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OLED history: A ‘guided tour’ of OLED highlights from invention to application
OLED history: A ‘guided tour’ of OLED highlights from invention to application
2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 January - CES 2014 hosts several new OLED TV prototypes and products, led by LG January - Samsung confirms a 5" QHD AMOLED panel , to expand OLEDs to new applications February - Samsung's Gear Fit smart fitness band launches with a 1.84" curved flexible OLED Febraury - LG Display still hopes to produce 60" transparent flexible UHD OLEDs by 2017 March - LG keeps lowering their OLED TV prices, now down to $5,999 (55" curved FHD) March - Skyworth launches China's first OLED TV using LGD's 55" curved FHD panels March - Futaba film curved PMOLEDs now commercial, adopted by Huawei March - LG Chem launches the world's largest OLED lighting panel at 320x320 mm March - Pioneer and Mitsubishi begin to mass produce cheap wet-coated OLED lighting panels March - Konica Minolta announces a flexible CT OLED lighting R2R fab (1 million panels/month) March - LG launches 77", 65" and 55" 4K and FHD OLED TVs in Korea March - Konica Minolta developed the world's most efficient OLED panel at 131 lm/W March - Experts find the GS5's display to be the best mobile display ever March - New blue TADF OLED emitters are as efficient as the best blue PHOLEDs April - AUO developed a 5.7" WQHD (513PPI) AMOLED panel May - LG Chem cuts OLED lighting prices by 60% May - Changhong launches its first OLED TV using LGD panels June - Samsung launches new AMOLED tablets with the world's best tablet displays June - Samsung starts producing 5.1" QHD (2560x1440, 577 PPI) Super AMOLED panels June - SEL and sharp show a 13.3" 8K (664 PPI) AMOLED prototype June - Konica Minolta developed the world's most efficient OLED panel at 139 lm/W June - SEL and Nokia developed foldable OLED prototypes July - Everdisplay ships AMOLED samples to customers July - OLED-Info is ten years old ! July - LGD shows 18" flexible and transparent OLED panel prototypes July - LG Display signs deals to supply flexible OLEDs to German car makers August - AU Optronics finally starts AMOLED production (1.63", 4.3" and 5") August - LG launches the world's first 4K OLED TVs in Korea (55", 65" and 77") August - Sony, Panasonic and JDI launches a new OLED company (JOLED) September - Apple announces the Watch, the company's first product with an AMOLED September - Researchers manage to extend the lifetime of blue PHOLEDs tenfold September - LG's 55" OLED TV price drops below $3,000 September - Kateeva raises $38 million from Samsung and others September - Samsung announces the Note 4 Edge, with a curved OLED display November - Samsung to lower OLED panel prices below LCDs November - Home Depot starts selling OLED Luminaires for under $200 November - EverDisplay starts to mass produce AMOLED panels 2013 January - LG's 55" OLED TV, the 55EM9700 is finally on sale in Korea (for $10,000) January - Sony unveils a 56" 4K2K Oxide-TFT OLED TV prototype January - Samsung unveils an updated 55" Full-HD OLED model, the F9500 January - Samsung shows off a 55" curved OLED TV prototype Janaury - Panasonic shows a 56" 4K printed OLED TV prototype January - Samsung officially launches their YOUM flexible OLED displays January - LG unveils the EA9800 - a 55" curved OLED TV January - Samsung shows a 4.99" FHD AMOLED panel prototype (440 PPI) January - Samsung produced over 300 million AMOLED panels since 2007 February - Samsung and LG agree to solve their OLED IP disputes February - LG Display to build a $650 million Gen-8 OLED TV fab by H1 2014 February - LG starts shipping the 55" 55EM9700 OLED TV in Korea February - LG Chem to make flexible and 80 lm/W OLED lighting panels in July 2013 February - Philips inaugurates their new €40 million OLED lighting production line in Aachen March - Samsung announces the Galaxy S4 with a 4.99" Full-HD