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More details about MicroOLED’s 5.4mp 0.61" OLED microdisplay
Jan 31st
A couple of days ago MicroOLED announced their next-generation 0.61″ OLED microdisplay which features 5.4 million pixels . Today we have some more information and the product’s data sheet . The most interesting info is that samples of the new products are already available – with volume production expected in 10 weeks. It turns out that MicroOLED will offer two version. The MDP02APFC offers full-color (using 4 sub white OLED subpixels and RGBW filters) and 1,300×1,044 resolution (just a little over SXGA which is 1,280×960). The sub-pixel pitch is 4.7×4.7 micrometre, the maximum brightness is 250Cd/m2 (typical brightness: 120 Cd/m2), the maximum contrast is 100,000:1 (typical contrast: 10,000:1) and the power consumption is 200 mW (minimum) in video mode. read more
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Traffic supporting OLED luminaries concept
Jan 30th
Swedish research firm Visual Guidance Systems Scandinavia AB (VGS) developed a new road lighting system concept based around OLED luminaires. The basic idea is that the lamps come in different shapes (enabled by OLED area-lighting panel designs) that signals information processes to support drivers – so a lamp above a crossroad or a pedestrian crossing will signal the object beneath it: VGS sent us an article showcasing this new concept – with lot’s of examples and discussions how this compares with current road luminaries and advantages in safety and traffic management. You can download the article in the link below.
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Sony TX200V
Jan 30th
Sony’s TX200V is a waterproof and dustproof digital camera with a 18mp sensor, 5X optical zoom and a 3.3″ touch AMOLED display . It has a clean glass-covered front design. The TX200V can capture Full-HD videos (and take 13mp stills while doing so) and has a built-in GPS. The TX200V will be available in March 2012 for around $500. It will be available in three colors (red, silver and purple). OLED type: 3.3″ touch AMOLED
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LG Display to start making OLED TV panels in July, capacity will be 48,000 units a month
Jan 27th
LG Display says that they will begin production in their 8.5-Gen plant in July, making 8,000 monthly substrates – or about 48,000 55″ OLED TV panels. It’s possible that this assumes 100% yield – and in any case this is more panels then planned . LG plans to invest 4 trillion Won (around $3.5 billion) in OLED production this year, and plans for 2013 will only be made during in the third quarter – LG wants to see the market reaction. LG’s 55EM9600 is a 55″ Full-HD OLED TV featuring 100,000,000:1 contrast ratio and fast response time (1,000 times faster than LCD according to LG). The panel is only 4mm thick, and the whole TV weighs just 7.5Kg. The TV is based on LG Display’s Oxide-TFT white-OLED with color filters (RGBW) OLED panel. read more
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Blackbody shows new OLED lamps, releases 2012 catalog
Jan 22nd
Blackbody is exhibiting in the Maison & Objet conference in Paris, showing their latest OLED chandeliers – including some classics like the Big Bang , and some new ones like the I.Rain by Thierry Gaugain, shown below. Blackbody says that they have already installed several chandeliers at different places. For example the “Wishing Tree” by Aldo Cibic is installed in the opera Ristori in Verona, Italy, while the Mini Bang is installed in Hotel particulier XVIIIe siècle in Paris. read more
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"Wasted" light from OLED displays can be harvested by solar cells
Jan 22nd
Researchers from Cambridge University and Ignis Innovation developed a new energy harvested that sits inside a mobile phone with an OLED display and harvests energy from the light that is projected to the display’s sides. The researchers say that up to 64% of the light is lost in typical OLED displays – much of it projected to the edges of the display. The idea is simple – to place an array of thin-film hydrogenated a-Si solar cells around the OLED. These cells can also harvest ambient light. The researchers made a complete system design – instead of charging the battery with the power generated (which would be quite complex) they added a supercapacitor for intermediate energy storage. They say the system achieves an average efficiency of 11% and peak efficiency of 18%, while the PV array converts around 5% of the ambient light to electricity. They say that on a typical 3.7″ OLED display the maximum power output is 5 milliwatts. Useful, but not significant compared to the phone’s power needs, so it’s not clear whether this is worth the extra cost, size and weight. read more
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New microfabrication technology can enhance OLED light extraction efficiency
Jan 13th
Japan’s Oji Paper developed a new microfabrication technology that can be used to enhance the light extraction efficiency of OLEDs. The idea is to use microparticle coating to form a regular pattern that is several-nanometer-wide on the surface of the metal part of the negative electrode in an OLED panel. The nanostructure turns the plasmon energy (that is sometimes released from an OLED) into light. Oji paper says that this technology was used to improve a red OLED’s light extraction efficiency by about 100%. They are now working to apply this to a white OLED. read more
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LG plans to sell 200,000-300,000 OLED TVs in 2012, 2 million in 2013
Jan 11th
LG says that they plan to sell 200,000 to 300,000 OLED TVs in 2012, and up to 2 million in 2013. This is actually quite an aggressive target. LG’s 55EM9600 55″ OLED TV won’t be available until May 2012 at the earliest – which means that LG will need to have a capacity of around 37,000 monthly panels – which isn’t likely with their current 8.5-Gen line as LG themselves said that at 100% yield the capacity will only be 30,000 panels a month . If LG Display actually plans to produce 2 million panels in 2013, they’ll need to start working on a new mass production plant now… read more
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Sharp does not have any plans to join the OLED market
Jan 11th
Sharp’s president Mikio Katayama said that his company does not have plans to join the OLED market. He estimates that OLEDs won’t create a new market, it will just be a replacement for existing technologies. Currently OLEDs will be too expensive – and he does not think customers will pay the premium. Three years ago, Sharp made basically the same comments about OLEDs . It’s quite a big bet by the Japanese company – as most leading TV makers have active OLED TV programs. read more
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"Super OLED TVs" coming soon from Samsung?
Jan 7th
CES 2012 will start on Monday, but some companies have already put up some banners announcing new products. Check out this interesting one from Samsung – promising a Super OLED TV: It was already reported that Samsung plans to show 55″ OLED TV panels at CES , so this isn’t a surprise. It’s interesting to hear of Samsung’s new OLED TV branding – Super OLED, an Ultimate TV. I guess Samsung will focus on the fact that they are using ‘True OLED’ RGB subpixels, as opposed to LG Display’s white subpixels with color filters architecture (WOLED-CF). Samsung’s design theoretically means better quality image and a more efficient display, while LGD’s design should enable them to manufacture the TVs on the cheap. read more
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