182 news items tagged thin-film
TSMC fab tool suppliers see promising outlook
Monday 6 July 2020Taiwan-based semiconductor equipment suppliers engaged in TSMC's supply chain are set to be among the beneficiaries of the foundry house's advanced process capacity expansion with...
Catcher developing heat dissipation solutions
Wednesday 1 July 2020Catcher Technology has formed a team dedicated to the development of heat dissipation solutions as the chassis maker is stepping up its product diversification efforts, according...
Sharp files complaint against CHOT, TPV, Vizio with ITC
Thursday 23 April 2020Sharp has filed a patent infringement lawsuit with the US ITC against Xianyang CaiHong Optoelectronics Technology (CHOT), TPV Technology and Vizio, accusing them of infringing one...
TIRI, Hiwin to jointly develop smart real-time inspection equipment for CIGS thin-film PV modules
Wednesday 22 April 2020The Taiwan Instrument Research Institute (TIRI) has disclosed it has teamed up with mechanical motion control component maker Hiwin Technologies to develop smart real-time equipment...
ProLogium hikes solid-state LCB energy density to 600Wh/L
Tuesday 27 August 2019Solid-state lithium ceramic battery (LCB) maker ProLogium Technology, in engineering development of such batteries, has succeeded in hiking energy density to 600Wh/L, 20% higher than...
INT promoting innovative display technologies
Monday 26 August 2019Taiwan-based display technology developing company Innovative and Transformation (INT) will promote it in-house-developed UHPD (ultra-high pixel-density) and SPIC (smart pixel and...
EIH announces strategic investment in Plastic Logic
Thursday 13 June 2019E-paper solution provider E Ink Holding (EIH) has announced a strategic investment in Plastic Logic HK, which designs and develops electrophoretic display (EPD) products based on...
OLED encapsulation materials market to grow 16% CAGR by 2021, says IHS
Wednesday 23 August 2017The popularity of organic light-emitting diode (OLED) TVs and smartphones has boosted not only the OLED display market but also the OLED encapsulation materials market. According...
New competitor in MLO field will not affect CHPT 2017 performance
Thursday 4 May 2017In response to rival MJC Probe (MPI) developing proprietary multi-layer organic (MLO) technology for probe cards, Chunghwa Precision Test Technology (CHPT) president Scott Huang said...
Hulk Energy obtains IEC, UL certification for Cigs-3000 series PV module
Monday 12 October 2015CIGS thin-film PV module maker Hulk Energy Technology has obtained IEC 61646, IEC 61730 and UL 703 certification, and it also passed UL Type 1 fire-retardant testing for its Cigs-3000...
Handset vendors decreasing touch panel orders for 4Q15
Friday 4 September 2015Major handset vendors are only expected to put in about 20-30% of their originally estimated touch panel orders heading into the fourth quarter of 2015, which is putting a damper...
TSMC Solar shutdown reflects challenges to CIGS thin-film PV module makers
Wednesday 26 August 2015Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company's (TSMC) decision to shut down its wholly-owned subsidiary, TSMC Solar, underscores the challenges facing makers of CIGS (copper-indium-gallium-selenide)...
Sharp plans to stop in-house production of a-Si thin-film PV modules, says Nikkei News
Friday 31 July 2015Japan-based Sharp plans to stop in-house production of amorphous silicon (a-Si) thin-film PV modules as they are less price competitive, according to Japan-based Nikkei News
Taisys showcasing smart thin-film SIM, slimduet application at MWC Shanghai
Thursday 16 July 2015Taisys Technologies, a Taiwan-based provider of solutions for vertically integrating telecom and mobile banking services, is exhibiting in-house-developed smart thin-film SIM technology...
Hulk Energy obtains Fraunhofer ISE certification for CIGS thin-film PV modules
Wednesday 8 July 2015CIGS (copper-indium-gallium-selenide) thin-film PV module maker Hulk Energy Technology has obtained maximum power generation certification by Germany-based Fraunhofer Institute for...
Hulk Energy sees booming orders for Cigs-3000 CIGS thin-film PV modules
Wednesday 10 June 2015Hulk Energy Technology has received orders for Cigs-3000 series CIGS (copper-indium-gallium-selenide) thin-film PV modules with shipments scheduled through August, according to the...
TSMC Solar reaches 16.5% conversion rate for CIGS thin-film PV modules
Wednesday 29 April 2015TSMC Solar on April 28 announced that it has attained a record energy conversion rate of 16.5% for 1.09m2 CIGS (copper-indium-gallium-selenide) thin-film PV modules using existing...
Toes Opto-Mechatronics launches flexible thin-film battery, seizing smart wearable application opportunities
Monday 12 January 2015According to IEK, shipments of wearable devices are expected to reach 191.2 million units, with total market value reaching up to US$20.55 billion in 2018. This will trigger rising...
Touch panel makers see shipments for thin-film touch panels increase
Wednesday 1 October 2014Touch panel makers are seeing shipments for thin-film touch panels used in low-priced handsets increase as the technology continues to drop in price.
PV thin-film makers seize North America market share due to the US-China trade war, says EnergyTrend
Friday 8 August 2014After the US announced its preliminary determination on the CVD and AD duty, PV makers in both China and Taiwan have been confronted by high tariff rates. Module and cell prices shipped...
Digitimes Research: Touch panel makers in Greater China focused on thin-film and OGS products in 2014
Thursday 29 May 2014Touch panel makers in Greater China are focused on thin-film and OGS products in 2014, according to Digitimes Research.
Xiaomi to increase orders for thin-film touch panels
Tuesday 22 April 2014Xiaomi is expected to increase orders to panel makers for thin-film type touch panels, according to supply chain sources.
TSMC Solar to triple CIGS thin-film PV module capacity, says paper
Monday 7 April 2014Taiwan-based CIGS (copper-indium-gallium-selenide) thin-film PV module maker TSMC Solar, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, will expand its annual...
TSMC Solar to triple CIGS thin-film PV module capacity
Thursday 20 February 2014TSMC Solar, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company's (TSMC) wholly-owned subsidiary maker of CIGS thin-film PV modules, will expand its annual production capacity from 40MWp currently...
Acer to use thin-film touch technology in notebooks and tablets released in 2014
Wednesday 22 January 2014Acer will reportedly use mostly thin-film touch technology in notebooks and tablets it releases in 2014, according to supply chain sources.