Super AMOLED March - NEC developed the world's most efficient OLED device at 156 lm/W April - LG's 55" curved OLED TV launched in Korea for $13,500 April - AUO developed a 65" direct-emission OLED panel and a 5" Full-HD AMOLED (443 PPI) April - Sony shows a 30" 4K panel, will release it in a professsional monitor product in 2014 May - Panasonic developed a 114 lm/W OLED panel - claims world's most efficient panel May - LG Display shows a bendable 5" AMOLED panel June - Samsung launches 55" curved OLED TVs in Korea for $13,000 June - LGD to start producing plastic based OLEDs in Q4 2013 June - LG starts shipping 55" curved OLED TVs in Korea June - Sumitomo to start producing flexible, printed, structured PLEDs by early 2015 July - OLED TVs finally arrive in the US for $15,000 (from both LG and Samsung) . July - Densitron starts shipping 3.5" HVGA AMOLEDs July - Audi, Philips and Merck show 3D OLED lighting prototypes for car rear-lights July - Germany launches a €34 million OLED lighting project July - Rolic opens a new OLED development center July - Novaled and Cynora to co-develop printable OLED materials August - Samsung starts shipping curved OLED TVs in the US, Europe and Australia August- LG cuts OLED TV prices following Samsung August - Samsung acquires Novaled for €260 million August - LG Display starts installing equipment in the Gen-8 M2 OLED TV fab September - Samsung launched the Note 3 , with the brightest OLED display ever September - Samsung Display and LG Display dropped all OLED lawsuits against each other September - Veeco buys flexible-OLED FAST-ALD maker Synos for $70-185 million September - LG unveils the world's largest OLED panel, a curved UHD WRGB 77" TV October - LG mass produces flexible OLEDs , launches the G Flex with a 6" curved OLED October - AUO finally begins AMOLED mass production at their Singapore AFPD fab October - Samsung unveils the Galaxy Round with a flexible 5.7" Super AMOLED November - Kateeva unveils their Gen-8 OLED TV inkjet system November - Panasonic officially quits the plasma TV business, will focus on UHD and OLEDs December - Sony and panasonic cancel their OLED joint-development project 2012 January - LG and Samsung unveil 55" OLED TVs to be released in 2012 January - Samsung plans to invest $6.1 billion in OLED capacity expansion in 2012 January - Dupont build a $30 million OLED TV pilot production line January - MicroOLED announces the world's highest density OLED microdisplay February - AUO and Idemitsu Kosan to collaborate on OLED display technologies February - Corning and Samsung form a new JV to produce Lotus OLED glass February - LG Chem starts producing 45 lm/W OLED lighting panels February - Konica Minolta developed a printed-electronics inkjet head, samples soon Febraury - Samsung spins-off LCD division, will focus on OLED displays March - Taiwan forms an AMOLED alliance March - Novaled files for IPO, to raise $200 million March - Sumitomo enters the PLED lighting market April - AUO's Lextar shows their first OLED lighting panels April - Philips announces the first 'Functional Lighting' OLED panel, 115 lm April - Fraunhofer's transparent Tabola OLED lighting panels now shipping April - AUO accelerates OLED production plans April - OLED-Info releases the OLED Handbook, 2012 edition May - Samsung launhces the Galaxy S3 with a 4.8" 1280x720 Super AMOLED HD display May - Samsung and LG officialy launch their 55" OLED TVs May - LG Display employees suspected of OLED technology theft from Samsung June - Sony and Panasonic to co-develop technology to manufacture OLED TV panels June - Corning unveils thin, flexible glass, suitable for flexible OLEDs June - AUO still has technical issues, delays AMOLED production to Q3 2012 June - Samsung announced they produced over 200 million OLED panels since 2007 June - Sharp shows IGZO based OLED prototypes July - Samsung Display starts conducting businesses, merges SMD and S-LCD July - Korean project led by LG to