Seiko Epson 13
    Nitto Denko Technical 14
    DuPont 14
    SAIT (Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology) 15
    Toshiba Matsushita Display 15
    Universal Display Corp. 16
    Others 17
    OLED Materials 17
LCDs 19
Small LCDs Get Brighter and Faster 19
Transflective Next Gen Mobile Displays 23
    Innovative Transflective LCDs at SID 24
    SID Distinguished Paper on High Reflective LCDs 25
    OCB-LCD Mode Transflective Displays 26
    Studies on Transflective Displays 26
Alternative Displays 28
Alternative Displays Round-up at SID 28
    Bridgestone Shows Off New Color QR-LPD Display 28
    E Ink Extends and Improves Product Offerings 29
    Fujitsu Tackles E-Paper's Slow Response Speed 30
    Kent Displays New Apps and Technologies 30
    Nemoptic Shows New BiNem Module 31
    Polymer Vision Débuts New Technologies 33
    Samsung Unveils 2 New E-Paper Displays 33
    Seiko Epson Develops A4-Sized Electronic Paper 34
    SiPix Shows Brighter, Faster Displays 34
    ZBD Shows New E-Paper Shelf Tag 35
    Summary 36
AUO Shows a Curved Glass TFT-LCD 37
Novel Displays Charm at SID 37
Pixtronix Shows Prototype Displays 38
3D Displays 40
Hitachi Offers Two-Panel 3D Solution 40
NEC Shows 9" 3D Display 41
Pavonine 3D Technology Update 42
Touch Screens 43
Getting in Touch at SID 43
    Samsung 43
    Seiko Epson 44
    F-Origin/PVI 45
    Stantum 46
    RPO 46
    Others 46
PVI Adds zTouch Pressure Capability 47
Mobile Products 48
Apple Moves to 3G iPhone 48
New Class of Cheap Notebooks Coming 51
KDDI Shows "Summer Fashions" in Handsets 53
LED/Laser Projectors 55
Aiptek Bows Media Player w/ Integrated Projector 55
ASTRI Demos Pico-Projector at SID 55
Hon Hai Shows Small Projectors at Computex 56
Honlai Shows New Version of MP100 Projector 57
3D Content Creation 57
Making 3D Pictures 57
Personal Eyewear 58
Microvision Shows HMD and HUD at SID 58
Kopin Shows Customers' Eyewear, EVFs 59
Lumus Improves See-Through Eyewear 60
Estar Chooses MED Displays for Personal Eyewear 61
Head Up Displays 62
Teijin Bows Head Up Display Film 62
Mobile Content 62
Small Interactive Display-Ads Bound for USA 62
Business & Strategic 66
Flexible Display Center Opens 66
TI Bets on Pico Projection Options 67
Market Intelligence 68
Digital Picture Frames Make Good 68
E-Paper Panel Prices Drop as Market Expands 70
iSuppli: Display-Driver Chip Market Heads to Maturity 72
Insight Media News 74
Insight Media Sees Rapid LED-based LCD TV Sales in 2011 74
Insight Media Releases 2008 3D Television Report 76
Newsletter Editorial Matrix 81
About Mobile Display Report 82
About Insight Media 82