Samsung is aiming to improve their AMOLEDs in the near future. They claim they will double the efficiency (from 20cd/A to 40cd/A), the lifetime (from 50,000 to 100,000 hours) and the power consumption (from 62W to less than 30W). Samsung will use advanced color pattern methods to overcome the current FMM method large-size limitation. They will also move from glass encapsulation to thin-film, and apply Oxide substrate. They will also use only triplet OLED emitters instead of using both singlets and triplets.

Samsung has recently began to construct their new 5.5-Gen AMOLED plant, which will start production in July 2011. Samsung plans to invest $2.2 billion on that plant that will have 3 production lines (1300X1500mm). Having a larger wafer size results in better efficiencies for both small and large panels (such as 30" or 40" OLED TV panels). Samsung did not say whether the new methods will apply in the new plant only, or also in the current one.

Photonis Technologies SAS has bought a 51% stake in MicroOLED. The financial details were not disclosed. MicroOLED are working towards OLED microdisplays for defense systems, OEM instrumentation, video glasses for 3D and high-definition applications, and viewfinders for cameras.

MicroOLED OLED microdisplay

Exactly one year ago, MicroOLED said that the will start mass-production by the end of 2009, we do not know whether they are actually producing them yet. The MicroOLED microdisplays boast 25µm sub-pixel area and 25mW power consumption.