A bi-weekly event to present and discuss issues related to developments, applications and commercialization of nanotechnology.
The flat panel display paradigm:
successful implementation of
microelectronic processes on gigantic
wafers
Speaker: Dr. Zvi Yaniv
Applied Nanotech, Inc.
Austin, TX
(VIDEO CONFERENCED FROM THE AUSTIN OFFICE OF WINSTEAD PC)
Abstract: During the last twenty years, we all have been
witnessing the exceptional growth of the flat panel display
industry. The concept of television on the wall is becoming
a reality. Recent breakthroughs in liquid crystal display
(LCD) and plasma display panel (PDP) technologies yielded
42", 50" and even 60" diagonal models.
For microelectronic semiconductor engineers the extension
to 300 mm wafers is considered a great challenge. How
about 3m x 3m wafers on glass or even plastic substrates?
We are in the midst of an extraordinary revolution. Can
these technologies evolve in order to facilitate the
implementation of the high definition television (HDTV)
dream of 80"-100" diagonal products? Can we achieve the
prophecy of a flexible, roll-up high resolution display?
The presentation will include an overview and analysis of flat
panel display technologies and the continuous parallel
progress of microlithographic processes that allowed their
success. I will also make a modest attempt to predict the
future.
Bio: Dr. Zvi Yaniv Dr. Yaniv is the President and Chief Operating
Officer of Nano-Proprietary, Inc. (NPI, www.nano-
proprietary.com) and the President and Chief Executive
Officer of Applied Nanotech, Inc. in Austin, TX, guiding the
company to become a pioneer in nanotechnology in general
and a leader in the display industry utilizing electron field
emission from carbon films/carbon nanotubes, in particular.
Dr. Yaniv is an authority in electro-optics, liquid crystal
technology, amorphous semiconductors, technology
commercialization and business management. He has
published over 200 articles, holds more than 150 patents,
and has extensive contacts in the U.S., Europe, Israel and
the Far East.
Dr. Zvi Yaniv was a founder of Kent Display Systems in
Kent, Ohio, the "no-power" reflective LCD Company and of
OIS Optical Imaging Systems, Inc. in Novi, Michigan. As
President and CEO of OIS, Inc., he led the company during
its years of development and initial commercialization of
advanced active matrix liquid crystal displays and
amorphous silicon image sensors. While at OIS, Dr. Yaniv
was one of the founders of Unipac (now AU Optronics),
currently one of the premier display companies in Taiwan.
Earlier, Dr. Yaniv held ranking positions with the Practical
Engineering College, Beer-Sheva; National Institute for
Technical Training, Tel-Aviv; and Ben-Gurion University of
the Negev.
In 1999, Dr. Yaniv introduced a new expression of kinetic art
(Digital Windows, www.digitalwindows.net), allowing static
two- or three- dimensional artworks to become dynamic and
interactive.
Dr. Yaniv holds a B.Sc. in physics/mathematics and a
M.Sc. in electro-optics with distinction from the Hebrew
University of Jerusalem, and earned a M.Sc. and a Ph.D. in
physics at Kent State University. He has received awards
from both universities and the Scientific Research Society.
Dr. Yaniv is a member of the Board of Directors of NPI, the
Nanoparticles Applications Center of Texas State University
and the Society for Information Display (SID). In May 1989,
Dr. Yaniv was elected Fellow of the Society for Information
Display for "his innovation and leadership in the
development of large area high performance active matrix
LCDs and scanners." As a member of the SID, Dr. Yaniv
founded two chapters of the Americas Region: the
Metropolitan Detroit and the Texas Chapters and served as
director of these chapters for more than ten years.
In March 2000, Dr. Yaniv was nominated and he accepted
the honorific title of Senior Research Fellow of the IC2
Institute of the University of Texas. In January 2001 Dr.
Yaniv founded the Nanomaterials Applications Center, now
affiliated with Texas State University.
In December 2003 Dr. Yaniv was nominated and accepted
to become a strategic advisor to Governor Nobuyoshi
Sumita of Shimane Prefecture in Japan in the field of job
creation utilizing the advances in nanotechnology.
