2022-12-13

Kopin Corporation Announces Joint Technology Solution with OPTAC-X and RealWear to Provide Advanced Display Module for Telehealth System

ORLANDO, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Kopin Corporation (Nasdaq: KOPN), a leading developer and provider of high-resolution micro-displays and advanced optics for wearable headset products, today announced a joint technology solution with OPTAC-X, a leading telehealth company, and RealWear, the world’s leading provider of hands-free, assisted reality, rugged wearable headsets. OPTAC-X’s system is the first and only system to offer LTE and SATCOM enabled telehealth – designed to enable life-saving capabilities to medics and first r...
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2022-12-13

Acuity Brands Partners with Dhyan Networks and Technologies to Offer StreetMan Cloud CMS to Acuity Brands Customers with ROAM Systems

ROAM users can now migrate to an advanced street lighting management system to manage their ROAM deployments thereby protecting their investment in ROAM hardware while getting ready to support their smart city initiatives FREMONT, CA, Dec 08, 2022 – Dhyan Networks and Technologies, Inc., (Dhyan), the device management experts, today announced that it has entered into a technology transition agreement with a subsidiary of Acuity Brands, Inc. (Acuity) (NYSE: AYI), a market leader in lighting and building management solutions, whereby Dhyan, as a t...
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2022-12-12

Automotive Forward Lighting - OBF X

Higher brightness and efficacy make LEDs more affordable for automotive forward lighting   Automotive LEDs have proved their value in forward lighting for several years at the premium end of the market. Compared to the traditional halogen lamp technology which dominated the headlamp market earlier in the 21st century, LEDs:   Offer higher efficiency, helping to reduce a vehicle’s fuel or electrical energy consumption Give a much longer – in fact almost unlimited – operating lifetime, avoiding the need for periodic lamp replacement, and...
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2022-12-12

Samsung to exceed 2 million QD-OLED TV shipments in 2024

Samsung is expected to surpass the 1 million shipment mark for QD-OLED TVs next year. As a result, the company will almost triple shipments in 2023, and market watchers predict that Samsung will continue to increase QD-OLED TV shipments through next year and into 2024. Samsung shipped around 450,000 QD-OLED TVs this year, and UBI Research analysts cited by The Elec expect the company to increase QD-OLED shipments to 1.3 million next year. According to the source, Samsung Display increased its QD-OLED production yield to 90% in just one ye...
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2022-12-09

SiLC Technologies Launches Industry’s Most Compact, Powerful Coherent Machine Vision Solution

Eyeonic Vision System Leapfrogs Conventional LiDAR Offerings with Ultra-Long-Range Visibility and Unparalleled Performance; Live Demonstrations Set for CES 2023 The new Eyeonic Vision System integrates SiLC's unique photonics technology into the industry’s first available turnkey vision solution. (Photo: Business Wire)   MONROVIA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--SiLC Technologies, Inc. (SiLC), recognized for advancing the state of machine vision, today announced the launch of the EyeonicTM Vision System, the i...
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2022-12-09

Cepton to Unveil Award-Winning New Lidar and Showcase State-of-the-Art Automotive Integration at CES 2023

Visit Booth No. 5553 for demonstrations of Cepton’s multi-lidar vehicle integration solutions in a Chevy Silverado and Ford F-150 Named a CES 2023 Innovation Award honoree, Cepton will reveal new award-winning Vista®-X120 Plus Koito management will be present to share information about partnership with Cepton and plan for further collaboration   December 08, 2022 09:00 AM Eastern Standard Time   SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Cepton, Inc. (“Cepton”) (Nasdaq: CPTN), a Silicon Valley innovat...
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2022-12-09

AGC to Exhibit Next-generation Mobility-enabling Products & Technologies at CES2023

Will include solutions being showcased for the first time globally   AGC‘s booth at CES2023 (#4377, Vehicle Tech & Advanced Mobility, LVCC - West Hall) (Graphic: Business Wire)   TOKYO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--AGC, the provider of a wide range of solutions from automotive and display glass to the cutting-edge materials essential for next-generation mobility, will exhibit at CES2023, the world's leading technology trade show, being held in Las Vegas during January 3-8, 2023. The 3rd and 4th will be reserved for media a...
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2022-12-08

ITRI to Exhibit Innovations in Sports, Fitness, AI, Robotics and ICT at CES 2023 and Sports and Fitness at CES Unveiled Las Vegas

