LCD With Memory Effect

NEU-ISENBURG, Germany, May 4, 2010 - The development of a HVGA 4.45" (113.03mm) LCD, providing an optical
storage effect that builds on Nemoptic's BiNem technology, is presently in
progress at Seiko Instruments Inc. (SII) development departments.

Simultaneously has the sales of another LCD, SA005, utilizing this
bistable BiNem memory effect been started since it is already in running
production. This displays dimensions are 2.53" (64.26mm) with a resolution of
240×86 dots.

BiNem is an abbreviation of "Bistable Nematic", a functional principle
that extends the known LCD technologies by an additional stable state that
will be retained without the necessity of permanently applied electrical
power and still produce a superior image quality. Instead of permanently
applied electric driving signals as used in traditional LCD, the BiNem liquid
crystals change their orientation on the application of electric pulse and
remain in that new orientation until another electric pulse will change and
twist them back again. This denotes that only for changes of the displays
content pulsed electric energy is momentarily required.

Seiko Instruments Inc., as a leading LCD manufacturer, has developed
highly sophisticated technologies that empower uniform quality control of LC
cells.

Expecting a strong demand growth for Electronic Shelf Label (ESL) systems
in retail markets and e-book markets replacing paper, SII is to sell its
products and expand sales volumes utilizing its network of global affiliates
and distributors using its well developed sales know-how.

Details:
www.seiko-instruments.de/files/lcd_e-25-3-10_lcd_with_memory.pdf

Contact: Seiko Instruments GmbH, Siemensstrasse 9, 63263 Neu-Isenburg,
Germany

    Tel.: +49-6102-297-0, Fax.: +49-6102-297-222
    eMail: info@seiko-instruments.de

    Website: www.seiko-instruments.de

Contact: Seiko Instruments GmbH, Siemensstrasse 9, 63263 Neu-Isenburg, Germany, Tel.: +49-6102-297-0, Fax.: +49-6102-297-222, eMail: info at seiko-instruments.de .