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20% off the OLED Handbook print edition – till October 28th
Oct 25th
Lulu.com, our POD publisher is now offering 20% site wide on all books – including The OLED Handbook . You can now get the book for just $120 ! Just use coupon BURIED305 when you check out (valid through October 28th). If you buy 3 copies (or other books, total order of $400) you can get a 25% discount (coupon MUMMIFIED305 ). The digital edition (PDF download) costs $97 . We also offer site and enterprise license options. read more
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Samsung to delay expansion in their AMOLED fab?
Oct 18th
There are reports from Korea that Samsung Mobile Display may delay their 5.5-Gen AMOLED fab expansion. The reports claim that SMD already postponed equipment orders for the third phase, and they will also delay expansion of the second line. Samsung’s original plans were to finish all three stages by the end of 2011. This was later delayed – the second line towards the end of 2011, and third line at the first half of 2012. read more
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Panasonic Idemitsu OLED Lighting signs a license agreement with Global OLED Technology
Oct 5th
Panasonic Idemitsu OLED Lighting (PIOL) signed a license agreement with Global OLED Technology (GOT) – company which acquired all of Kodak’s OLED business in 2009 . PIOL now has the right to use some of GOT’s OLED lighting patents and will pay a running royalty fee. Idemistu Kosan owns 32% of GOT (the rest is owned by LG) and 49% of PIOL. PEW OLED Lighting panels PIOL started shipping OLED lighting panel samples last month . The company also signed a license agreement with UDC . read more
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On Samsung’s and LGD’s OLED production scaling methods
Oct 5th
The OLED Association published a very interesting paper discussing Samsung’s and LG Display’s efforts to scale OLED production to large size panels (specifically 55″ OLED TVs ). In the article, they say that Samsung will use an LTPS substrate with a SMS (Small Mask Scanning) method, while LGD plans to use an Oxide TFT and Kodak’s White OLED with color filters architecture. We already reported about Samsung’s SMS method a few weeks ag o. The article includes a very interesting comparison of the different deposition methods (FMM, LITI, SMS, Printing and LG’s RGBW). They also claim that the new display in the Samsung Galaxy II LTE HD was produced using LITI .
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Kia unveils a new concept car with transparent OLED displays
Sep 17th
Kia unveiled a new concept car called the GT, which uses transparent OLEDs to display instrument data and navigation. They are using three OLED panels to create a 3D effect, this is quite clever: Kia is also using OLEDs in the climate control display, to the right of the driver. This car incorporates some pretty smart ideas! read more
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Sony’s NEX-7 to have an OLED viewfinder too?
Aug 22nd
Sony is preparing another new camera with an OLED viewfiner, the NEX-7, according to new rumors. It actually has the same 24.3 mp sensor as in the A77 – and the same XGA OLED viewfinder . The back display is a 3″ LCD. Oh, and remember the rumor that that microdisplay is made by Samsung ? We got it confirmed today from another source, this time someone we trust, not an anonymous tipper (who seem to got it right, though). We don’t have any more technical details about how Samsung makes these displays – hopefully all will be unveiled soon… read more
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UCLA researchers developed a stretchable transparent P-OLED device
Aug 21st
Researchers from UCLA demonstrated an intrinsically stretchable transparent P-OLED device. The device was fabricated using a simple process that uses single-walled carbon nanotube polymer composite electrodes. The interpenetrating networks of nanotubes and the polymer matrix in the surface layer of the composites lead to low sheet resistance, high transparency, high compliance and low surface roughness. The new P-OLED prototype can be linearly stretched up to 45% (see photo below) and the composite electrodes can be reversibly stretched by up to 50% with little change in sheet resistance. They say that this is the first stretchable OLED. Back in 2009, researchers from Tokyo demostrated a stretchable “rubber like” OLED panel which made from many small individual panels (it’s not clear whether each small panel was stretchable by itself). read more
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Super AMOLED HD is real, Samsung developed an improved process and uses new materials
Aug 17th
I just had an interesting talk with two industry insiders (one of them is a Samsung supplier) – about Samsung’s upcoming Super AMOLED HD display . It turns out that these displays are indeed real – and will be unveiled soon. We can expect 5″ to 6″ smartphones in fall 2011 (the first will probably be the GT-I9220 with a 5.3″ display ) and 7″ tablets by the end of 2011. A 7-inch Super AMOLED prototype According to my sources, Samsung managed to achieve HD resolution on these small displays by using PenTile matrix again (like in the original Super AMOLED displays). They have also developed a new manufacturing process and are using new materials. It might be that they have finally started to use Universal Display ‘s green PHOLED (we reported that Samsung is using a green phosphorescent in their new 5.5-Gen plant , but perhaps they will only start using it in the HD displays). read more
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More rumors on the upcoming Super AMOLED HD displays
Jul 12th
A few weeks we reported that there are rumors regarding a new Super AMOLED HD display coming from Samsung – featuring 720p (1280×720) resolution. It was rumored that this display will first appear in Google’s upcoming Nexus 3 phone, and today we hear that Samsung Mobile Romania twitted about the upcoming Nexus S – and confirmed the Super AMOLED HD display (they actually calls this AMOLED Super HD, which adds to the confusion). Having such a display on a mobile phone seems highly unlikely. Samsung currently can’t make such a high PPI AMOLED (unless they move to LITI, but this isn’t expected anytime soon ). Perhaps the Nexus 3 will actually be a tablet and not a phone? Or perhaps Samsung will surprise us all with a remarkable new AMOLED technology…
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Philips OLED Lumiblade – come play with us
Jul 10th
Students studying Communications at the University of Maastricht (Netherlands) visited Philip’s Lumiblade Creative Lab workshops in Aachen, Germany. They produced a nice video spot about the lab and Philip’s OLED lighting panels, and apparently got good grades, too. Philips opened the Lumiblade Creative Lab in April 2010, a place where professionals from a wide range of creative backgrounds can experience and experiment with Lumiblades OLED lighting panels . Philips’ lab can also give advice, guidance and practical support for OLED Lighting projects.
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