make flexible and transparent 60" UHD OLED panels by 2017 July - UDC buys Fujifilm's OLED patents for $105 million July - Samsung developed a 350 ppi OLED display using FMM July - LG launches an OLED TV ad campaign August - LG plans to start mass producing flexible OLED panels by the end of 2013 September - Samsung sues LG over OLED technology , LG countersues November - Japan Display unveil their first OLED prototype, a 4.5-inch 326PPI WRGB panel, production planned for 2014 November - Colnatec's new OLED deposition sensor to dramatically change the economics of OLED manufacturing December - OSRAM report advances with transparent OLED panels, production planned for 2014 2011 January - Samsung sold over 10 million Super-AMOLED Galaxy S phones in 2010 January - Samsung to invest $4.8 billion on OLEDs in 2011 January - Samsung announces Super AMOLED plus displays January - Sony announces the PSP2 - NGP with a 5" touch OLED display February - LG started AMOLED production in their new Gen-4.5 line February - Sony annoucnes professional 17" and 25" OLED monitors February - Verbatim's color-tunable OLED lighting panels now available February - Kaneka announces OLED lighting panels, to ship in March February - Samsung announces the Galaxy S2 with a 4.3" Super AMOLED Plus display February - OSRAM extends the Orbeos family with two new OLED panels March - LG's Gen-8 fab to produce white-OLED with color-filters TVs March - Applied Materials announces a new 7"-12" AMOLED production system March - Chimei Innolux shows two new AMOLED panels (3.2", 3.5"), not in production yet March - Universal Display raises over $250 million March - Panasonic and Idemitsu Kosan to collaborate on OLED lighting, opens new JV April - Samsung's Galaxy S II starts shipping with a 4.3" Super AMOLED Plus , Samsung sells a million units in the first month in Korea alone April - Philips unveils the most efficient OLED lighting panels, the Lumiblade Plus (45lm/W) May - Philips invests €40 million ($57 million) to expand their OLED lighting panel production capacity May - IGNIS shows a 3.5" AMOLED on a-Si substrate, RiTDisplays starts mass production May - Mitsubishi and Pioneer developed a white OLED using coating method with 52 lm/W efficiency May - Samsung starts producing AMOLEDs in their new 5.5-Gen fab, two months ahead of schedule May - OLED-Info launches The OLED Handbook June - Mitsubishi installed a 6-meter Diamond Vision OLED globe to create world's largest OLED display June - LG Display starts supplying AMOLED panels to Nokia June - OSRAM developed a 87 lm/W white OLED panel, close to production June - RiTDisplay starts to mass produce AMOLED displays on a-Si backplanes July - LG Display to stop investing in small OLEDs, focuses on large OLED panels and wants to introduce a 55" OLED TV in 2012 July - Samsung Galaxy S II becomes their fastest selling mobile phones, sells 5 million units in 85 days August - LG Display announces Ultra AMOLED displays August - UDC and Samsung sign a long-term licensing agreement, Samsung to use green PHOLEDs August - Sony announces OLED microdisplays and five products that use them August - OSRAM's new OLED lighting pilot production line is now on line August - Panasonic announces OLED lighting roadmap, starts selling OLED panels September - Sony, Toshiba and Hitachi to integrate small/medium display business, invest in OLED R&D September - Samsung launches the 7.7" Super AMOLED tablet and the 5.3" HD Super AMOLED phone September - Panasonic developed the world's most efficient white OLED at 128 lm/W October - Konica Minolta starts shipping efficient OLED lighting samples October - AUO to start AMOLED mass production in 2012, already shipping samples , shows a 32" Oxide-TFT OLED TV prototype October - Samsung Electronics to launch flexible OLED based products in 2012 November - DuPont licenses OLED nozzle-printing tech to a leading OLED maker November - OSRAM developed the world's most efficient flexible