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DisplaySearch sees rapid expansion of LTPS capacity for AMOLED and LCDs
Feb 9th
DisplaySearch says that strong demand for Low Temperature Polysilicon (LTPS) based displays (LCDs and AMOLEDs ) will drive rapid expansion of LTPS capacity. Spending on LTPS-equipment is expected to reach $2.4 billion in 2011 (and will decrease in 2012 and 2013). DisplaySearch says that making AMOLEDs and high-end LCDs like the ones used in Apple’s iPhone 4 is only currently possible with LTPS. In 2011, supply of both AMOLEDs and LTPS LCDs are forecast to be extremely tight. Leading panel makers are for the first time ever scaling LTPS technology to Gen-5.5 and larger substrates. read more
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DisplaySearch sees rapid expansion of LTPS capacity for AMOLED and LCDs
MBraun: recent orders suggest customers are ready to launch OLED TVs in 2011
Jun 30th
MBraun is selling OLED production tools to display makers (including LG and Samsung) – and they say that recent orders suggest that these companies plan to make OLED TVs, and will be ready to do so by 2011. According to MBraun, making OLED TVs (up to 42″) using their current equipment is possible. The solutions needed for the scale up from smaller displays “have been found”. read more
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Samsung started constuction of their 5.5-Gen AMOLED plant, to go online in July 2011
Jun 22nd
Samsung Mobile Display says they began construction of their new 5.5-Gen AMOLED plant . The new plant will start production in July 2011. The new plant will have a monthly capacity of 30 million 3″ displays. Samsung will invest $2.2 billion on the new plant, that will have 3 lines (1300X1500mm). It’s possible that Samsung plans to use the plant for OLED TV panels, and not just small mobile displays. read more
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Samsung started constuction of their 5.5-Gen AMOLED plant, to go online in July 2011
Cymber starts to sell lasers for OLED manufacturing, will lower cost of making OLEDs
May 26th
Cymber says they are beginning to roll out lasers for OLED manufacturing, through their TCZ display division. They have already installed their first system in an unnamed customer in South Korea (probably Samsung Mobile Display. If all goes as planned, consumers could see the first OLED displays made with TCZ tools in time for Christmas), and it plans to delvier the 2nd one in another unnamed customer in China by the end of October. One of the key innovations underlying TCZ’s OLED technology is a process that creates a uniform grid of transistors on the semiconducting material that forms a thin-film base layer on a screen’s backplane, or control layer. Each transistor in the grid controls a light-emitting diode, and each LED illuminates a single pixel. Another key innovation involves depositing one of three proprietary organic compounds precisely atop each LED to make a red, green, or blue pixel. read more
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AUO will start installing new OLED production equipment in 3Q 2010
Mar 24th
AU Optronics is on track to start mass-producing small and medium AMOLED panels in 2011 , and will start installing new production equipment in 3Q 2010. The OLED line will be remodeled from the company’s idle 3.5G LTPS (low-temperature polysilicon) equipment. AUO has already announced plans to recuit new employees for the OLED production plant. AUO 14-inch OLED prototype Via Digitimes
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AUO will start installing new OLED production equipment in 3Q 2010
Holst center extends its Roll-to-Roll line with a new sintering tool
Mar 17th
The Holst Centre has released a new proprietary roll-to-roll (R2R) sintering platform for fast and low-temperature curing of printed conductive structures. The center is progressing towards a complete tool set for R2R manufacturing and can be used for plastic electronics such as flexible OLEDs, organic PV solar cells and more. Holst’ line now includes printing, coating, drying and lamination stages in addition to the new sintering unit. A vacuum deposition stage is currently in development. Screen printed structures on foil photo High web speeds and low temperatures are key elements for R2R manufacturing of plastic electronics. The sintering platform uses a new photonic sintering process, developed by Holst Centre, which heats only the printed target material rather than the whole carrier substrate. The tool can sinter printed conductive structures in less than a second, which is already enabling a fast throughput speed of over 5 meters/minute. It also works at significantly lower temperatures than traditional sintering techniques, preventing distortion of the carrier substrates and reducing energy costs.
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Holst center extends its Roll-to-Roll line with a new sintering tool
Vitex announces new equipment sales to Taiwan and China
Mar 11th
Vitex Systems announced that their equipment licensees SNU Precision and Sunic Systems have received multiple orders for Barix thin-film OLED encapsulation equipment. SNU Precision got their first Barix TFE tool order in Taiwan, and Sunic Systems’ order came from China. This is their 2nd chinese customer. Vitex say that by the middle of 2010, there will be 16 Barix TFE tools operational at customers (some customers have multiple sets of equipment). We know that Vitex customers/partners include Samsung , UDC and LG (In December 2008 Vitex has shown a video of several products and prototypes using their encapsulation technology . Via OLEDNet
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Vitex announces new equipment sales to Taiwan and China
3D-Micromac developed a new laser structuring process for OLED thin film layers
Feb 21st
3D-Micromac AG has developed and introduced a new laser structuring process for OLED thin film layers. Based on the microSTRUCT workstations a laser system was developed in the mayor field for selective structuring application of anode layers. Hereby the nearly transparent semiconductor tin-doped indium oxide (ITO) is used as anode material. 3D-Micromac says that the integration of an ultra short pulsed laser in microSTRUCT guarantees a gentle structuring of anode without material damage at substrate level. Special highlight is the processing of variable and scalable substrate sizes. It is realized by an innovative software controlled scanner machining concept achieving a structuring speed of up to 1 meter per second. In addition further layers of OLED can be machined with the same laser system. For instance there is a possibility to repair short circuits and remove other defects in the layer system of the OLED. The laser system can also be used engrave the glass substrate. Marking can be done at the surface of the substrate and also as intra glass marking.
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3D-Micromac developed a new laser structuring process for OLED thin film layers
AUO buys AMOLED manufacturing equipment for around $30 million
Jan 5th
AUO has signed a deal with Taiwan’s Yu Precision for the supply of AMOLED manufacturing equipment. The equipment will cost 33 billion won ($29 million). AUO has re-opened their AMOLED program back in 2008 , and have shown 14" AMOLED prototypes a couple of months ago, saying they are "ready for production". It’s not clear whether AUO wants to make large OLED TV panels, or smaller panels for mobile displays mentioned in earlier reports . Via FNNews
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AUO buys AMOLED manufacturing equipment for around $30 million
Sumitomo and Idemitsu Kotsan say that 2012 will be the year when OLED finally takes off
Dec 10th
In an interesting article by the Financial Times , both Idemitsu Kotsan and Sumitomo executives estimate that "2012 will be the year when OLEDs hits the big times". Idemitsu Kotsan also says that they are working on a new way to ‘spray’ small-molecule OLED materials.
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Sumitomo and Idemitsu Kotsan say that 2012 will be the year when OLED finally takes off