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Display Technologies

Innovative Glass Technologies Provide Solutions for Advanced Displays


Dr. Long Zhifeng (Kevin)
Manager, Application Engineering and Asia Commercial Technology, Corning Display Technologies China November 7, 2011

Agenda
Corning and Display Technologies overview Consumer demand for advanced displays Corning innovative glass technologies enable s new solutions for advanced displays
Thin display Flexible display OLED/LTPS display

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Corning Incorporated
Founded: 1851 Headquarters: Corning, New York Employees: Approximately 26,000 worldwide 2010 Sales: $6.6 Billion Fortune 500 Rank (2010): 391

Corning is the world leader in specialty glass


and ceramics.

We create and make keystone components


that enable high-technology systems for consumer electronics, mobile emissions control, telecommunications, and life sciences.

We succeed through sustained investment


in R&D, 160 years of materials science and process engineering knowledge, and a distinctive collaborative culture.

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Corning greater China overview


Three decades of market leadership and growth
Initial Investment: 1980 Regional Headquarters: Shanghai, China
BEIJING

Number of Employees: More than 3,000 in Greater China Total Investment: Over $3.0 Billion
Wholly Owned Joint Venture Contract Manufacturing
CHENGDU

SHANGHAI HANGZHOU

FUZHOU JIANGMEN TAICHUNG TAINAN

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Over time, all of Corning global divisions s have established business units in China
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BEIJING (2008)
Expansion

Wholly Owned Joint Venture Contract Manufacturing

BEIJING (2012)

Expansion

Telecom
CHENGDU (2000)

BJ CCS (2002)

SH CCS (2002) SH Fiber (2006)

Expansion

SHANGHAI (2010) SHANGHAI (2009)

SHANGHAI Fiber (2002)

Environmental
SHANGHAI (2000)

Expansion

Expansion

SHANGHAI (2007)

SHANGHAI (2012)

Specialty Materials
FUZHOU (2004) JIANGMEN (2009)

Life Sciences
HANGZHOU (2009) WUJIANG (2011)

2000

2005

2010

2012

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Corning Display Technologies is a global business with manufacturing located close to our customers
Beijing, China
CDTC

Sakai City, Japan


Corning Japan KK

Harrodsburg, KY, USA


CDT

Gumi & Cheonan, Korea


Samsung Corning Precision

Tainan & Taichung, Taiwan


CDTT

Shizuoka, Japan
Corning Japan KK

Corning, NY, USA


Corning Incorporated Corporate Headquarters

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Construction of mainland China first full LCD glass s substrate facility on track

Artist rendering of the CDTC Phase II Project located at the Beijing Digital TV Industry Park (Beijing, China)

Approximately US $800 million investment


to construct a new full LCD glass substrate facility in China

Up to Generation 8.5 glass melting and


finishing capabilities

Located in the Beijing Digital TV Industry


Park in the Beijing Economic Technological Development Area
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Construction progress on track and


production slated to begin in 2012

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Consumers are demanding affordable electronic devices with more features


Mobile Slate / NB Monitor TV E-reader

Form Factor

Thin Seamless

Thin / Light Seamless Slim bezel

Thin Seamless Slim bezel


Panel Performance

Thin Seamless Slim bezel Power Resolution Motion blur Durability

Thin / Light

Power Resolution Durability

Power Color shift (slate) Durability

Power

Color Contrast Reflectivity Rewriting speed Touch


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New Features

Touch 3D?

Touch (slate) 3D?


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3D

IPTV 3D

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Glass enhancements meet today cutting-edge s display industry trends


Enhanced Glass

Thin Display
EAGLE XG Slim Glass

Flexible Display
Flexible Glass

OLED/LTPS Display
Corning LotusTM Glass

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Corning glass technologies enable new products s and solutions for advanced displays
EAGLE XG Slim Glass
A thin, environmentally friendly glass ideal for large, highresolution displays and improved 3D images

Flexible Glass
A thin, flexible glass compatible with continuous processing, enabling electronic displays including touch devices, OLEDs, e-book readers and more

Corning LotusTM Glass


A new Corning display glass formulated for today cutting-edge technologies like Oxide-TFT backplanes s and OLED displays

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EAGLE XG Slim creates value for customers across applications by meeting LCD industry demands
Thin and Light (TV)

Enables thinner and lighter devices

Superior damage resistance Better UV transmission for curing process


Product Performance Cost Effectiveness (Portable)

Eliminates or reduces thinning process

Improves brightness and viewing angle for row-interleaved 3D displays

3D with Micro-retarder (TV)

Environmentally Friendly

Supports greener approach for panel manufacturing from lower product carbon footprint; reduces or eliminates environmentally unfriendly chemicals for thinning
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How thin is thin?