white OLED December - Panasonic is building an 8.5-Gen OLED TV pilot production plant December - Wintek starts to construct its AMOLED fab, scheduled for 2014 December - LG Display announces their 55" OLED TV prototype, to be unveiled at CES 2010 2009 January - several new phones announced with large AMOLEDs from Sony , Toshiba andSamsung . January - Novaled secures 11.2M$ in funding January - the OQO Model 02+ is the first PC with an OLED (5") January - LG says they can begin to produce their 15" AMOLEDs within 6 months if they get customers . January - CES 2009 gives us 15" OLEDs from LG , 4" flexible display from UDC , a 3" Sony Walkman , transparent OLEDs by Samsung and more. February - lot's of new OLED gadgets announcements from Samsung Omnia HD (3.7" OLED) ,W7900/i7410 projector phone , M7600 Beat DJ phone and the TL320 digital camera (3") . Nokia announced the N86 (2.6") phone . February - Samsung sees OLED TVs in 2009 and Flexible OLEDs by 2010 . March - LG to direct investment to OLEDs March - Modistech to release OLED lighting products by 2011 March - PNNL scientists develop efficient blue OLEDs March - Samsung says no OLED TV soon , but going to put AMOLEDs in half of their new touch-screen mobiles March - Toshiba bought our Panasonic's stake in TMDisplay, will focus on OLEDs . Panasonic still have plans for OLED TVs together with Toshiba within 2 years . April - LG says OLEDs to be adoped widely . Will have OLED products soon, OLED TVs by end of 2009, will cost twice as LCDs . April - Philips have started to ship OLED samples, (which you can order online now!) , remaincommitted for 2010 commercial launch . April - Sony shows 21" OLED prototype . Might release 2nd generation OLED TV at IFA 2009 (september). May - Dupont's new Green OLED materials has over a million hours lifetime May - Panasonic teams up with Sumitomo for 40" or larger OLED TVs May - Seiko Epson announces new inkjet technology to enable large size HD OLED TVs May - Samsung's Ultra Touch S8300 is selling great, 500K units in first month May - Samsung: OLED production to quadruple this year, considering next-gen production line May - Microsoft unveils the Zune HD with a 3.3" touch AMOLED June - Samsung shipping new 800x480 AMOLED panels , and announces new phones with these panels (Omnia 2 , Louvre B7610 , Haptic ) June - Samsung claim that their 14.1" and 31" OLED TV panels are ready for production June - Samsung claims over 2M pre-orders for the JET phone, and 1.8M for the Ultra Touch June - Samsung joins OLED lighting race June - LG Displays has a customer that will ship 15" OLED TVs in Korea in December 2009 July - LG Display to increase capacity, in talks with Nokia to supply OLED panels August - Sony delay their next-gen OLED TV to 2010 August - LG shows their new 15" OLED TV panels August - Samsung say they shipped over 2M AMOLED panels in July September - Samsung promises an OLED laptop by Q3 2010 September - Microsoft's Zune HD started shipping , and was sold-out within days October - Mitsubishi unveils very-large modular OLED displays October - LG will build a new 5G plant, to begin mass-production in 2H 2011 October - Samsung have achieved 90% yield in their AMOLED plant, and are working 24 hours a day to meet demand October - AUO shows new 14" OLED panels, which are "Ready for production" November - LG Chem joins the OLED Lighting race, plans products for 2H 2010 November - Konica Minolta to build a large-scale OLED Lighting plant by march 2014, hopes for a $1 billion business November - OSRAM starts to sell their first OLED Lighting product, the ORBEUS November - The LG 15" OLED TV is now available in Korea for 2580$ November - Kyocera stops their OLED program December - LG buys Kodak's OLED unit December - Google to release the Nexus One phone with a 3.7" touch OLED December - OLED shipments rise sharply to over $250 million in Q3 2009 December - CMO and TPO acquired by Innolux December - Doosan to develop and commercialize