LG.Philips unveiled a new 20.1" OLED panel that features 1280x800 resolution and 500 cd/m2 brightness (1000 nits). LG.Philips says that this is the largest OLED panel ever produced. The panel uses an LTPS backplane.
The panel will be on public display for the first time at the FPD International 2004 exhibition at Yokohama, Japan, which starts today.
Universal Display announced a new $750,000 SBIR Phase II project from the US Department of Energy (DOE) to develop light extraction technology for energy-efficient, solid-state lighting. The new project is titled "Novel Light Extraction Enhancements for White Phosphorescent OLEDs".
Extraction efficiency defines the amount of generated light that can be extracted, or emitted, from the device as useful light. In current OLED panels about 20% to 30% of generated light is effectively extracted as useful light.
This is the second $750,000 OLED lighting efficiency project awarded to UDC this month, the first one was about lowering the OLED device voltage.
eMagin demonstrated their first UXGA (Ultra Extended Graphics Array, 1600x1200) OLED microdisplay. This new display uses the company's bundled fiber optic elements to effectively couple four SVGA displays into a single UXGA display.
Opto Tech says that their PMOLED production yields have improved to over 60%, and the company is seeing stable growth in OLED orders. While analysts think that the company's strategic alliance with Japan-based Nichia to produce and sell blue LEDs will be the driving force for the company’s fourth quarter revenues, Opto Tech themselves claims it will be the improved OLED yields that push its revenues.
AU Optronics says they have developed a breakthrough technology - a double sided AMOLED that can show two separate moving images on each side of the panel.
The new AMOLED features 143 ppi and 200 nits (cd/m2) brightness. AUO says that such displays can be used in mobile phones as a dual display.
Universal Display was awarded a new $750,000 Department of Energy (DOE) SBIR II contract to lower their white phosphorescent OLED device operating voltage. The program, titled "Low Voltage, High Efficiency White Phosphorescent OLEDs for Lighting Applications" is a continuation of a DOE SBIR Phase I program awarded in 2003.
A lower voltage is important because it leads to reduction in power consumption.
Taiwan's Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) unveiled its latest AMOLED technology. ITRI says that their new AMOLED technology is the second best in the world after Samsung, but we don't have any technical details yet.
ITRI did reveal it will soon unveil a 3.8" double-emitting AMOLED panel, which will be Taiwan's first...
Samsung Electronics developed a new amorphous-Si (a-Si) driven OLED panel, and unveiled it at the Asia Display 2004 exhibition held in Daegu, Korea. We do not have any technical details about this panel yet.
Luxell announced a new Black Layer process for OLED panels. This new process has been specifically developed for top-emission OLED devices, which is rapidly becoming the display structure of choice for future, high resolution, AMOLED displays.
Universal Display announced that they been awarded a $100,000 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE).
The goal of this new program is to demonstrate an innovative approach using Universal Display's transparent OLED and phosphorescent OLED technologies to increase the power efficiency of white OLED lighting panels.