0.7 mm
Roughly the thickness of a credit card

0.5 mm
Roughly the thickness of a bed sheet

0.4 mm
Roughly the thickness of denim fabric

0.3 mm
Roughly the thickness of a business card

0.1 mm
Roughly the thickness of a sheet of copy paper

We recently announced the addition of 0.3 mm thick substrates for glass sizes
that support portable devices up to Gen 5

EAGLE XG Slim is also available at 0.4 mm in smaller glass sizes up to Gen 5


and at 0.5 mm in larger glass sizes up to Gen 8
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EAGLE XG Slim substrates improve patterned retarder 3D TV performance


Patterned Retarder CF glass

Wide view angle

Wide aperture

High resolution

L 1080p R

View angle

Thin CF glass improves viewing angle and brightness

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EAGLE XG Slim reduces weight and enables easier direct bonding of advanced 3D components
Advanced 3D displays with active retarder, switchable lenticular or barrier use an additional LC cell to create 3D images adding weight and lamination process cost
3D Lens 3D Cell 3D Cell 3D Lens 3D Cell CF TFT 3D Cell CF TFT
Substrate

173D laptop
Substrate Thickness reduction Weight reduction

0.7 mm 0.5 mm 0.4 mm 0.3 mm

~ 20% ~ 30% ~ 40%

0.209 kg 0.314 kg 0.418 kg

553D TV
Thickness reduction Weight reduction

0.7 mm 0.5 mm 0.4 mm 0.3 mm

~ 20% ~ 30% ~ 40%

2.2 kg 3.3 kg 4.4 kg

3D display with 0.7 mm


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With 0.4 mm

*Assumes all four pieces of glass are 0.4 mm

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Edge Mura is a growing issue as LED edge lit sets penetrate, EAGLE XG Slim can improve by ~25%

Edge mura is a growing


performance issue

Current methods to
improve include more expensive films

Initial testing
demonstrates that thinner glass substrates can improve performance by ~25%

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Finite element modeling: Dynamic analysis of ball drop on LCD panel

Panels with EAGLE XG Slim glass substrates perform similarly to those with thicker glass substrates
Model Assumptions
Surface-1 CF Glass TFT Glass Surface-4 Surface-3 Surface-2 Clamp

Liquid crystal was ignored Ball and back plate were modeled as
rigid bodies made of stainless steel

d
Rigid Back Plate

Conclusions

Max stress occurs on bottom-center of


CF glass

Ball Weight = 535g (Steel); Ball Radius = 25.4 mm; Drop Height = 100 mm
300
1.4mm Panel (d = 0 mm)
Max Principal Stress (Surface-4) [MPa]

1.0 mm thick panel performance


similar to 1.4 mm thick panel
1.4mm Panel (d = 0 mm) 1.0mm Panel (d = 0 mm)

900 800
Max Principal Stress (Surface-2) [MPa]

1.0mm Panel (d = 0 mm) 1.4mm Panel (d = 1.4 mm)

250

1.4mm Panel (d = 1.4 mm) 1.0mm Panel (d = 1.4 mm)

700 600 500 400 300 200 100 0 0.0000

1.0mm Panel (d = 1.4 mm)

200

Max Stress Occurs On Bottom-Center Of CF Glass (surface 2)

150

100

Stress At Bottom-Center Of TFT Glass


50

(surface 4)

0.0002

0.0004

0.0006

0.0008
Time [s]

0.0010

0.0012

0.0014

0 0.0000

0.0002

0.0004

0.0006

0.0008
Time [s]

0.0010

0.0012

0.0014

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Corning glass technologies enable new products s and solutions for advanced displays
EAGLE XG Slim Glass
A thin, environmentally friendly glass ideal for large, highresolution displays and improved 3D images

Flexible Glass
A thin, flexible glass compatible with continuous processing, enabling electronic displays including touch devices, OLEDs, e-book readers and more