ITRI's innovations include a CES 2023 Innovation Awards honoree, AI Aquarium HSINCHU, Dec. 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI), Taiwan's largest and one of the world's leading high-tech applied research institutions, invites you to its CES 2023 booth 9855, North Hall, LVCC and its virtual event site (https://event.itri.org/CES2023) to view its innovations in sports, fitness, AI, robotics and ICT. ITRI also invites you to view its innovations in sports and fitness at CES Unveiled L...
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2022-12-08

TCL's celebration of footballing greatness continues, driving market-leading sales performance

HONG KONG, Dec. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- As the official sponsor of the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF), TCL, a leading global consumer electronics company and global top 2 LCD TV brand, is celebrating the Brazilian national team's progress to the quarter-finals in the world's premier football festival. TCL also expresses its support to its brand ambassadors hailing from top European national teams as they prepare for their upcoming matches. TCL celebrates Team Brazil and makes footballing greatness accessible globally As the celebra...
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2022-12-08

AEye Announces Groundbreaking Immersive Lidar Experience for Attendees at CES 2023

DUBLIN, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--AEye, Inc. (NASDAQ: LIDR), a global leader in adaptive, high-performance lidar solutions, invites attendees to an immersive lidar experience at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES), taking place January 5 - 8, 2023 in Las Vegas. Visitors to AEye’s indoor and outdoor exhibit areas can experience lidar first-hand by stepping inside a virtual reality lidar data point cloud, walking through a live, lidar-monitored crosswalk, and riding through the streets of Las Vegas in AEye’s ShadowVan demonstration v...
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2022-12-07

Hyundai Mobis to Unveil New Technologies for Purpose-built Mobility at CES 2023

Hyundai Mobis will share future purpose-built vehicle (PBV) concept models at CES 2023, in addition to 19 newly-developed, mobility technologies New swivel display technology and concept rear suspension technology honored with the CES 2023 Innovation Award The company will host a press event on the future direction of business and its carbon neutral initiatives     LAS VEGAS and SEOUL, South Korea, Dec. 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Hyundai Mobis will be showcasing its products in its largest exhibition space ever at...
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2022-12-07

Monolithic GaN optoelectronics on silicon

Researchers in China and Japan have demonstrated a monolithic gallium nitride (GaN) optoelectronic system on silicon (Si) substrate consisting of a transmitter, modulator, waveguide, beam splitter, receivers and monitor [Hao Zhang et al, Appl. Phys. Lett., v121, p181103, 2022].   The team from China’s Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications and Zhengzhou University and Japan’s Nagoya University are seeking to promote optoelectronic systems with low power consumption while using monolithic integration on silicon to reduce material, pr...
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2022-12-06

Samsung Display and Universal Display Corporation Enter into Long-Term OLED Agreements

EWING, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Universal Display Corporation (Nasdaq: OLED), enabling energy-efficient displays and lighting with its UniversalPHOLED® technology and materials, today announced the signing of long-term OLED material supply and license agreements with Samsung Display Co., Ltd. (SDC), a global display manufacturing leader. These agreements affirm that Universal Display Corporation will continue to supply its proprietary UniversalPHOLED phosphorescent OLED materials and technology to Samsung Display for use in its ...
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2022-12-06

ROHM and BASiC Semiconductor Form a Strategic Partnership Contributing to the technical innovation of new energy vehicles through the development of automotive SiC power devices

Shenzhen BASiC Semiconductor and ROHM have entered into a strategic partnership agreement on SiC power devices for automotive applications. A signing ceremony was held at ROHM’s headquarters in Kyoto to commemorate the occasion.   The signing ceremony was concluded by Weiwei He (right), General Manager of Shenzhen BASiC Semiconductor Ltd. and Isao Matsumoto (left), President and CEO of ROHM Co., Ltd.   Under this agreement, the two companies will leverage their respective strengths to innovate and improve the performance o...
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2022-12-06

ams OSRAM announces the closing of the sale of Traxon Technologies to Prosperity Group

Premstaetten, Austria and Munich, Germany (2 December 2022) -- ams OSRAM (SIX: AMS), a global leader in optical solutions, announces the closing of the sale of the Traxon Technologies architectural lighting business to Prosperity Group. Traxon Technologies Limited, a leader in architectural lighting including its world class portfolio of benchmark dynamic lighting control systems e:cue and Traxon-created OSRAM and Traxon branded luminaires, has been established as an independent company within Prosperity Group where Traxon is a licensee of the OSRAM b...
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2022-12-02

