Glass Enabling Future Touch Technology. Zachi Baharav June 4, 2012

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1 Glass Enabling Future Touch Technology Zachi Baharav June 4, 2012

2 Glass Enabling Future Touch Technology Agenda Corning Overview/A Day Made of Glass Corning Display Technologies, Telecomm & Corning Gorilla Glass One Glass Solution Corning Gorilla Glass for Large Cover-Glass Applications Corning Willow Glass Corning Gorilla Glass for 3D Shapes Summary 2

3 Culture of Innovation 1879 Glass envelope for Thomas Edison s light bulb 1934 Dow Corning silicones 1952 Glass ceramics 1970 First low-loss optical fiber 1982 Active matrix liquid crystal display (LCD) glass 2007 Thin, lightweight cover glass with exceptional damage resistance Ultra-bendable fiber Pre Label-free screening platform for drug discovery 1915 Heat-resistant Pyrex glass 1947 Processes for mass producing the television bulb 1964 Fusion overflow process 1972 Ceramic substrates for automotive catalytic converters Environmentally friendly LCD glass 3

4 Corning Market Segments & Additional Operations Display Technology Telecom Environmental Technologies Life Sciences Specialty Materials Other Products & Services LCD Glass Substrates Glass Substrates for OLED and LTPS-LCD Optical Fiber & Cable Hardware & Equipment Fiber optic connectivity products Emissions Control Products Light-duty gasoline vehicles Light-duty and heavy-duty on-road diesel vehicles Heavy-duty nonroad diesel vehicles Stationary Cell Culture & Bioprocess Assay & High- Throughput Screening Genomics & Proteomics General Laboratory Products Corning Gorilla Glass Display Optics & Components Optical Materials Semiconductor materials Specialty fiber Polarcor Optics Aerospace and Defense Ophthalmic 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) 4

5 A Day Made of Glass 2 5

6 A Day Made of Glass...the evolution continues Consumers want to interact with devices anytime, anywhere Only specialized glass can deliver the required attributes Thin Superior Optical Qualities Conformable Touch Light High-Res Green Durable Design 3-D Thin Precision Surface 6

7 Where are we now? Already Here To Come 7

8 How Are We Going To Achieve This Vision? Relentless innovation in science & technology The next decades will be the decades of materials, chemistry and micro structures Consumer electronics going thinner, lighter, less power hungry and more affordable 8

9 Glass Enabling Future Touch Technology Agenda Corning Overview/A Day Made of Glass Corning Display Technologies, Telecomm & Corning Gorilla Glass One Glass Solution Corning Gorilla Glass for Large Cover-Glass Applications Corning Willow Glass Corning Gorilla Glass for 3D Shapes Summary 9

10 Corning s Innovation Engine Drives the Enabling Technologies Ideas Major Opportunities Fiber Display Corning Gorilla Glass 10

11 Display Technologies A world leader in LCD glass: EAGLE XG glass composition* is thermally matched to silicon and fusiondrawn to yield superior native surface quality, flatness and thickness uniformity Footprint grown to ~9m2 enabling efficient production of large-screen TVs** New trend toward thinness with EAGLE XG Slim glass substrates: 0.5mm, 0.4mm and 0.3mm sheets Developing ultra-slim flexible glass as an alternative to polymer films New trend leverages display glass into glass wafers for semiconductor processing and packaging fusion draw *World s first environmentally friendly glass composition with no added heavy metals. **Corning Gen 10 fab co-located with Sharp LCD TV factory in Sakai City. Japan. 11

12 Telecommunications Corning invented the first low-loss optical fiber and is a global leader: Corning s innovative products enable fiber deployment deeper into access networks Offerings from Corning Cable Systems encompass end-to-end solutions including connectors and related hardware and network service design coating cladding core Invented first field-installable connector... now >40M units Developed preterminated cabling systems for data centers and fiber-to-the-home Pretium EDGE TM for data centers outside vapor deposition 12

13 Corning Gorilla Glass Proprietary fusion forming process: superior surface, scalability, reliability + Innovative glass composition optimized for chemical tempering = Gorilla Glass Glass surface glass 13

