Semiquartz Wafer announces new glass substrates especially for OLEDs

SemiQuartz Wafer announces new glass substrates that are suited for OLED production. The company says that these new substrate are better than what's currently on the market: total thickness variation is less than 2 micrometers and the roughness is less than .3 nanometers. The new substrates are now available.

A low thickness variation is important as any variations can lead to color shifts, non-uniform brightness and even short-circuit of an individual pixel which could hard the OLED lifetime. Studies conducted by SemiQuarz Wafer revealed OLED malfunctions when the substrate’s permeation rate exceeded 1 x 10-6 g/m2 per day 25 degrees Celsius. In addition, the substrate must also meet specific requirements in terms of chemical resistance, temperature stability and moisture sensitivity.

Posted: Mar 23,2011 by Ron Mertens