OLED Lighting 2008 December - GE to stop working on Incandescent light bulbs - focus on LEDs and OLEDs December - Samsung says OLED laptops by 2010 , but no OLED TV soon December - Project TOPLESS shows an OLED lamp November - BASF and OSRAM developed highly efficient white OLEDs November - MED is facing financial problems, appoints administration, looking to sell the company November - Dresden's COMEDD is open, Germany aims to become an OLED production center November - PolyPhotonix is building a new OLED light production line November - Zhongxian Tech to build China's first AMOLED plant with 65M$ investment . A new Chinese AMOLED research and production center is announced . November - RiTDisplays got orders for 35M PMOLEDs November - CMEL introduces new 'MEM' tech to make thinner and lighter AMOLED panels, shows 25" TV October - UDC shows flexible OLEDs that are less than 50 micrometer thin October - LG are 'cautious' about OLEDs, do not see big investments in the near future October - GE says they hope to start selling OLED lighting products in 2010 . OSRAM says their own products will be available in 2011/12 October - China's first OLED production line goes online October - CMEL's 7.6" AMOLED panels are now available for purchase October - Samsung shows 14" and 31" AMOLED prototypes, might be released in early 2010 . Also shows a 40" HD AMOLED and shows interesting flexible and transparent OLEDs. September - AMOLED shipments fall, but PMOLED now account for 60% of new MP3 players September - Philips offers OLED lighting kits, plans to start selling products in 2009 September - Kodak announces a wireless digital photo frame with a 7.6" AMOLED (made by CMEL) August - TMDisplay develops 2.2" OLED with world's longest lifetime and best efficiency August - Utah researchers: OLEDs will not be as efficient as previously thought August - Several new devices are announced with AMOLEDs: Nokia N85 , iRiver SPINN , Cowon S9 curve , iRiver Unit2 (4.3") and others July - DisplayBank estimates 7.1M AMOLED units produced in first half of 2008 July - TMDisplay to invest 140M$ on production lines for 2.5" AMOLED , sets target output of 1.5M a month July - Samsung Electronics and Samsung SDI to join forces on OLEDs, make new "Samsung Mobile Displays" unit July - LGDisplay to invest 100M$ in new production lines for "smaller then 10 inch" displays July - Japanese government and companies team up to develop OLED tech June - Hitachi and Canon to make small/medium OLED panels for digital cameras June - Major investment in OLED production is announced by Samsung (530$) and LG Display June - The OLLA project delivers its final milestone , a followup project (oled100.eu) is announced June - UDC shows white OLED with over 100 lm/W June - LG Display officially open OLED division and production line June - AUO are reportedly back into OLED research (since January 2008) June - CMEL gets 21M$ for a new AMOLED production line May - Toshiba postpones large OLED TVs, to ship small/medium panels late in 2008 May - Samsung shows 12.1" OLED for laptops , plans to release OLEDs ranging from 2" to 31" (15 different sizes) May - LGDisplay shows 15" XGA OLED TV May - Sony goes ahead with 200M$ investment, will release 27" OLED TV within 12 months April - OSRAM shows world's first OLED lamp April - Sony showcases thin OLED panels March - Kodak and LG display sign AMOLED cross-licensing agreement March - Samsung SDI’s AMOLEDs Reach Mass Production March - GE Demonstrates World's First "Roll-to-Roll" Manufactured OLEDs March - OLED Lighting Technology from OSRAM Achieves New Levels of Efficiency and Lifetime February - Sony to spend 200M$ on OLED production tech January - Sony sold first batch (1,300 units) of XEL-1 in one day , starts to sell it in the US January - Lot's of new AMOLED products announced (Samsung camera , iRiver A/V player , several mobile phones in Japan) January - CMEL producing 150,000 panels a months , gets orders for 