European Consortium Active Matrix

Objective

The ECAM-II Project is closely related to the ECAM (I) ESPRIT project 7701. Both projects are coordinated by the Flat Panel Display Co. (FPD) B.V. a joint venture of Philips, Thomson and SAGEM. The common goal of both projects is to safeguard and enhance European competitiveness in comparison with the Japanese competition.

The project is, like ECAM I, organised in sub-projects, where each sub-project has its own specific objective. For the ECAM II project, the objective has been formulated as follows:

Find the most economic way to produce AMLCDs with environmentally clean techniques and processes for existing and new applications, and care for products which can be used by as many as possible customers. Contribute herewith the European democratic desire to enable every citizen to participate in the information process and forming individual opinions.

These goals are pursued in ECAM II in several ways:

- Introduction of simplified or improved processes developed in ECAM I, specially 2S-3S TFT, processes with a better process window or improved optical effect.
- Research in the further improve the angle dependence of the viewing angle, by radically different alignment techniques and new materials.
- Process development in processes that use less materials, emit less to the environment, are safer for the operators or the environment.
- Develop a European source for key components, specially colour filters and PTV key elements.

FPD and joint-venture partners are again complemented by a broad spectrum R&D consortium which will secure the necessary technologies in the short and medium term. The consortium comprises the companies as listed below.

Fields of science

• engineering and technology › materials engineering › colors

Programme(s)

• FP3-ESPRIT 3 - Specific research and technological development programme (EEC) in the field of information technologies, 1990-1994

Topic(s)

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Call for proposal

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Funding Scheme

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Coordinator

Flat Panel Display Co. (Fpd) B.V.

Address

Prof. Holstlaan 4
5656 AA Eindhoven
Netherlands

Participants (13)

BKE-BILDTECHNIK

Germany

Address

Industriestraße 1-3
37176 Noerten Hardenberg

Barco NV

Belgium

Address

Noordlaan 5
8520 Kuurne

Centre National d'Études des Télécommunications (CNET)

France

Address

38-40 Rue Du Général Leclerc
92131 Issy-les-moulineaux

Defence Evaluation and Research Agency (DERA)

United Kingdom

Address

St Andrews Road
WR14 3PS Malvern

E Merck

Germany

Address

Frankfurter Straße 250
64293 Darmstadt

IBM France SA

France

Leybold AG

Germany

Address

Siemensstraße 100
63755 Alzenau

OSRAM GMBH

Germany

Address

Hellabrunnerstrasse 1
81543 Muenchen

Philips Electronics UK Ltd

United Kingdom

Address

1-19 Torrington Place
WC1E 7HD London

SOCIETE D'APPLICATIONS GENERALES D'ELECTRICITE ET DE MECANIQUE

France

Address

27 Rue Leblanc Le Ponant De Paris
75512 Paris

THOMSON CONSUMER ELECTRONICS SA

France

Address

9 Place Des Vosges
92050 Paris La Defense

Thomson Liquid Crystal Display

France

Address

Zone Industrielle Centr'alp
38430 Moirans

Universität Stuttgart

Germany

Address

Allmandring 30
70550 Stuttgart