In 1904, English physicist John Ambrose Fleming developed the first vacuum tube. The tube had a filament inside as well as a cathode and anode plates placed on either end of the glass tube. Electrons flowed between the two electrodes. Radios used in the early 1900s used such tubes. Despite being a h

Samsung is yet to launch the 99-inch version of its MicroLED TV.This is despite the company saying earlier in the year that it will do so in the first half of the year.Samsung had also said it plans to launch 88-inch and 76-inch versions of MicroLED TV within the year.A Samsung spokesperson said thi

Samsung Electronics has started the development of a lidar sensor for autonomous driving, TheElec has learned.The company was aiming to commercialize the technology in 2026, people familiar with the matter said.Samsung is aiming to strengthen its automotive business, they said. The company launched

SK Materials, an affiliate of South Korean energy firm SK Innovation, will form a joint venture with US battery material startup Group14 Technologies.The South Korean company will spend around 70 billion won for a substantial stake in the venture, people familiar with the matter said on Monday.The j

Samsung Display was considering manufacturing thin-film transistors (TFT) that will be used in Micro LED TVs made by Samsung Electronics, TheElec has learned.The South Korean display maker has formed a team to oversee the project, sources said. This team was formed in April and the project is called

Micro electro mechanical systems (MEMS) market is expected to grow 11% this year compared to a year ago thanks to increase in demand from smartphones and wearable devices, according to market research firm Yole Development.MEMS refers to microscopic devices. Microphones, sensors and other devices wi

There will likely be a shortage of large-sized OLED panels used in TVs starting in 2024, UBI Research CEO Choong Hoon Yi said.Yi based his forecast on the production capacity for large-sized OLED panels and t here expected demand going forward.Demand for large-sized OLED panels is expected to be aro

Isu Petasys CEO Seo Young-joon said on Thursday that the company’s subsidiary in Hunan province in China has turned a profit in the second quarter.It is the unit’s first profit since 2013, when Isu Petasys acquired the factory from Taiwan’s TTL.Seo said the network printed circuit board (PCB) compan

OLED is widely used in smartphones and smart watches, but hardly in IT applications, or for tablets, notebooks and monitors. Liquid crystal display (LCD) is still the dominant panel used in non-smartphone products.South Korean display equipment maker had hoped for Samsung Display and LG Display to e

Mando Hella Electronics will build a road surface detection system at the city of Pohang, TheElec has learned.The company has formed a consortium with Posco and other companies for the project called Vision Zero Consortium.The system will sense in real time frosts, water curtains and damages on the

Samsung Display and its parent company Samsung Electronics are reviewing potential use of an underused liquid crystal display (LCD) plant in South Korea, which could possibly result in the plant being converted to a semiconductor plant, TheElec has learned.The plant at Cheonan, owned by Samsung Disp

LG InnoTek and Corning are collaborating in the research of liquid lens, their patent filings showed.The pair had decided to share 50/50 stakes in nine US patents related to liquid lens on April 5, documents seen by TheElec showed.Corning decided to share stakes in six of its patents with LG InnoTek

LG Electronics said on Wednesday that it has recorded 17.11 trillion won in sales in the second quarter, its highest figure to date.Meanwhile, operating profit increased 65.5% year-on-year to 1.11 trillion won.The figure matches that of South Korean analysts’ consensus of 17.2 trillion won in sales

A Samsung Electro-Mechanics executive said on Wednesday that the company was researching metalens.Metalens is a flat lens that have nano particles aligned on its surface.Though the lens is flat, the particles bend the light to collect them.The technology allows lens to be made thinner than they are

Samsung Display has increased its shipment target for notebook OLED panels this year.The company originally aimed to ship over four million units but increased this to between 5.5 million to six million units, people familiar with the matter said.This is 40% to 50% higher than its initial target.The

Mando Hella Electronics on Wednesday introduced its smart tire monitoring sensor (STMS) that it was developing for autonomous vehicles.Mando Hella Electronics executive director Kim Wan-il said at an online event that the sensor will increase safety during driving compared to the previous tire press

The increase in liquid crystal display (LCD) TV panel prices that started last year has slowed down in July this year, according to data from market research firm WitsView.LCD TV panel prices only increased up to 0.3% from the first half of July (1 to 15) from the second half of June (16 to 30).The

The global OLED mask market is expected to grow 10% from 2020 this year to be worth US$354 million, according to market research firm Omdia.But it will grow 34% year-on-year in 2022 to be worth US$476 million, the firm said.Fine metal masks account for 98% of OLED masks. They are used to deposit red

LG Corporation said on Friday that it will acquire a stake in Kakoa Mobility for 100 billion won.The holding company of the LG business group said it was looking for synergy between the mobility firm and its subsidiaries LG Energy Solution and LG Electronics.LG Energy Solution will secure battery tr

South Korea board maker BH will be supplying over half of the rigid flexible printed circuit boards (RFPCB) used in Apple’s new iPhones launching later this year, TheElec has learned.BH will be supplying mid-50% of the board used, while Samsung Electro-Mechanics will supply 30%. Youngpoong Electroni