What are solar panels?
| Solar panels are solar photovoltaic modules/arrays that use solar cells to convert light from the sun into electricity. The term is sometimes used to refer to solar thermal collectors that use the sun's energy to heat water or other fluids. |
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| 2006-10-02 | Vent panels eliminate costly frame designs Laird Technologies' new MaxAir vent panels provide greater airflow and EMI protection for electronic enclosures and cabinets used in the military and telecommunications industries. |
| 2004-02-24 | Uni-Solar supplies PV panels to Thyssen United Solar Ovonic LLC (Uni-Solar) has received an order for 1MW of photovoltaic (PV) panels from ThyssenKrupp Hoesch Bausysteme GmbH (Thyssen). |
| 2005-11-16 | Ultrafast LCD panels break 4ms barrier New design materials and manufacturing processes are allowing faster LCDs than ever before. |
| 2008-07-09 | Toyota to make Prius hybrids 'greener' with solar panels Responding to the increasing demand for "green" cars, Toyota Motor is set to install solar panels on some Prius hybrids in its next remodeling, a person with direct knowledge of the matter disclosed. |
| 2005-01-04 | Touchscreen panels with lifespan of 35 million touches Onetouch Technologies has released new touchscreen panels that feature 5-Wire resistive touch technology. |
| 2013-12-09 | Touchscreen panels for notebooks to ship 4.9M in Q4 After a decline in 2Q13 and a tepid expansion in Q3, demand for touchscreen panels used in notebooks is set to rebound to double-digit growth in Q4, forecasted IHS. |
| 2006-11-06 | Touch sensor chips detect finger through 50mm panels Quantum Research Group has announced new touch sensor chips that can sense the touch of a finger through panels 50mm or more in thickness when used with a scanned X-Y passive matrix. |
| 2007-08-13 | Touch panels operate under extended temperature range Fujitsu Components America has added three extended temperature range products to its standard off-the-shelf, resistive touch panel offering for automotive and industrial applications. |
| 2005-06-06 | Touch panels improve brightness and contrast of low-power LCDs Enhancing image contrast and clarity in high-ambient light applications for transmissive LCDs, Fujitsu Components has added several new high-transparency touch panels to its standard 4- and 7-wire resistive offering |
| 2007-04-13 | Toshiba-Matsushita JV to deliver TV-use OLED panels The joint venture between Toshiba Corp. and Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. Ltd will launch TV-use OLED panels in 2009. |
| 2014-06-27 | Tofu component helps cut cost of solar panels Magnesium chloride, an ingredient used to make bean curd or tofu, is low cost, easily obtainable, and can simply be substituted for cadmium chloride in creating solar panels. |
| 2003-04-01 | TFT-LCD panels exhibit high aperture ratio Seiko Epson Corp. has announced the development of HTPS TFT-LCD panels for use in next-gen projectors. |
| 2005-08-02 | Terminal blocks handle high current for power panels The new OTB series of terminal blocks from BlockMaster Electronics is well suited for the transfer of high power from outside to inside power panels, particularly for special power situations or for custom polarization |
| 2002-12-09 | Temperature compensation for passive LCD Panels This application note describes how to implement a Temp. compensation with the JUMP LCD controller family. |
| 2004-12-07 | Taiwan makers see 20 percent price drop in handset panels Several manufacturers in Taiwan expect prices of handset-use panels to drop by 20 percent next year as South Korea makers lower the prices of their products. |
| 2002-06-26 | Synmo commences production of touchscreen panels, drivers Synmo Optoelectronics Inc., a subsidiary of Pan Jit Int. Inc., has commenced production operations for touchscreen panels and drivers, with a current paid-in capital of $3.52 million. |
| 2006-02-15 | SVA-NEC moves ahead to 20.1" TV panels LCD panel makers are reportedly concerned as Shanghai SVA-NEC Liquid Crystal Display Co. Ltd has begun distributing samples of its 20.1-inch TV panels recently. |
| 2006-04-10 | SVA to establish production line for thin-screen TV panels TFT-LCD display maker SVA Group has announced plans to begin construction of a production line for thin-screen TV and PC monitor panels. |
| 2004-09-24 | Supply, demand of 17-inch monitor panels to even out Another 15 percent decline was expected for prices of 17-inch monitor panels before year-end as LG.Philips LCD Co. Ltd dropped its price for LCD monitor panels to $190. |
| 2006-09-22 | Strong 2H shaping up for large TFT-LCD panels, forecasts iSuppli The large-sized TFT-LCD panel market is in shape for an excellent second half of 2006, as tight supply and price increases bolster the market, according to iSuppli Corp. |
| 2008-08-25 | Spice model shapes up organic TFT panels Cambridge Display Technology has collaborated with Silvaco Data Systems to develop Spice model for organic TFT technology. |
| 2006-05-18 | Sony to establish fab line for organic EL panels Sony disclosed its plan to establish a pilot fabrication line that will develop and produce large-sized organic electroluminescent panels early next year. |
| 2007-05-29 | Sony tech enables bendable display panels Sony Corp. released May 25 a video of its new 2.5-inch display that's 0.3mm thick and bends in a human hand. |
| 2008-02-27 | Sony taps Sharp for LCD panels Sony reportedly plans to procure LCD panels from Sharp starting this year, diversifying its supply channels, previously dominated by Samsung, to accommodate the increasing demand and to reduce costs. |
| 2009-05-25 | Solar panels to dim and shine A new report from IC Insights states that thin-film solar panels are expected to increase their share of the total volume of photovoltaic devices sold over the next five years, up from 14 percent last year to 27 percent in 2013. |
| 2009-11-20 | Solar panels set out on road to recovery The rise in solar-panel installations in Germany mitigated the severe oversupply situation besetting the industry this year. |
| 2013-07-09 | Solar panels get a splash of colour Together with a Fraunhofer team and scientists from the Friedrich-Schiller University in Jena, optics specialists are looking to increase the efficiency of solar panels and their design flexibility. |
| 2010-03-02 | Solar panels boast 8.58% conversion efficiency Anwell's thin-film solar panels have been certified to have a conversion efficiency of 8.58 percent by the Quality Supervision & Testing Center of Chemical & Physical Power Sources of the Ministry of Information Industry of China (Testing Center). |
| 2009-10-08 | Solar panels blend in with asphalt The technology integrates low-cost, thin-film CIGS photovoltaic cells with the roofing shingle design. |
| 2006-05-09 | Slow seasonal demand for display panels pulls prices down The continuous price decline of display panels is mainly driven by the slow seasonal demand, revealed industry analyst WitsView. |
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