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Samsung to delay further AMOLED expansion to 2012
Apr 15th
According to reports, Samsung decided to adjust/delay their AMOLED production in their upcoming 5.5-Gen fab. The first line is almost complete and will start producing panels during the second quarter, as planned, but further expansion will be deferred to the first half of 2012 (instead of the end of 2011). This does not represent a big change in Samsung’s AMOLED plans, and total investment is not changed. The first line will be able to produce 24,000 monthly substrates in Q2 2011. This will grow to 48,000 by the end of 2011. But Samsung’s original plans were to produce around 100,000 substrates per month by that time, and now the company decided to defer that further expansion to the first half of 2012. read more
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Chlorine can lead to efficient and simple OLED designs
Apr 15th
Researchers from the University of Toronto discovered that using chlorine can drastically reduce OLED device complexity and improve its efficiency. In fact in their tests, the efficiency more than doubled at very high brightness. The idea is to add a one-atom thick sheet of chlorine on the ITO electrode used in OLEDs. This can make the electrode a more efficient electrical transport – and so there’s no need for a ‘transport’ layer as used in current designs. The researchers developed a UV light assisted process to achieve chlorination (which negates the need for chlorine gas) – and so the whole process is easy to engineer, safe and reliable. The new OLED which used the CI-ITO electrode achieved a record efficiency of 50% at 10,000 cd/m 2 . read more
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Kaneka shows a massive OLED lighting installation
Apr 13th
It seems that OLED lighting is the thing to see in the Milano art show. After we’ve seen some nice installations from Lumiotec , Panasonic and Verbatim , here comes Kaneka , with a massive ceiling installation: Kaneka’s dimmable OLED lighting panels come in five different colors (warm white, red, orange, blue and green). The company is already accepting orders in Japan , although it’s not clear when they plan to start shipping samples.
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Kaneka shows a massive OLED lighting installation
Velve sample kits to ship in May, to cost ¥90,000 ($1,050) in Japan
Apr 13th
We just got word from Verbatim that their Velve OLED lighting sample kits will start shipping in May. The price in Japan will be ¥90,000 ($1,050), we do not know the European or US price yet (it seems that Mitsubishi will market these in Japan and Verbatim will market in Europe). Full scale production will begin in July, and then prices will probably drop. The sample kits include one color-tunable and dimmable OLED module, USB cable, software and a power adapter. Verbatim’s software will allow you to program a color sequence (the default one will be red, green, blue, cyan, magenta, yellow). The panel itself is 145x207mm in size, and the actual emitting area is 123x123mm. The lifetime is 8,000 hours at 1000 cd/m 2 . You can read the data sheet here .
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Velve sample kits to ship in May, to cost ¥90,000 ($1,050) in Japan
Panasonic shows OLED lighting panels
Apr 12th
Here’s another nice OLED lighting installation from the Milano art show, this time from Panasonic Electric Works (PEW). Apparently PEW’s OLED panels are transparent when not lit. Just a couple of weeks ago we learned that PEW and Idemitsu Kosan will establish a new joint venture (called Panasonic Idemitsu OLED Lighting ) for developing, manufacturing and marketing OLED lighting panels. The new company will combine PEW’s design and manufacturing technologies with Idemitsu OLED materials. read more
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Verbatim shows their VELVE color-tunable OLED lighting
Apr 12th
Check out this beautiful video showing Verbatim ‘s Velve OLED lighting installations at the design library in Milan, Italy. Verbatim is showing some pretty neat design ideas, and of course the changing colors of the OLEDs are great: The Velve OLED lighting panels are made together by Mitsubishi and Pioneer , and are the world’s first color-tunable OLED lighting panels. The panels are 14x14cm in size and offer 28lm/W efficiency and 8,000 hours of lifetime. The typical CRI is 80.
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Verbatim shows their VELVE color-tunable OLED lighting
Toray and Cambrios develop the world’s most transparent conductive film
Apr 8th
Toray developed a new silver nano-wire based transparent conductive film that offers a light transmittance of 90% or more and surface resistivity, which is a measure of conductivity, between 150 and 250 ohm/sq- using wet coating method (Toray says that this is the world’s best film in terms of transparency and conductivity). The new material also offers superior flexibility, natural coloration, durability and workability. Toray will begin mass production in the ‘near future’. The new material was developed in partnership with Cambrios (who are also collaborating with Plextronics ). The companies say that this new material can find applications in touch panels, solar cells and OLED electrodes. read more
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Samsung might have to delay their 5.5-Gen fab by 1-3 months due to equipment shortage in Japan
Apr 5th
Earlier today we posted that Sony may have to delay the NGP launch , and now we hear that the Japanese earthquake may disrupt production of equipment required for factories expansion in Korea – including Samsung’s 5.5-Gen AMOLED fab . MK (a Korean business news site) reports that Samsung’s AMOLED fab requires some equipment that is imported from Japan, and the company might require to delay operation of the plant. According to Samsung the delay (if at all) will be between one month to three months at most.
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Some CMEL AMOLEDs fail after prolonged exposure to sun?
Apr 1st
I got word from a CMEL AMOLED user that some displays fail after prolonged exposure to sun. Interestingly, the displays seem to recover if left unpowered for a couple of days (out of the sun, that is). I wonder if any other AMOLED user experienced similar problems? In any case, here’s a video they uploaded showing the problematic displays: The CMEL module used by this company is a C0283QGLC-T. This is a 2.83″ diagonal 240×320 full-color AMOLED. CMEL no longer produces AMOLEDs (after the merger into CMI ) – but CMI seems to have an active OLED program that will soon go into production .
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Inteltronic PMOLED product line on video
Apr 1st
Inteltronic is a US-based display reseller that offers Univision made PMOLED displays. The company released several videos showing their OLED product line: read more
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Inteltronic PMOLED product line on video