Development of Five-primary-Color LCD display by Sharp
Market for displays capable of rendering colors to match appearance of naturally occurring surface or designed colors in such fields as industrial design, digital archiving, network-based remote medical care and electronic commerce is gaining in popularity. Based on this need there has been intensifying efforts to come up with a solution in achieving this capability. One such effort has resulted in development of natural vision technology, a technology for rendering color images identical in appearance to real-world objects. Read more
100% removal of bird flu virus with Flash Streamer Technology by DAIKIN
DAIKIN with collaboration of National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology (NIHE) demonstrated the 100% removal of bird flu virus A type H5N1 in three hours through use of DAIKIN air purifier which has been developed based on DAIKIN Flash Streamer technology. Through use of Flash Streamer Technology the protein on the surface of the bird flu virus was disintegrated and removed resulting in loss of its infectious power. Read more
Development of industry’s first water resistant surge suppressor by OKI
Micro-surge a phenomenon which occurs due to impedance mismatch of motor cable and the motor increases as the speed of inverter switching becomes faster and application of voltage increases to improve power efficiency. This can cause malfunctions in the motors. Such effects include insulation deterioration in motor coils, which damages the motor.
A conventional remedy to over come this issue is the insertion of LC filter circuits between the inverter and motor to slow down the surge rise on drive signal waveforms and dissipate the surge energy as heat. However, as the motor power increased it becomes necessary to use expensive and large-sized high-power-rated capacitors and coils resulting in a larger space requirement and increase in both price and power consumption. Read more
Development of industry’s thinnest solar module for mobile devices by Sharp
This follows our earlier article on Sharp newly announced SOLAR HYBRID 936SH equipped with solar panel on the back of its body. The new solar module LR0GC02 which is targeted for mobile devices features a thickness of only 0.8 mm the industry’s thinnest. The new LR0GC02 thinness has been achieved based on use of compact semiconductor packaging technology. Read more
Development of new inkjet technology for OLED display fabrication process by Seiko Epson
OLED televisions are considered as the next generation of display but in spite of their outstanding viewing characteristics such as high contrast, wide viewing angle, fast response time plus their light weight, ultra-thinness and low power consumption, the mass production of large screen OLED TVs has been hampered by lack of a technology capable of reliably forming uniform organic layers on large substrates limiting their application to small screen Laptop PCs and mobile phone screens as well other mobile devices with screen. Up to now, the method for depositing organic materials has been Vacuum thermal evaporation (VTE), but this method has an inherent technical difficulty in overcoming layer uniformity issue making it difficult to start a mass production of large OLED panels. Read more
Bravia Postcard a free service by Sony Japan
In case you were wondering how you can take advantage of connectivity of your internet connected TVs well Bravia TVs to be exact, Sony Japan decided to offer a free Bravia Postcard services connecting its TV Bravia users with some models of Sony Erickson Cyber-Shot mobile phones as well as Walkman phones. The free service would allow the users on both end to send and receive short messages and e-postcard with selected designs such as Birthday, Christmas, Album, Cork board, etc. Read more
Internet Access via Wireless LAN using au’s mobile phone “biblio”
The “biblio” is an optimal model for reading, with a 7 GB data folder enabling users to carry a shelf-full of books around, and a 3.5-inch Full Wide VGA touch screen. KDDI went one step further by announcing “Wi-Fi WIN” services allowing users to access the Internet via Wireless LAN using au’s mobile phone “biblio”. Through “Wi-Fi WIN” service the user is able use Wireless LAN access point and the fixed broadband line instead of using the conventional au network allowing the user to access internet with the maximum speed of 54Mbps and freedom of smooth downloading of rich contents such as music and video. Read more
Development of High performance standalone Drive Recorder IC
Use of drive recorders in recent years has expanded from automobile diagnostics and accident situations to use in support equipment in promoting safer driving and greater efficiency by recording and analyzing operating conditions and driving behavior which has been proven to reduce rate of accident by 10 to 50% and at the same time improving on fuel efficiency by up to 20% helping with CO2 emission in such commercial vehicles as buses, trucks and taxis. But up to now high cost of a commercially available standard driver recorder plus a need for separate PC for such system to use the recorded data has hampered its widespread adoption in consumer vehicles. In response to this need ROHM has developed a monolithic drive recorder IC with high operational performance and standalone capability eliminating any needs for separate PCs. Read more
Development of Solar Cells with World’s highest Energy Conversion efficiency by SANYO
Looks like Sanyo is all alone in this field by breaking its own record in developing the world’s highest energy conversion efficiency of 23% for crystalline silicon type solar cells for a practical size of 100 cm2 or more. The solar cell is of HIT (Heterojunction with Intrinsic Thin layer) type composed of thin crystalline silicon wafer sandwiched by ultra-thin amorphous silicon layer. HIT structure offers a reduction of recombination loss of the electrical element (charged carrier) by surrounding the energy generating layer of single thin crystalline silicon (c-Si) with high quality ultra thin amorphous silicon (a-Si) layers. Read more
Development of system boards for Drive Recorders employing industry first 180° Wide-Angle Lens by Sharp
Drive recorders are like black boxes on the Airplanes capable of capturing images and other information immediately from before and after an occurrence of accident. The Driver recorders have been installed in trucks, buses, taxis and other commercial vehicles but now it is find its way in private vehicles. The newly developed system board LR0G840 and LR0G841 by Sharp is equipped with a 180° Wide-Angle Lens capable of covering the view ahead, to the left, and to the right of the vehicle. The capability of LR0G840 and LR0G841 goes further by recording a high resolution images even at a wide angle view as a result of image sensor and image compression technology developed by Sharp. Read more