7.6" panels from kodak January - Panasonic says no OLED TV till 2012-2014 2007 December - Toshiba shelves plans to sell OLED TVs in 2009/10 December - Samsung says will have 31" AMOLED TV prototype in CES, Commercial 40" TVs in 2010, and 14" panels in 2008 November - Novaled reaches 100,000h lifetime for a highly efficient white OLED November - The world's first OLED TV, the Sony XEL-1 (11") starts to sell in Japan for 1,800$ October - Sony announces the XEL-1, the first ever OLED TV (11") October - Samsung SDI and LG expand AMOLED production lines, fulfill orders October - CMEL begin shipment of ~2" AMOLED panels, showcases 4.3" and 7.6" panels October - Seiko Epson expanded OLED lifetime, to start making OLED panels (8" to 21") October - Samsung SDI shows OLED roadmap and claims 21" monitors in 2009, 42" HD TVs by 2010 and OLED lighting 'soon' August - Sumitomo plans OLED TVs by 2009 July - LG Electronics moves into AMOLED mass production July - CMEL sampling 2.4" AMOLED panels July - Sumitomo acquires CDT for 285M$ May - Mitsubishi to enter OLED market May - Novaled Achieving Groundbreaking Lifetimes For fluorescent PIN OLEDs May - Sony shows Flexible OLEDs May - Samsung SDI to make OLED TVs in 2009 April - Sony to sell 11" OLED TVs in 2007 April - TMDisplay to sell 21" OLED TVs in 2009 April - Toshiba plans to launch 30" OLED TVs in 2009 (Update: in December 2007 Toshiba shelved those plans ) March - KDDI starts selling a phone with a 2.4" AMOLED display . March - Konica Minolta and GE to jointly develop OLED light products . February - Sony begins production of AMOLED panels . January - Sony showcases 27" and 11" OLED TVs at CES. Says might start production at 2008 . 2006 2005 2004 December - CDT IPOs, lists on NASDAQ . November - OLED displays with 50,000h operating lifespan from URT. November - Seiko Epson will commercialize OLED TVs by 2007 . October - LG.Philips develops 20-inch OLED display. September - Sony Starts Mass Production of Organic EL Displays, and released first a new clie PDA with a 3.8in 480 x 320 OLED screen. July - OLED-Info is on-line, the web's first OLED community site. June - Toppan to volume produce large-size OLED panels. May - Seiko Epson unveils first 40" colour OLED display. May - Universal Display Corporation Announces Record-Breaking Power Efficiencies for its Phosphorescent White OLED Technology. May - Taiwan's AU Begins Mass Production of Organic EL Panels. May - Universal Display Corporation Unveils Ground breaking Flexible OLED Prototype on Metallic Substrate. April - Teco Optronics to invest NT$300 million to build new PM OLED plant. April - RiT Display ships mobile phone OLED sub-displays to Samsung, says paper. April - Seiko Epson Reveals 12.5-Inch Organic EL Panel for Large TVs. April - RiT Display shipping OLED panels to Motorola. March - GE Global Research Breaks Two World Records For OLEDs As A Lighting Device. Demo Lighting Panel is Biggest and Most Efficient Ever Created. March - NEC drops its OLED business . March - Chi Mei Optoelectronics Corp. (CMO) has announced a fully functional prototype of a 20-inch full-color OLED display - the largest Amorpheous Si TFT. February - Philips 639 mobile phone applies PolyLED technology in unique 'Magic Mirror' display. January - Opto Tech to invest NT$4.5 billion in four new OLED lines in 2004. 2003 December - Univision reaches monthly capacity of 6,000 OLED substrates. December - Casio Ventures into Organic EL Panels Driven by Amorphous Si TFT. November - Tohoku Pioneer Corporation to Be First Manufacturer to Use Universal Display Corporation's PHOLED Material in a Commercial OLED Display. November - Univision showcases 65,000-color mobile phone OLED sub-display. October - Sanyo Unveils Long-Lasting QVGA Organic EL Panel for Cell Phones. October - Univision begins OLED production. September - AU Optronics has showcased its 1.93" AMOLED for Mobile Phone. September - Princeton electrical engineers have invented a technique