PARC, Uni-Pixel Collaborate on MEMS for FPD
Staff Reporter -- EDN, May 11, 2006
Uni-Pixel Inc. said today that it is working with the Palo Alto Research Center (PARC) on the development and commercialization of Uni-Pixel's TMOS display technology.
TMOS, or Time Multiplexed Optical Shutter, is a patented micro electromechanical systems (MEMS) approach to flat panel displays (FPD) that uses a single pixel structure to emit the full color spectrum. PARC has experience with both MEMS and display technologies and, therefore, provides applied expertise to Uni-Pixel's development efforts, Uni-Pixel said.
The Woodlands, Texas-based company believes that its TMOS technology will offer significant advantages over existing alternatives, such as lower manufacturing cost, greater power efficiency, improved image quality, increased durability and reliability, versatile production sizes, and flexible, shapeable and transparent display capabilities.
"The Uni-Pixel/PARC collaboration will help in defining a licensable commercial manufacturing process for our TMOS display technology,” said Reed Killion, president of Uni-Pixel, in a statement. “We are targeting multiple engineering prototypes by the first quarter of 2007 which will be used by our vertical market partners for life and environmental testing as part of their qualification effort.
"Our ability to realize the engineering prototypes in a reasonable time frame is enhanced tremendously by our relationship with PARC," he concluded.
