Technology Milestones

Brief history and milestones of Quantum Dots

2001-10 Early QD IPs more than 20 grant in Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI)

2002.05  ZnSeS QDs prepared from ZnO [more story]

2003.06  QD Color-converted white LED [more story]

2002.11  Non-Cd white QD-converted LED [more story]

2013.04  Re-established QD Lab in National Tsing Hua University in Taiwan

2013.09  Developed morpholigical (core/shields) QDs w/ low Cd content in one-pot approach

2015.05  First government startup program for Univeristy spin-off 

2015.12  Funded Tsing-Yang Technology (TYT) Inc. as IP holding & R&D services company

2016.01  NTHU QD IPs transferred to TYT Inc.

2016.04  Established prototype reactor for QD production

2016.07  Formed subsidiary corporation QBright Inc. for developing QD film, joint-venture with Shin Kong Group (Merged in 2017)

2017.10  Scaleup of core/shields QDs production (named TY™ QDs & TYQD™)

2017.10  Developed bank-free self-emitting PM EL-QLED panel in NTHU [more story]

2018.05  Second government startup program

2018.10  Formed subsidiary corporation HsinLight Inc. for developing QD-converted miniLED/microLED [more story]

2018.10  Formed subsidiary corporation QDStar Inc. for producing raw QD materials (Merged in 2022)

2019.05  Installed pilot line for producing QDs 

2019.10  Mass production of raw low-Cd QDs with capacity of 50 Kg (net wt.) per month

2019.11  Technical competition winner (Subsidiary Hsinlight Inc) [more story] 

2020.01  Developed self-emitting transparent EL-QELD (Joint program) [more story]

2020.06  Developed Inkjet Printed QD-converted UV MicroLED (Joint program) [more story]

2021.03  Developed QD Light Guide Panel for LCD Backlighting [more story]

2023.11  Developed Aging Mechanism of QD Film for Displays (Joint program) [more story]

2023.12  Developed Inkjet Printed QDCC for Mini-LED Panel (Joint program) [more story]

2024.11 Deveoped Low-cost and more Eco-friendly Process for InP QDs [more story]

2024.11 Developed Highly Stable "Giant InP" QDs (Joint Program) [more story]