High Throughput Micro-LED Test Probe and Solution

With more and more mature technology for Mini- and Micro-LEDs fabrication, manufacturers are gearing up for the production phase and critically looking for more test efficiency and fast testing for the optical devices. STAr Technologies, as the leading Mini- and Micro-LEDs tester supplier continuously develops measurement technology to enhance optical testing capabilities and parallel test efficiency and to achieve cost-effective high-volume production.   STAr Unicorn-LAIT II Tester Equipped EMI Shielded Test Environment   STAr's U...
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2022-12-02

ams OSRAM’s blue laser diode in chip-on-submount format enables Convergent Photonics to create innovation in industrial and medical applications

New blue laser diode from ams OSRAM enables Convergent Photonics to mount micro-optics close to laser facet to give excellent control of beam shape and size Specialist manufacturer Convergent Photonics uses chip-on-submount products to increase optical power and reduce size of laser modules for welding equipment and advanced surgical instruments ams OSRAM’s blue laser diode in chip-on-submount format provides compact alternative to familiar TO can package Premstaetten, Austria (29 November, 2022) -- ams OSRAM (SIX: AMS), a global ...
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2022-11-30

Tokyo's new blue quantum dots promise more energy-efficient displays

“Bottom up, self-organizing chemistry” process has been developed by the lab of Professor Eiichi Nakamura. Quantum dots are nanoscale crystals capable of emitting light of different colors. Display devices based on quantum dots promise greater power efficiency, brightness and color purity than previous generations of displays. Of the three colors typically required to display full color images—red, green and blue—the last has proved difficult to produce. A new method developed at the University of Tokyo based on self-organizing chemical structures offers...
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2022-11-30

Current Chemicals Showcases Next-Generation Display Technology at Phosphors & Quantum Dots Industry Forum 2022

SAN FRANCISCO October 27, 2022 – Current Chemicals is unveiling market-ready miniLED LCD displays with phosphor film at the Phosphors & Quantum Dots Industry Forum 2022 in San Francisco this week. These displays are high contrast and wide color gamut (WCG) to deliver a best-in-class viewing experience. Current Chemicals encapsulated Current’s TriGain® KSF/PFS red phosphor and Current’s new JADEluxe™ narrow-band green (NBG) phosphor into a phosphor film and partnered with Innolux to manufacture the miniLE...
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2022-11-30

Smart Cockpits Drive Explosive Automotive Display Growth

TrendForce released the 2022 Global Automotive LED Product Trend and Regional Market Analysis, which indicated shipments of automotive LED display panels will reach 185 million units this year. New automotive display trends include 1.5m full-width display, free shape, transparent display and high resolution (250 ppi) in addition to HDR, local dimming and wide gamut. Shipments are expected to jump to 241 million in 2026 with a compound annual growth rate of +7% from 2022-2026.     The smart cockpit can be considered a system designed to integrate messag...
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2022-11-29

VCSEL-powered lidar to feature on new Changan car

Hesai, which has partnered with Lumentum, to provide sensors for forthcoming electric vehicle. Hesai, the Shanghai-based lidar company, says it has agreed a deal to provide its “AT128” sensors for a new car being built by fellow Chinese firm Changan Automobile.   Changan Automobile concept car   Based around vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser (VCSEL) arrays emitting at 905 nm, the AT128 units are claimed to have a range of 200 meters (for objects with a reflectivity of 10 per cent).   Lumentum supply deal O...
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2022-11-29

NITRIDE RGB + UV micro LED Chip Kit

◆Overview  In addition to micro-ultraviolet (UV) LEDs with a peak wavelength of 385nm, we have successfully developed three types of visible micro-LEDs with a peak wavelength of 620nm for red, 510nm for green, and 450nm for blue. In 2018 we have succeeded in high-efficiency light emission of micro UV-LEDs with a size of 12 μm x 24 μm and its peak wavelength of 385nm (patented), and have already supplied samples to many users. We have also developed visible LEDs, because many users request micro-sized chips for red, blue, and green LEDs. This time, especi...
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2022-11-28

Light Curtain Appears in the Giant Water Tank in Aquarium!

Ishikawa Prefectural Fureai Public Corporation in Building 2 of Ishikawa Prefectural Industry Exhibition Hall We are pleased to announce that our LED floodlights, LEDSFOCUS PRO, is now used at the huge aquarium tank of whale sharks and other species at Notojima Aquarium in Nanao City, Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan. Notojima Aquarium is located on Noto Island, east of Noto Peninsula. Notojima Aquarium opened in July 1982 as the only aquarium in Ishikawa Prefecture. One of the most popular exhibits in the aquarium is the giant water tank wit...
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2022-11-28

