Intevac’s oDLC® to Begin Shipping on Top 3 Cellphone Maker’s Flagship Smartphone
March 28 2018 - 9:00AM
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Scratch-Resistant Coating to Protect Selected
Decorative Back Cover Glass Options
Intevac, Inc. (Nasdaq: IVAC), a leading supplier of thin-film
processing systems, today formally announced that its
market-leading thin-film technology, oDLC® (optical
Diamond-Like-Carbon), is being applied to protect selected
decorative back cover glass options for the recently-launched
flagship smartphone of a Top 3 Cellphone maker. oDLC is an
optically-transparent, protective thin-film coating, which provides
significant improvements in the scratch and wear resistance of
display cover panels and film coating stacks on the surfaces of all
types of mobile electronic devices, as well as point-of-sale and
automotive infotainment systems.
Backside cover glass for mobile phones is a recent phenomenon
that is addressing a rapidly-growing portion of the high-end
smartphone market. While most early adopters of backside cover
glass have opted to achieve color variations by coating the inside
of the glass, the flagship smartphone launched this week is the
first major phone to have decorative back cover glass options where
the colors are deposited on the outside of the glass, making them
exceptionally vibrant and striking. Intevac’s oDLC protects these
decorative coatings from scratches and wear arising out of daily
use.
Truly Opto-electronics (Shanwei City, China), a major supplier
of cover glass and touch panel technologies to mobile electronics
manufacturers and owner of multiple INTEVAC VERTEX® systems, went
through an intensive testing process lasting several months to
ensure that oDLC met the stringent specifications laid out by the
technical team at the Top 3 Cellphone maker.
“Truly Opto-electronics’ Engineering team thoroughly qualified
Intevac's oDLC protective coating technology with the decorative
coating on the backside glass that went into this flagship
smartphone from a Top 3 Cellphone maker. This production order is a
significant validation of our coating capabilities meeting top-tier
customer requirements,” commented Mr. Li, Managing Director of
Truly Opto-electronics. “We believe that oDLC offers superior film
protection at a low cost to customers. We are working with other
customers on positioning oDLC for several different production
applications.”
“Intevac is excited about our strong partnership with Truly,
which has led to the adoption of oDLC by a leading cellphone maker
on their flagship smartphone, and we look forward to leveraging
this design win to drive adoption of oDLC at multiple mobile phone
customers across a range of applications," added Jay Cho, Executive
Vice President and General Manager of Intevac’s Thin-Film Equipment
business.
The thin-film equipment that enables the oDLC solution is the
INTEVAC VERTEX multi-stage physical vapor deposition (PVD) system.
The VERTEX PVD system deposits the oDLC thin-film coating
vertically and at the low process temperatures required for display
cover panel processing. The VERTEX is an optimal production
solution for small individualized substrates, achieving the highest
level of throughput at the lowest possible cost.
About Intevac
Intevac was founded in 1991 and has two businesses: Thin-film
Equipment and Photonics.
In our Thin-film Equipment business, we are a leader in the
design and development of high-productivity, thin-film processing
systems. Our production-proven platforms are designed for
high-volume manufacturing of substrates with precise thin film
properties, such as the hard drive media, display cover panel, and
solar photovoltaic markets we serve currently.
In our Photonics business, we are a recognized leading developer
of advanced high-sensitivity digital sensors, cameras and systems
that primarily serve the defense industry. We are the provider of
integrated digital imaging systems for most U.S. military night
vision programs.
For more information call 408-986-9888, or visit the Company's
website at www.intevac.com.
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