Electronics News
Archive : 29 May 2015 год
Flexible electronics specialist FlexEnable says it has made a technology breakthrough which makes the manufacture of glass free LCDs practical and cost effective. Supporting the development, the company will demonstrate a full colour conformal in plane switching organic LCD at the forthcoming SID event in San Jose. It adds the display is light, thin and robust.
Flexible electronics specialist FlexEnable says it has made a technology breakthrough which makes the manufacture of glass free LCDs practical and cost effective. Supporting the development, the company will demonstrate a full colour conformal in plane switching organic LCD at the forthcoming SID event in San Jose. It adds the display is light, thin and robust.
The approach is said by the company to enable the manufacture of a TFT array directly on to ultra low cost plastics such as triacetyl cellulose; commonly used as a base for polarisers and compensation layers in LCDs. resulting in the lowest cost process for flexible displays and better 'front of screen' performance than offered by amorphous silicon.
Indro Mukerjee, FlexEnable's chairman, said: "By bundling our know how and experience in the industrialisation of flexible electronics, FlexEnable has created FabEnable, delivering significant returns to display makers through the upgrade of conventional FPD lines."
Author
Graham Pitcher
Source: www.newelectronics.co.uk
Freescale has unveiled three additions to its i.MX 6 application processor portfolio, claiming the new parts offer higher levels of security, performance and power management, while optimising the system bill of materials.
The i.MX 6DualPlus and i.MX 6QuadPlus devices are said by the company to deliver 'dramatic' graphics and memory performance enhancements, while the i.MX 6UltraLite targets cost and space constrained applications. The 6DualPlus and 6QuadPlus parts are software and pin compatible with a broad range of i.MX 6 processors.
Ron Martino, vice president of Applications Processors and Advanced Technology Adoption for Freescale's MCU group, said: "These newest i.MX 6 processors are designed to enable the creation of wildly innovative products for smarter and more secure automotive and Internet of Tomorrow applications."
The i.MX 6DualPlus and i.MX 6QuadPlus integrate multiple ARM Cortex-A9 cores. Both are said to more than double the graphics performance of previous parts to and improve memory utilisation by more than 50%.
The i.MX 6UltraLite, meanwhile, is targeted at applications where security, cost and power efficiency are important. With an ARM Cortex-A7 core and available in 14 x 14mm and 9 x 9mm BGA packages, the i.MX 6UltraLite is claimed as the smallest and most energy efficient ARM based processor.
Author
Graham Pitcher
Source: www.newelectronics.co.uk
NXP is selling its RF power business to Chinese company Jianguang Asset Management for $1.8bn in a move which will help to fund NXP's acquisition of Freescale.
Under the agreement, Jianguang – also known as JAC Capital – will not only acquire NXP's RF power business, but also some 2000 NXP employees, including the complete management team. The deal will also see the transfer of all relevant patents and IP, along with a back operation in the Philippines that focuses on package, test and assembly of RF power products. The acquisition is expected to complete later in 2015.
"Although we would have expected a higher valuation in a regular disposal, JAC Capital's ability to support continued growth and development of the business and its ability to sign and close a transaction rapidly was a key factor in enabling the best outcome for our customers and shareholders, as well as supporting the closure of the merger with Freescale Semiconductor," said NXP's Rick Clemmer, pictured.
"We are happy to reach an agreement to acquire the RF Power business from NXP with its strong team and established technology. We will keep on increasing investment in R&D, manufacturing and customer service of the new company to strengthen its market position," said Brighten Li, chairman of JAC Capital' Investment Evaluation Committee.
Author
Graham Pitcher
Source: www.newelectronics.co.uk