Optical Radiation Corporation
Encyclopedia
Optical Radiation Corporation (ORC) is an American
company that produces a range of UV
exposure systems used in the manufacture of PCB
s. ORC was founded in 1969 to design and manufacture optoelectronic
and optical products.
During the early 1990s ORC developed a short-lived multi-channel surround sound
with Eastman Kodak
called Cinema Digital Sound
.
United States
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company that produces a range of UV
Ultraviolet
Ultraviolet light is electromagnetic radiation with a wavelength shorter than that of visible light, but longer than X-rays, in the range 10 nm to 400 nm, and energies from 3 eV to 124 eV...
exposure systems used in the manufacture of PCB
Printed circuit board
A printed circuit board, or PCB, is used to mechanically support and electrically connect electronic components using conductive pathways, tracks or signal traces etched from copper sheets laminated onto a non-conductive substrate. It is also referred to as printed wiring board or etched wiring...
s. ORC was founded in 1969 to design and manufacture optoelectronic
Optoelectronics
Optoelectronics is the study and application of electronic devices that source, detect and control light, usually considered a sub-field of photonics. In this context, light often includes invisible forms of radiation such as gamma rays, X-rays, ultraviolet and infrared, in addition to visible light...
and optical products.
During the early 1990s ORC developed a short-lived multi-channel surround sound
Surround sound
Surround sound encompasses a range of techniques such as for enriching the sound reproduction quality of an audio source with audio channels reproduced via additional, discrete speakers. Surround sound is characterized by a listener location or sweet spot where the audio effects work best, and...
with Eastman Kodak
Eastman Kodak
Eastman Kodak Company is a multinational imaging and photographic equipment, materials and services company headquarted in Rochester, New York, United States. It was founded by George Eastman in 1892....
called Cinema Digital Sound
Cinema Digital Sound
Cinema Digital Sound is a multi-channel surround sound format used for theatrical films in the early 1990s. The system was developed by Eastman Kodak and Optical Radiation Corporation. CDS was quickly superseded by Digital Theatre System and Dolby Digital formats.CDS format replaced the analogue...
.