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Laser Product Highlights 2005 p1:

• Pioneer launches PC-based Blu-ray Disc drive
  December 28, 2005, Long Beach, CA--Pioneer Electronics plans to begin shipping one of the industry's first Blu-ray Disc computer drives, in the first quarter of 2006. The new Pioneer BDR-101A will utilize shorter wavelength blue lasers to store up to 25 gigabytes of information on a single layer Blu-ray Disc.
• Mitsubishi to ship 1.3-micron, 2.5-Gbps laser diode
  December 15, 2005, Tokyo, Japan--Mitsubishi Electric president and CEO Tamotsu Nomakuchi announced today plans for initial shipment of its ML7xx34 series laser diode on January 10, 2006. The device has an operating temperature range from -40 degrees C to +95 degrees C, and is intended for use in 2.5 Gbps transmission at a wavelength of 1.3 microns.
• Beam profiler offers USB port and high dynamic range
  November 2, 2005, San Jose, CA--Photon has begun shipping USBeamPro, a high dynamic beam profiler and dedicated software package with a Universal Serial Bus (USB) 2.0 interface.
• Agilent Technologies introduces 1.3-Megapixel image sensor
  October 11, 2005, Palo Alto, CA--Agilent Technologies has introduced a single-chip 1.3 megapixel CMOS image sensor featuring an enhanced-performance (EP) pixel architecture that allows mobile phones and computing devices to take sharper, truer color photos in all lighting conditions. The new image sensor, with its 10X reduction in noise, eliminates the CMOS-CCD image-quality gap and targets high-image-quality megapixel mobile phone, computing, security and industrial applications.
• Bossa Nova Technologies introduces new laser receiver
  September 1, 2005, Venice, CA--Bossa Nova Technologies is introducing a laser receiver for non-destructive testing applications in factory conditions. The device was developed with 2-1/2 years of funding awarded by the National Science Foundation in a nationwide effort to improve US manufacturing.
• Andor launches line of live-cell confocal microscopes
  August 30, 2005, Belfast, Northern Ireland--Andor Technology, which develops and manufactures instruments for the global spectroscopy and scientific imaging markets, has launched a range of laser spinning-disk, live-cell confocal microscopes through its Bioimaging Division.
• Step-up converters drive LEDs with 1000:1 dimming ratio
  August 24, 2005, Milpitas, CA--Linear Technology today announce the LT3486, a dual step-up DC/DC converter specifically designed to drive up to 16 white LEDs (8 LEDs in series per channel) with constant current. In addition true pulse width modulation (PWM) dimming delivers constant current to the LEDs, keeping the emitted light at a constant color.
• Agilent introduces white LEDs for automotive interiors
  August 17, 2005, Palo Alto, CA--Agilent Technologies is introducing a family of high-brightness, white light-emitting diodes in the industry-standard PLCC-2 (plastic leaded chip carrier) and Power PLCC-4 surface-mount form factor. The white LEDs are intended for automotive interior lighting applications, and are offered with the industry's shortest lead time of four weeks.
• New immersion scanner targets chip production at 45-nm node
  July 14, 2005, San Francisco, CA--In the first quarter of 2006, ASML (Veldhoven, The Netherlands) will begin shipping a 1.2 numerical aperture (NA) lithography tool for chip production at the 45-nm node, according to comments by Martin van den Brink, executive VP for marketing and technology, at SEMICON West.
• Cymer to debut XLA 300 light source at Semicon West
  July 6, 2005, San Diego, CA--Cymer plans to unveil the XLA 300 -- a 193nm, 6 kilohertz (kHz), argon fluoride (ArF) light source to enable volume production for 45-nm immersion photolithography applications, at SEMICON West in San Francisco, next week.

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