14 Corning Gorilla Glass 2 New performance enables: 25% increase in damage resistance -OR- Up to 20% decrease in thickness -AND- The potential for cost reduction -WITH- Superior optical and scratch performance 14

15 Corning Gorilla Glass 2 provides >25% increase in surface damage resistance or enables up to 20% thickness reduction 250 New Product Current Product Abraded RoR Data ** At any thickness, Gorilla Glass 2 shows a >25% higher load-tofailure after abrasion 200 Failure Load (kgf) mm Gorilla Glass 2 enables thickness reduction of 10~20%* with equivalent damage resistance Gorilla Glass 2 can reduce strengthening time by 10-15% Glass Thickness (mm) Fully compatible with existing parts manufacturing processes * Actual thickness reduction depends on factors such as initial and final part thickness, glass processing, frangibility and device design **error bars are 95% confidence intervals 15

16 Corning Gorilla Glass 2 has superior scratch performance 16

17 Glass Enabling Future Touch Technology Agenda Corning Overview/A Day Made of Glass Corning Display Technologies, Telecomm & Corning Gorilla Glass One Glass Solution Corning Gorilla Glass for Large Cover-Glass Applications Corning Willow Glass Corning Gorilla Glass for 3D Shapes Summary 17

18 One Glass Solution (OGS) enables thinner devices One glass solution combines strengthened cover glass and the ITO sensor into one sheet - allowing for large scale, full-sheet processing of touch screens Benefits: Cost reduction Weight reduction Reduced stack height Streamlined manufacturing & supply Discrete Touch Module OGS Touch Module 18

19 OGS is being pursued in both discrete and full sheet processes Discrete Corning Glass Finisher Touch Panel Maker ODM OGS Process Glass cut before IOX Gorilla Glass 2 Cut Machine Ion Exchange (Part Level) Deposition, Patterning and Registration Assemble Full Sheet Corning Touch Panel Maker ODM OGS Process Glass cut after IOX Corning IOXFS Deposition, Patterning and Registration Cut Machine Assemble 19

20 Corning IOX-FS delivers superior performance over soda lime glass for applications using OGS OGS is based on single cover glass substrate with ITO pattern underneath Prior to Corning IOX-FS, using OGS required tradeoffs in device durability 5x Surface Damage Resistance Thinner devices Higher in-field durability Design flexibility Corning IOX-FS (Benefits over soda lime) 7x Indentation Threshold 2x Edge Strength Fewer scratches in use Higher in-field durability Design flexibility Higher Transmission Brighter displays Better color on high resolution displays 20

21 Corning IOX-FS offers 5-7x surface damage resistance and >7x indentation threshold, which offers high surface durability High Surface Retained Strength High Indentation Threshold Abraded ROR Load to Failure (0.7 & 1.1 mm) Indentation Fracture Threshold Load (0.7 mm) Mean ROR Failure Load (kgf) mm IOX-FS is 2x 1.1 mm SL mm 1.1 mm IOX SL 5x-7x surface damage resistance at same thickness High CT IOX-FS 20.3 DOL 35 µm DOL µm DOL 8-10 µm Corning IOX-FS High CT SL Cover Glass IOX SL for OGS Indentation Load (g) 21

22 Glass Enabling Future Touch Technology Agenda Corning Overview/A Day Made of Glass Corning Display Technologies, Telecomm & Corning Gorilla Glass One Glass Solution Corning Gorilla Glass for Large Cover-Glass Applications Corning Willow Glass Corning Gorilla Glass for 3D Shapes Summary 22

23 Corning Gorilla Glass for Large Touch Applications Gorilla Glass enables displays that engage consumers Thin Gorilla Glass is a better solution for interactive displays Tough / Durable Industry leading toughness and damage resistance Weight Reduction Allows for significant weight reduction, which enables sleek design options as well as transportation savings Touch / Performance Aligns image and touch by addressing the issue of parallax Clarity / Optical Performance Delivers beautiful, clear images with higher optical sensitivity **Photo Courtesy of Perceptive Pixel 23