for making Organic Solar Cells that Could Lead To Widespread Use Of Solar Power. June - ERSO and Windell develop 10-inch LTPS TFT technology-based AM OLED display. June - Sony to invest nine billion yen to build OLED production line. May - AUO and UDC develop 4-inch, a-Si TFT backplane-based, red phosphorescent AMOLED. May - Samsung NEC develops 65,000-color PM OLED mobile phone display. May - Sony demonstrated a 24.2 inch OLED panel. April - DuPont forges 'Olight' brand for emerging OLEDs. April - Sony testing 24-inch OLED screen. March - Kodak introduces the first AMOLED digital camera - the Kodak EasyShare LS633 . March - IDTech develops 20-inch full-color OLED display. February - RiTdisplay lands mobile phone OLED orders from Samsung and LGE. February - Kodak Licenses Samsung NEC Mobile Display to Manufacture Passive-Matrix OLED Displays. January - Philips invents EL material to generate both red and green light. January - Kodak, Sanyo invest in active-matrix OLED production. January - Sanyo Unveils Mobile Phone with Organic EL Panel Designed for KDDI, announces plans to build full-color OLED production line. 2002 December - DuPont Displays and Universal Display Corporation Form Strategic Alliance to Develop Next Generation Displays Combining Aspects of Small Molecule and Polymer OLEDs. November - Pioneer Supplies OLED to LG Electronics for Cell Phones. June - Epson, CDT form polymer OLED production venture. June - AU Optronics develops world's first OLED prototype combining a-Si TFT LCD technology. May - RiTdisplay reportedly receives orders for over one million mobile phone OLEDs. May - Kodak Announces Availability of Evaluation Kit For Active-Matrix OLED Display. April - Philips Announces Industry's First Volume Shipments of Polymer-Based OLED Modules. February - Samsung SDI develops 2.2-inch AM OLED for mobile phones. 2001 November - RiTdisplay opens new color OLED/PLED factory. October - Samsung SDI Develops World's Largest Organic Display Panel (15.1 inch). October - Universal Display Reports New Red Phosphorescent OLED Materials, Significant Power Efficiency Advances. October - Universal Display Corporation and Samsung SDI Announce Key Joint Development Agreement. October - Sony Demonstrates 13-Inch, Full-Color OLED Prototype. August - eMagin's OLED Microdisplay Selected by Air Force for F15E Aircraft. May - Toshiba Develops World's First 260,000-Color Polymer OLED. April - Samsung Exhibits Color Organic EL LCD Panel for Mobile Phones at CeBIT (132 by 162 pixels). April - Universal Display Corporation and Sony Corporation Announce Joint Development Agreement Aimed at OLED Television Monitors. February - Sony Develops World's Largest Full Color OLED (13 inches diagonally with a resolution of 800x600 pixels.) The Early Years 2000 - LG Electronics develops organic EL displays for mobile gadgets 2000 - NEC, Samsung To Develop Organic Wireless Displays 2000 - Sanyo Electric to start mass production of color organic EL panels in 2001 2000 - UDC and PPG Industries Form Strategic Alliance for Development & Supply of Chemicals for OLED Manufacturers 2000 - Motorola Grants OLED Technology Rights To Universal Display And Takes Equity Position 2000 - Toshiba Corp. plans to produce (organic EL) panels in 2001 2000 - Ritek plans to mass produce OLED 1998 - Green Organic LED Shows High Efficiency 1998 - Kodak, Sanyo Show Full-Color Active Matrix Organic Display; First Color OEL Display Increases Threat to LCD Display Dominance 1997 - Pioneer Electronic Produces EL Display with 260,000 Colors 1997 - UDC Demonstrates Flexible Flat Panel Display Technology 1996 - CDT gives world's first public demonstration of Light Emitting Polymer devices 1996 - Pioneer produces the world's first commercial PMOLED - a monochrome 256x64 display for car audio systems. 1987 - Ching W. Tang and Steven Van Slyke develop the world's first working OLED at Eastman Kodak 1950 - Luminance in organic materials is discovered in France.
