Philips Natuurkundig Laboratorium Eindhoven

NatLab is the main research facility of the Dutch consumer electronics multinational Philips. It is located in the small city of Eindhoven in the province Noord Brabant in the south of the Netherlands. It was founded in 1914 and it has since played a key role in the development of many new products and technologies. Some notable examples include the audiocassette, the Compact Disc, its successor the DVD, the DCC, the S/PDIF (in conjunction with Sony) and, more recently, the development of all plastic electronic circuits.

The full name, Philips Natuurkundig Laboratorium , translates to Philips Physics Laboratory.

Their main topics of research are:

• mechanics, heat and particle optics
• inorganic materials
• polymers and organic chemistry
• integrated device technologies
• storage technologies
• storage and retrieval
• optics
• television modules
• flat display modules
• video processing and visual perception
• personal care
• mixed-signal circuits and systems
• integrated transceivers
• digital design and testing
• electronic design and tools
• semiconductor process architecture
• semiconductor process modules
• semiconductor device architectures
• embedded systems architectures on silicon
• information-processing architectures
• information technology
• software architecture
• broadband communication and video systems
• digital signal processing
• new-media systems and applications
• user-system interaction technology