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A Path to the Realization of “A

Day Made of Glass”

M.K.Badrinarayan

P.Bocko

Corporate Research

CGT

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A Day Made of Glass 2 – Advancing the Vision

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Corning Incorporated Founded:

1851

Headquarters:

Corning, New York

Employees:

29,000 worldwide

2011 Sales:

$7.9 Billion

Fortune 500 Rank (2012):

328

Corning is the world leader in specialty glass

and ceramics.

We create and make keystone components that

enable high-technology systems for

consumer electronics, mobile emissions

control, telecommunications, and life

sciences.

We succeed through sustained investment

in R&D, more than 150 years of materials

science and process engineering knowledge,

and a distinctive collaborative culture.

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Corning Market Segments and Additional Operations

• Emerging Display

Technology

• Drug Discovery

Technology

• New Business

Development

• Equity

Companies

• Cormetech, Inc.

• Dow Corning Corp.

• Eurokera, S.N.C.

• Samsung Corning

Precision Materials

Co., LTD (SCP)

• Cell Culture and

Bioprocess

• Assay and High-

Throughput

Screening

• Genomics and

Proteomics

• General

Laboratory

Products

• LCD Glass

Substrates

• Glass Substrates

for OLED and

high-performance

LCD platforms

• Optical Fiber and

Cable

• Hardware and

Equipment

• Fiber optic

connectivity

products

• Emissions

Control Products

• Light-duty gasoline

vehicles

• Light-duty and

heavy-duty on-road

diesel vehicles

• Heavy-duty non-

road diesel vehicles

• Stationary

• Corning® Gorilla®

Glass

• Display Optics

and Components

• Optical Materials

• Semiconductor

materials

• Specialty fiber

• Polarcor™

• Optics

• Aerospace and

Defense

• Ophthalmic

Specialty

Materials

Other

Products

and Services

Life

Sciences Telecom

Display

Technology

Environmental

Technologies

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Innovation Recipe Drives Strategic Actions

Identification of customers’ difficult systems problems

Identification of customers’

difficult systems problems

Process Process

Demanding Requirements

Unique Keystone Component A component that is a

system enabler

Material

Deep understanding of

a specific technology

Differentiated by: Uniqueness

Intellectual Property Specialized Capital Investment

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Outline

• The history of a trend…and the making of a vision

• Underlying technology…what is real, what is ready, what is

not

• Opportunities and Challenges

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Key themes of display with glass as the common

denominator…why?

Vivid

Interactive Novel

Large

GLASS

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Attributes needed to realize the vision of DMOG

DISPLAY

• Thin

• Light weight

• High resolution

• Small-large size

• Damage resistant

• Flexible

• Bezel free

• Touch

• Smudge free

• Anti-microbial

• Low power

• Environmentally friendly

COMMUNICATION

• Bandwidth

• High speed

• Wireless

• Flexible

• Software

• Device to device

communication

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Our products in the value chain for Ubiquitous

Connectivity & Display Information

Delivery

Information

Display

EAGLE XG® & Lotus™

Substrate Glass for High

Performance LCD & OLED

Corning Optical Fiber,

Cable, Components &

Wireless Solutions

User Interface:

Touch Screen Cover

Corning® Gorilla®

Cover Glass

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A Day Made of Glass…”Why Glass”?

Consumers want to interact with information anytime, anywhere

Specialized glass delivers enabling attributes at the

human visual & tactile interface

Arresting Design 3D

Value Add (e.g. Sound)

Vivid & Compelling

Display

Accurate & Engaging

Touch Experience

Light, Slim & Green

Thin

Superior Optical Qualities

Green

Conform- able

Superior

Mechanical

Attributes

Precision Surface

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Damage resistance is a critical attribute for many

applications

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High Resolution display is required for next generation

display

• Lower compaction

• Lower compaction variation

• Higher modulus

• Enhanced mechanical properties

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Internet growth has enabled display revolution

which in turn drives need for bandwidth

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Deployed Optical Fiber

Source: Corning

Worldwide LCD Glass Demand

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A virtuous cycle enabled by Corning capabilities

More HD Visual Content Increasingly Vivid Display

More & Larger Screens Increased System Bandwidth

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A Technology Scale applied to key effects in the

original “Day Made of Glass” video

Here & Now

Just Add Money

Eventually Achievable

Challenging

Very Challenging

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Interactive Bathroom Mirror

• Displays in mirror exist today – very expensive, just for TV

and non-interactive

• It would be possible to use existing technology to

incorporate touch

• Requires additional function to toggle between reflective &

viewable.

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Multifunctional Kitchen Surface

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Specialty glass enables PV application

Demonstrated 2% improvement in efficiency

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Flexible Display, Transparent Display,

Displays Talking to Displays

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Corning’s ultra-slim glass is flexible enough to be

rolled

Typical 100µm thick glass can be rolled on a 150mm spool

0

100

200

300

400

500

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Bend Radius (cm)

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100mm

50mm

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Large-Format Sunlight-Readable Displays

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Autostereoscopic 3D

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Challenges with the Day Made of Glass Vision

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Smudge free surface enhances touch - Progress

made with anti-smear coating

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Low Cost, High Volume Capability For 3D Parts

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Edge-to-edge Display

Technology to create bezel-free display is under development

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Anti-microbial surfaces with high kill rate and low cost

will enable new applications

* Based on JIS Z 2801 Japanese Test for Anti-microbial Activity and Efficacy

Fluorescent E. Coli on

Regular glass

Anti-microbial glass

kills >99.99% E. Coli

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A Day Made of Glass Vision for the Future Connected Home

A combination of wireless and fiber connectivity

HDTV display

Network switches

Gaming console

PC and storage

DVR DVR

Control devices

Fiber connectivity

Wireless base

Camcorder

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Device-to-device communication can be enhanced by

60 GHz technology and AOC

Fiber

50m length

Small, light, flexible

USB 3.0 at 4.8 Gb/s

Copper

2m max length

Bulky

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Challenges

• Combine functionality

• Anti smudge

• Glass mold interaction

• Lower loss fiber

• Low temperature sealants

• Role of Sodium in CIGS

• Lower cost high strain point glass

• Modeling of composition

• Process innovation

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Acknowledgements

• Special thanks to P. Bocko for much of the material in this

presentation

• Waguih Ishak

• Odessa Petzold

• Sean Garner

• Fred Sears

• Anthony Ng’oma

• T.Gross

• M.Pambianchi

• Pam Strollo