Entries summary:

• Ir Xt5, Modular Rework System
• Austriamicrosystems, Lcd Backlighting
• Chip Utilizing, Chip Utilizing Extreme
• Licensing Agreement, Cross Licensing Agreement

PDR, a leading rework systems vendor and the pioneer of Focused IR technology, used Productronica 2007 as a platform to launch its hotly anticipated modular rework system – the IR-XT5 designed to deliver unparalleled flexibility for SMT/BGA rework. Recognising the dynamics of the industry and the ever-changing needs of its customers PDR, has long distinguished itself from other rework technology suppliers by providing its clients with modular equipment that can grow with their needs – and with their budgets. "After all", as PDR's managing director Roger Gibbs says, "why invest in all those bells and whistles before you really need them?" About PDR Since 1986 PDR has pioneered the use of Focused Infra-Red (FIR) technology in SMT rework equipment, including the world's first hand held IR soldering/desoldering tool, called SolderLight. With over 3,500 installations worldwide, PDR systems are used by many of the world's leading OEMs and EMS providers...

Our innovative AS3693/94 LED drivers are gaining acceptance among major LCD panel and LCD TV manufacturers with very positive feedback from OEMs after initial tests. austriamicrosystems’ high precision LED drivers fit 100% with the latest LCD backlight technologies like local dimming– no matter if RGB or white LEDs. - Markus Luidolt, - austriamicrosystems. austriamicrosystems , a leading designer and manufacturer of high performance analog ICs for communications, industrial, medical and automotive applications, has extended its high brightness LED driver portfolio with the AS3693 and AS3694, especially designed to support LED-based LCD backlighting applications. About austriamicrosystems austriamicrosystems is a leading designer and manufacturer of high performance analog ICs, combining more than 25 years of analog design capabilities and system know-how with its own state-of-the-art manufacturing and test facilities...

  The EUV device structures underwent electrical testing at AMD, with transistors showing characteristics very consistent with those of test chips built using only 193 nm immersion lithography. These wafers will receive additional metal interconnect layers using standard Fab processing so that large memory arrays can also be tested..

The license, which is royalty bearing to Kodak, enables LG Display to use Kodak technology, including yield-improving capabilities for Active Matrix OLED (AMOLED) modules. The agreement with LG Display is the latest in a series of moves that Kodak has made as the company commercializes its innovative OLED technology..