Special Seminar Presented by the Stanford Optical Society
e-Paper Technology and Future Development
Dr. Janglin Chen
Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) in Taiwan
Friday, January 14, 4:00 PM, CISX 101
Electronic paper (e-Paper) has drawn much attention for its promise to curb the overuse of paper, such as printed matters, and documents, etc. The one important feature of e-Paper displays is that they do not require backlight to operate, providing a paper-like, power saving, reading experience. Also, their bi-stability enables zero power consumption for still image display.
e-Paper is projected, by many market research firms, to have huge potential in a variety of applications, such as e-Book, POP/e-Signage, shelf labels, and others. Among them, e-Reader, the first major e-paper product following the launch of Amazon's Kindle in 2007, has caught most fanfare. Initial products have limited color capability, and are on rigid substrate, such as glass. Research and development, next, will aim at colorization, refresh-rate enhancement, touch function, and high flexibility, etc.
To meet the future needs for digital life style and for a 'greener' display panel, ITRI has focused research topics on flexible display technologies. For digital life, flexible EPD, OLED will address the portability, while flexible touch is to enhance user-friendly interface. For 'green panel,' large-area, roll-to-roll coatable Ch-LCD will deliver power saving, material and cost advantages. Meanwhile, flexible substrate and TFT backplane are developed as the basic, enabling technologies to render today's many rigid displays to become flexible.
About the speaker
Dr. Janglin (John) Chen is a Vice President of Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) in Taiwan, and the General Director of ITRI's Display Technology Center. Prior to Joining ITRI, Dr. Chen was a Research Fellow of Eastman Kodak Company in Rochester, New York, where he held many R&D managerial positions from 1982 to 2006, and is the author of sixty technical articles, and 33 issued US Patents. A native of Taiwan, Dr. Chen holds a Bachelor degree from National Tsing Hua University, Ph.D. degree from Polytechnic University in Brooklyn, New York, and is a graduate of Stanford Executive Program, Gradate School of Business, Stanford University. In ITRI, Dr. Chen and his staff focus on new display and advanced technology research, including flexible displays, substrates, inorganic and organic TFTs. Dr. Chen also holds the appointment of Adjunct Professorship with Display Institute of National Chiao-Tung University, and is the Chairman of Taiwan Display Material & Device Association (TDMDA).
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