Corning LotusTM Glass


A new Corning display glass formulated for today cutting-edge technologies like Oxide-TFT backplanes s and OLED displays

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Ultra-Slim flexible glass enables high-quality, low-cost electronics manufacturing


Roll-to-roll processing (R2R) is a long-time industry goal Significant research dedicated to polymer substrates in R2R
Some laboratory successes, but few commercial products Challenges: surface quality, permeability, and deformation

Glass delivers high electronic performance in R2R processes Corning is working with customers to enable flexible glass processing
Transparent barrier superstrate

Flexible patterning substrate


Printable semiconductor and other active layers

Set assembly

Cutting and module assembly


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Proper forming and handling enable glass reliability


Crack systems form when flaw size and stress reach threshold Glass strength dependent on its history
Bend strengths >6GPa measured immediately after glass forming

Preventing flaws and stress is key to application success


Edge quality affects bend strength
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Surface quality affects bend strength


Surface damage crack systems Minimal defects high bend strength

Failure Probability (%)

90 50 20 10 5 2 1 10 20 50 100 200 500 1000

~10mm
(75 um thick)

Bend Stress (MPa)


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Corning has demonstrated the mechanical reliability of glass in roll-to-roll processing


Glass Winding Roll-to-roll Sputtering

Length 400 mm
Un-wind Re-wind Glass web

75 m Thickness 200 m

Thickness = 50 m

Proven glass winding capability > 300 meter lengths without breakage
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Proven roll-to-roll sputtering with 75 mm and 150 mm diameter rollers


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Flexible Glass

New Flexible Glass Video (Video has been removed from this version)

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Flexible glass is designed to be compatible with roll-to-roll processing


Slot Die Coating
Coating Fluid Under Pressure Surface Tension Slot Die Web Direction

Exposure

Development
Supply Roll Take-Up Roll

Supply Roll
Vacuum Chamber Boundary Layer Air

Take-Up Roll

Flexible Glass Substrate

Reference PET

Transmission

Transmission

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Ultra-Slim flexible glass provides benefits for display components


Developing Product Concepts
Product Concept Patterning Substrate
(Thickness 50 to 200 m)

Future Concept
Top Cover **

Barrier Substrate
(Thickness 50 to 200 m)

Applications / Display Components

Touch Sensor Color Filter Substrate 3D Pattern Retarder OLED Substrate High-temp Processing Pristine Glass Surface High Transparency Thin, Light, Flexible Roll-to-Roll Sheet-to-Sheet

OLED Barrier

Benefits of Flexible Glass

High Transparency Perfect H2O and O2 barrier Thin, Light, Flexible

Component Process Method

Roll-to-Roll Sheet-to-Sheet
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Corning glass technologies enable new products s and solutions for advanced displays
EAGLE XG Slim Glass
A thin, environmentally friendly glass ideal for large, highresolution displays and improved 3D images

Flexible Glass
A thin, flexible glass compatible with continuous processing, enabling electronic displays including touch devices, OLEDs, e-book readers and more

Corning LotusTM Glass


A new Corning display glass formulated for today cutting-edge technologies like Oxide-TFT backplanes s and OLED displays

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What is Corning LotusTM Glass?


A new Corning display glass formulated for today s cutting-edge technologies like Oxide-TFT backplanes and OLED displays Suitable for LTPS manufacturing, depending on the process temperature ramp rate and hold time Optimized to deliver the benefits associated with high-performance displays

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Corning Lotus Glass meets the stringent requirements of advanced backplane manufacturing technologies
Stable in high-temperature processes due to its intrinsic thermal stability Low compaction during the crystallization step, enabling precise alignment performance Superior surface quality, excellent thickness control, and low body defect levels associated with fusion-formed glass

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The advantages of Corning Lotus Glass translate to the consumer, as well


Supports high performance, portable devices such as smart phones, tablets, and notebook computers
Low power consumption Superior picture quality Thin form factor

Corning continues to invent glass compositions that enable the complex panel devices that are driving the direction of the industry

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Summary
Consumers are demanding devices that are:
Stylish: Thin and light, seamless design High performance: High resolution, fast response time New features: Touch, 3D Cost efficient Environmentally friendly

Corning provides innovative glass solutions, aligned with industry trends and consumer demands
EAGLE XG Slim Glass Flexible Glass Corning LotusTM Glass
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