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

South Korean ministries have started discussion over which technology standard to use for cooperative intelligent transport system (C-ITS) in the country.The Ministry of Economy and Finance will coordinate with the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport and the Ministry and Science and ICT t

Fab equipment firm FST said on Thursday that it has developed the “world’s first” pellicle mounter/demounter for the extreme ultraviolet (EUV) process used in semiconductor production.The equipment mounts and dismounts pellicles on the masks automatically. The equipment has passed a review conducted

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

Packaging firm Polaris Works said on Tuesday that it will begin supplying its automotive image sensor package called NeoPAC Encap to image sensor company Pixelplus this month.The package is for 5.6 micrometer pixel size VGA (688x528) automobile rear cameras. It will first be supplied to a Chinese ca

Display equipment maker Avaco has begun talks with LG Display over the specifications of the sputters that will be used to manufacture low-temperature polycrystalline oxide (LTPO) thin-film transistor (TFT) OLED production, TheElec has learned.LG Display will likely give the order from the equipment

Unitest, a South Korean fab equipment vendor which supplies kits to SK Hynix, is close to completing its new factory at Pyeongtaek.The factory will start operation within the year at the earliest, people familiar with the matter told TheElec.Unitest’s production capacity will triple once the factory

LG Energy Solution will procure lithium hydroxide from Australia firm Infinity Lithium, the pair said on Tuesday.The companies signed a non-binding agreement and will sign a binding offtake agreement within twelve months, they said.The binding agreement will give LG Energy Solution first rights over

Hyundai Motor and Kia are considering applying high efficiency carbon nanotube (CNT) heater on their next-generation electric vehicles, TheElec has learned.The companies recently held discussions to apply CNT heaters instead positive temperature coefficient (PTC) ones on some of their premium electr

The semiconductor industry has focused on reducing the size of the chip so far. But microfabrication today is nearing its limits. Technology competition between semiconductor companies are now moving to packaging, which is moving away from traditional wire bonding and soldering to multi-function, ve

Samsung SDI is planning to spend up to 2 trillion won in its battery business this year, TheElec has learned.This will be a 42% increase from the 1.4 trillion won it spent in 2020. It will be larger than the 1.7 trillion won it spent in 2019.In March, Samsung SDI had faced criticism from some shareh

LG Energy Solution has started to construct a new pilot production line at its Ochang battery production plant in South Korea, TheElec has learned.The new line, which will be housed at a research facility, will be adjacent to the second factory at Ochang. Construction will wrap up within the year an

Fabless company Eyenix said on Thursday that it will be supplying its internet protocol (IP) camera SoC EN675 series for CCTVs to Seyeon Tech, Cellinx Systems, and Webgate.EN675 SoC will be used in two IP security cameras that Seyeon Tech will launch at the end of June, a Eyenix spokesperson said.Th

Synopsys said on Monday that it will acquire Bistel’s semiconductor and flat panel display solutions.The acquisition will broaden Synopsys’ process control solutions for chip fabs, the company said.It will be able to offer an integrated and comprehensive yield management and prediction solution to e

Semiconductor design solution firm ADTechnology is planning to form a subsidiary at San Hose, California by July, TheElec has learned.The US arm will be led by Lee Young-bae, who was previously an executive at Samsung Foundry.ADTechnology is also planning to form a regional office at Shanghai, China

South Korean LED firm Wooree E&L has secured half the supply of LED module used by customer LG Display, TheElec has learned.People familiar with the matter said Wooree’s LED modules currently accounts for around 50% of those used by the South Korean display panel maker.LED modules are used as the ba

3D image and sensing market will begin growing fast again in 2023 after years of slow growth, according to market research firm Yole Development.The 3D sensing market was worth US$6.5 billion in 2020, which was only 80% of the research firm’s earlier forecast.This was due to less use of time of flig

Vinatech said on Friday that it will spend 86 billion won to build a new factory to manufacture supercapacitors and membrane electrode assembly (MEA) at Wanju, South Korea.The new factory will be built on 58,494 meter-square of land at the second industrial zone at Wanju.Supercapacitors stores elect

Edison Motors and Semisysco will collaborate in the sales of electric trucks and buses, the pair said on Friday.They will use their motor, battery management system, and light car body technologies to expand their portfolio in electric vehicles and SUVs, they said.They will also continue advance the

LG Energy Solution said on Thursday that it has supplied its batteries for an energy storage system (ESS) in the US.The South Korean battery firm supplied batteries to US energy firm Vistra’s 1.2GWh ESS at Monterey, California.The ESS can power 225,000 households at peak hours, LG Energy Solution sa