24 Since Corning Gorilla Glass retains its strength, a move to thinner glass also provides key weight savings Displays using Gorilla Glass can be much lighter Lighter displays save shipping costs and can be easier and cheaper to mount 82 display 20 kg weight savings Up to $50 shipping cost savings 70 display 15 kg weight savings Up to $33 shipping cost savings Soda Lime (5.0mm) Gorilla Glass (0.7) 17.6 kg 60 display 11 kg weight savings Up to $24 shipping cost savings 5.7 kg 0.8 kg 40 Display 2.5 kg 70 Display 15 Kg lighter! *International shipping rates: $2.20 / Kg 15 Kg x $2.20 = Up to $33 per device in savings Plus additional space savings in transportation containers with thinner displays *Rates vary based on volume, weight, frequency of carriers on the lane, distance to destination and the amount of competition on the lane 24

25 Improved touch accuracy for a responsive customer experience with thin Corning Gorilla Glass 75 Yes 0 No Yes No Thin Gorilla Glass: Reduces parallax and improves touch accuracy Makes a big impact particularly at steep viewing angles Is critical for high resolution touch panels Can exhibit up to 40% more touch sensitivity than thicker soda lime glass based on parallel-plate capacitor approximations 5mm Soda Lime (SLG) 1mm Gorilla Glass % Sensitivity Improvement over 1.3mm Glass Parallax difference between direct bonding and air gap 80% Parallax (mm) Direct Bonding; 0.7 mm GG; 0.1 mm glue Air Gap; 4 mm SLG; 2 mm air gap SNR Improvement over 1.3mm 70% 60% 50% 40% 30% 20% 10% Angle ( ) 0% Cover Glass Thickness (mm) 25

26 Use Corning Gorilla Glass for an improved optical performance and superior viewing quality %T for two variations of 4mmT Soda Lime Glass (SLG) and 1mmT Gorilla Glass Transmission Comparison Thin Gorilla Glass and direct bonding eliminates air-gap fogging, improves contrast ratios and improves rigidity Transmission SLG 2 (4mm) SLG 1 (4mm) GG (1mm) Wavelength (nm) *Compared to typical soda lime glass used in similar display cover applications Thin Gorilla Glass provides improved optical clarity better than tempered soda lime glass solutions LCD module with bonded (L) and non-bonded (R) cover glass. 26

27 Glass Enabling Future Touch Technology Agenda Corning Overview/A Day Made of Glass Corning Display Technologies, Telecomm & Corning Gorilla Glass One Glass Solution Corning Gorilla Glass for Large Cover-Glass Applications Corning Willow Glass Corning Gorilla Glass for 3D Shapes Summary 27

28 Corning s Willow Glass is flexible enough to be rolled Typical 100 m thick glass can be conveyed on 150mm diameter rollers 28

29 Corning s Willow Glass addresses industry challenges Customer Need Flexible Glass Advantages Corning Delivers Alternative materials High device performance Glass attributes in a thin, flexible format Low-cost processing High device performance with low total system costs Low-cost manufacturing ecosystem Differentiated products Enables new markets and technologies Added functions flexibility, durability, active thin films, etc. 29

30 Ultra-slim flexible glass advantages vs. plastic Film Sensor Glass Sensor Thickness 355µm 255mm Thinner 100µm Haze x Improvement 0.31 Transmissivity 90.44% +2 pts 91.93% b* x Improvement 0.80 *b value indicates the yellow color: smaller better 30

31 Glass Enabling Future Touch Technology Agenda Corning Overview/A Day Made of Glass Corning Display Technologies, Telecomm & Corning Gorilla Glass One Glass Solution Corning Gorilla Glass for Large Cover-Glass Applications Corning Willow Glass Corning Gorilla Glass for 3D Shapes Summary 31

32 3D-Shaped Corning Gorilla Glass: Where we are now... Developed novel forming process for complex 3D-shapes Leverages the superior durability attributes of Gorilla Glass Expands the design space to enable seamless and integrated designs for handhelds Scaling up manufacturing process Targeting mass production for 1H

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