BluGlass partners with Ganvix to develop GaN VCSELs

BluGlass has signed a paid development agreement with Ganvix, Inc - a leading developer of GaN Vertical Cavity Surface Emitting Lasers (VCSELs) Ganvix has selected BluGlass’ RPCVD technology to enable the development of green VCSELs for advanced applications    Global semiconductor developer BluGlass Limited (ASX: BLG) has entered into a collaboration agreement with Ganvix, Inc. to develop cutting-edge gallium nitride (GaN) vertical cavity surface emitting lasers (VCSELs) for green wavelengths (515nm-525nm). Ganvi...
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2022-11-24

KYOCERA Develops New GaN Laser Chip, World’s Smallest* to be Mass-Produced from Silicon Working Substrate

(a) 100 Micron Long Laser Developed by Kyocera, (b) Micro LED Substrate, and (c) 100 Micron Long Laser (Graphic: Business Wire) Company unveils new process to create functioning 100 micron length micro-light sources with higher yield, lower cost — enabling short cavity lasers and micro-LEDs for autonomous driving, AR, and VR applications KYOTO, Japan--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Kyocera Corporation (President: Hideo Tanimoto)(TOKYO:6971) has developed a new thin-film process technology for making unique silicon (Si) substrates for gallium...
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2022-11-24

Ismaning will become Germany’s soccer center at the 2022 FIFA World Cup: MagentaTV will show all matches and supporting program from hybrid World Cup studio – with support from PLAZAMEDIA

  Ismaning, November 14, 2022 – Deutsche Telekom will air all 64 matches of the 2022 FIFA World Cup live on MagentaTV from November 20 to December 18. Today, Telekom presented the hybrid World Cup studio at a Media Day at PLAZAMEDIA at the AGROB Medienpark in Ismaning near Munich. During MagentaTV’s coverage, this new and innovative XR LED Studio from PLAZAMEDIA will be a central element, combining real set architecture and physical media feeds with a digitally generated, virtual extension (“augmented real...
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2022-11-24

KAIST Team Develops Surface-Lighting MicroLED Patch with Significant Melanogenesis Inhibition Effect​

A KAIST research team led by Ph.d candidate Jae Hee Lee and Professor Keon Jae Lee from the Department of Materials Science and Engineering has developed a surface-lighting microLED patch for UV-induced melanogenesis inhibition.  Melanin is brown or dark pigments existing in the skin, which can be abnormally synthesized by external UV or stress. Since the excessive melanin leads to skin diseases such as spots and freckles, proper treatment is required to return normal skin condition.    Recently, LED-based photo-stimulators have been rele...
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2022-11-24

Valeo’s third generation LiDAR chosen by Stellantis for its level 3 automation capability

Stellantis has chosen Valeo's third-generation LiDAR to equip multiple models of its different automotive brands from 2024. The Valeo SCALA 3 LiDAR will enable these vehicles to be certified for level 3 automation, allowing drivers to safely take their hands off the steering wheel and their eyes off the road. As Yves Bonnefont, Chief Software Officer and member of Stellantis’ Top Executive Team, explains: “What sets cars apart from others today is the driving experience they offer. Thanks to our L3 autonomous driving solution leveraging Valeo...
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2022-11-24

To know more about the 3rd generation of Valeo’s LiDAR

An interview with Clément Nouvel, Valeo LiDAR Technical Director LiDARs are essential to the development of the autonomous car and the drastic road safety improvements that come along. Up to 30% of premium new vehicles are set to reach level 3 automation by 2030, and to do so will be equipped with LiDAR technology. As well as cars, robotaxis, delivery droids, autonomous trucks or vehicles for industrial and agriculture sectors will come equipped with this technology. Clément Nouvel is LiDAR Technical Product Line Director and leads over 300 ...
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2022-11-24

Munich Electronics Fair | Let the world see Refond intelligent manufacturing

From November 15th to 18th, 2022, the biennial Electronica 2022 in Munich, Germany will be held as scheduled. Elites from the electronics industry from all over the world gathered in Munich, Germany, to discuss the development of the global electronics industry in the past two years, and look forward to the future of the electronics market.     Refond Booths & Products   As an industry-leading optoelectronic component solution service provider, the Refond Optoelectronics team went to Germany to participate in the exhibition with major globa...
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New XLamp® S Line LEDs enhance growth, last longer, lower energy costs Horticulture and other forms of agricultural lighting require application-tuned ratios of spectral content, high efficacy and long lifetimes. Whether you are interest... READ MORE
Cree LED delivers superior brightness, light quality and efficiency for portable applications. Our XLamp® LEDs are ideally suited for torch, flashlight, tactical flashlight, head lamp, bike light, weapon light and lantern portable applicat... READ MORE