Brighter Flat Panels Through Nano-Manipulation -- Braggone Introduces New LUXONE Product Line.Patented New Platform of Optical and Electrical Coatings Will Make TVs, Mobile Screens and Flexible Displays Brighter and Less Power Hungry OULU, Finland -- Optoelectronic Refers to devices that function due to the interaction of light and electronics. For example, an electronic signal is the input to a laser diode, which generates light pulses that are transmitted through an optical fiber. materials supplier Braggone announced today a new product line that will enable end-user manufacturers of flat panel displays A thin display screen for computer and TV usage. The first flat panels appeared on laptop computers in the mid-1980s, and the LCD technology became the standard. Stand-alone LCD screens became available for desktop computers in the mid-1990s and exceeded sales of CRTs for the first time to cost effectively tune their newest product models to significantly better levels of quality and performance. Braggone's patented, novel nano-manipulation platform of optical and electrical coatings and nano-structures can be implemented directly into flat panel TVs and mobile communication device screens for brighter displays and less power consumption. Braggone's new material product line, LUXONE[TM], is an enabler of next generation displays and flexible optoelectronic devices. These products can be utilized as optoelectronic components in flat panel, mobile phone and micro displays. Typical components manufactured with LUXONE are ultra thin and include efficient reflectors and light extractors that are implemented inside the display devices. "These optical and electrical layers were previously integrated into components through complicated and expensive high temperature vacuum processes and have also required complex patterning processes," commented Ari Karkkainen, one of the inventors of the technology and R&D director at Braggone. "With Braggone's technology and products integration scheme, the coating deposition and patterning can take place through a vacuumless process at low temperatures. Coatings are in liquid form prior to processing and therefore can be deposited with standard integrated circuit integrated circuit (IC), electronic circuit built on a semiconductor substrate, usually one of single-crystal silicon. The circuit, often called a chip, is packaged in a hermetically sealed case or a nonhermetic plastic capsule, with leads extending from it for and flat panel industry process tools and even with conventional printing equipment," he added. For several years Braggone has been collaborating with the VTT VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland VTT Valtion Teknillinen Tutkimuskeskus (Finnish: Technical Research Centre of Finland) VTT Vélo Tout Terrain (French: mountain bike; aka ATB or MTB) Technical Research Centre in Finland in VTT's printable print·a·ble adj. 1. Capable of being printed or of producing a print: printable negatives. 2. Fit for publication: printable language. electronics and optics center, the world leader in roll-to-roll optoelectronics See optoelectronic. processing. The focus of the work was to test Braggone's product feasibility. "We have now achieved a refined printing process that provides cost effective quality solutions," commented Arto Maaninen, technology manager of printable electronics and optics at VTT. "We have demonstrated what Braggone's unique nanomaterial technology can really achieve and with this new technology we can significantly boost our roll-to-roll product development programs." Braggone was recently issued a US Patent for its LUXONE product line. Editor's Background Information: The company's material technology - its unique nano-manipulation - allows a flexible modification of the inorganic-organic polymer material properties to suit specific applications. These flexible yet stable materials coat or print onto substrates at greater efficiency, lower temperatures and higher yields. The company's current materials products are applied in digital displays used on current and next generation mobile phones and televisions, sophisticated semiconductors and logic chips for digital cameras and console game
A console game is a form of interactive multimedia used for entertainment. panels, and flash memories for PCs and MP3 devices. In August Braggone announced a new round of funding to support ramp-up of its production in Finland and to qualify for ISO (1) See ISO speed. (2) (International Organization for Standardization, Geneva, Switzerland, www.iso.ch) An organization that sets international standards, founded in 1946. The U.S. member body is ANSI. certification. About Braggone Ltd With offices located in Oulu, Finland, and London, Braggone is an innovative technology company focused on the manufacturing of advanced optoelectronic and information electronic materials and components. Braggone's portfolio of materials and processes are utilized to improve performance and facilitate production for various component and system structures. Braggone's capabilities in enhancing its customers' product performance are based on its success in exploiting and effectively processing the linkage linkage In mechanical engineering, a system of solid, usually metallic, links (bars) connected to two or more other links by pin joints (hinges), sliding joints, or ball-and-socket joints to form a closed chain or a series of closed chains. between fundamental material development and advanced applications of its clients in fields such as flat panel displays, semiconductor manufacturing, digital cameras, telecommunication telecommunication Communication between parties at a distance from one another. Modern telecommunication systems—capable of transmitting telephone, fax, data, radio, or television signals—can transmit large volumes of information over long distances. optics and photonic crystal A nanostructured array of holes used as an optical semiconductor. Just as electronic bandgaps prevent electrons from passing through, photonic crystals create photonic bandgaps that confine light. materials. Additional information on Braggone can be found at www.braggone.com. |
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