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FPD/PCB NEWS`March 23


Toyobo practicalizes power-generating material for OPV with world's top-level conversion efficiency under room light

Toyobo and the French government research institute CEA have succeeded in making trial organic photovoltaics (OPV) small cells on a glass substrate with the world's top-level conversion efficiency in a dim room, and trial OPV modules on a lightweight and thin PET film substrate during their joint research project. The trial products use a power-generating material for OPV that Toyobo has been developing.

Toyobo aims to put the material into early practical use, mainly as a wireless power source in such devices as temperature-humidity and motion sensors. The material can dissolve easily even in halogen-free solvents, allowing it to be coated evenly on a substrate, thus it can generate power stably with little individual difference.

FPD/PCB NEWS`March 12


Sharp Files Patent Infringement Lawsuit Regarding LCDs against CHOT

Sharp announced to file a patent infringement lawsuit against Xianyang CaiHong Optoelectronics Technology (China) which is manufacturing and selling liquid crystal panels, TPV Technology (Hong Kong) including its subsidiaries, and Vizio (USAU) in the United States District Court for the Central District of California. Sharp alleges that these entities have infringed twelve patents related to Liquid Crystal Display (LCD), including Polymer-Sustained Alignment (PSA) and High Definition Display Technologies.