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To: Proud_Infidel who wrote (1387)	5/9/2001 2:13:07 PM
From: Sidney Street	Read Replies (4) of 1929

I followed up with VSEA Inv. Rel. on this IBM announcement re: using ion implantation to improve LCD panel quality; they could not comment but called my noticing the news "a good catch" and said that their equipment was suitable for that kind of process. Also mentioned a similar application for camera lens treatment. Is this a potentially big deal, or would it be a small side business opportunity? >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> IBM Scientists Report Significant Breakthrough in Computer Display Manufacturing -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- May 5, 2001 New technique replaces century-old process; could save millions for producers of high-end displays Yorktown Heights, NY, May 3, 2001...IBM researchers have discovered a new process for manufacturing computer displays that can vastly improve screen quality and viewing angles while saving manufacturers millions of dollars. The breakthrough holds the first real potential to replace a nearly century-old technique that all manufacturers currently use to build display products. As reported in the May 3 issue of the journal Nature, IBM has demonstrated a new non-contact method that uses beams of ions -- electrically charged atoms -- to align the liquid crystal molecules inside the flat-panel liquid crystal displays used in portable and desktop computers and other electronic devices. The new method is the first to replace a process discovered 95 years ago that proved when a substrate is rubbed, it forms a pattern that the liquid crystals align to. Although scientists cannot fully explain how this rubbing process works, it has been used for building displays with LCDs for about 20 years. IBM is considering licensing the patented process to other manufacturers in the $20 billion per year flat-panel display industry and expects to have converted the pilot-line it used to develop this new technique into a full-blown production line by the end of the year. <snip> www2.ibmlink.ibm.com

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