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Lumiotec signs license agreement with UDC, to launch sample 40 lm/W panels next month
Jan 10th
Lumiotec signed a new OLED technology license agreement with Universal Display – and will integrate UDC’s technology and materials into their OLED lighting products. Lumiotec will pay license fees and running royalties to UDC, and the term of the agreement runs through December 31, 2015. Lumiotec OLED lamps Lumiotec says that they will start delivering sample panels next month (February 2012) – mainly 145×145 mm square panels – with warm white color and 40 lm/W efficiency. The company will start mass production these panels by April. Lumiotec also says that they are developing high-efficient natural white panels – and these will be released sometime during 2012.
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Panasonic developed the world’s most efficient white OLED at 128 lm/W
Sep 11th
Panasonic Electric Works announced that they developed a new highly efficient OLED device – featuring 128 lm/W efficiency. This was achieved using a semi-spherical highly-refractive lens to enhance light extraction. The OLED panel is small – only 2×2 mm, and according to Panasonic this is the world’s most efficient white OLED. PEW says that in order to achieve this high efficiency, they inserted a light extraction layer composed of a highly-refractive material between the emissive layer (EML) and the glass substrate. The back side uses a high-reflectivity metal material. Detailed calculations were performed to minimize the internal reflection – this doubled the light extraction efficiency to 40%. This panel uses all-phosphorescent materials, and PEW says that this technique is actually similar to the technique used by Universal Display when they developed the 102 lm/W device back in 2008 . read more
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UDC signs a license agreement with Panasonic Idemitsu OLED Lighting
Aug 30th
Universal Display signed a technology license agreement with Panasonic Idemitsu OLED Lighting (PIOL). PIOL will use UDC’s OLED materials and technologies in its lighting products, and will pay running royalties on its sales (some of it prepaid) and may also purchase OLED materials. The agreement runs through July 2014. PEW OLED Lighting panels Panasonic Idemitsu OLED Lighting was established by Panasonic Electric Works (PEW) and Idemitsu Kosan in March 2011, with the aim of developing, manufacturing and marketing OLED lighting panels. The company combines PEW’s design and manufacturing technologies with Idemitsu OLED materials. PEW was already using UDC’s materials , and it’s interesting to hear that the joint-venture will now use UDC materials as well and not just Idemitsu’ materials. This validates the claim that efficient OLED lighting (above 40 lm/W or so) requires phosphorescent materials.
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Universal Display shows new flexible OLED lighting prototype
May 18th
Universal Display shows new flexible OLED lighting panels at SID 2011. The new panels use the company’s solution-processable P2OLED materials and the new single-layer encapsulation technology . UDC says they are showing this prototype to demonstrate how flexible OLED lighting and display technologies are accelerating towards commercialization. The new prototype is pretty small
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Panasonic Idemitsu OLED Lighting: a new JV by Panasonic and Idemitsu Kosan
Mar 29th
Panasonic Electric Works (PEW) and Idemitsu Kosan announced that they will establish a new joint venture for developing, manufacturing and marketing OLED lighting panels. The new company will be called Panasonic Idemitsu OLED Lighting and it will combine PEW’s design and manufacturing technologies with Idemitsu OLED materials. PEW OLED Lighting panels The new company will have 10 employees at the time of establishment. PEW will owe 51% and Idemitsu will own the rest (49%). The initial company capital will be JP¥ 15 billion ($182 million). read more
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UDC deilvered 8 flexible wrist-mounted OLED displays to the US Army
Oct 7th
Universal Display announced that they delivered eight wrist-mounted OLED displays to the US Army. Those 4.3″ QVGA full-color displays are based on UDC’s phosphorescent OLED materials and are built on thin flexible metal foil. The backplane is an amorphous-Silicon (a-Si) TFT, fabricated by LG Display. The displays were designed by L-3 Display systems and “offer various advanced communications features, all integrated into a thin and rugged housing that comfortably fits around a soldier’s wrist”. These prototype were built as part of a US Department of Defense (DOD) funded program .
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UDC announces their 2Q 2010 financial reports
Aug 10th
Universal Display reported their financial results for the last quarter. Revenues were $8.4 million, compared to $2.9 a year ago. Most of the rise is attributed to development contracts and the sale of development materials. UDC reported a net loss of $4.4 million. Operating loss was reduced to $1.9 million (down from $6.3 a year ago). Sidney D. Rosenblatt, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Universal Display said: “Demand for AMOLED displays is reportedly outstripping supply. Manufacturers are in the process of significantly expanding their capacity for small-area OLED display applications and migration to larger format displays is expected. In addition, the development of white OLED lighting should create another exciting market opportunity for our technology and materials
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UDC presents a new video about OLED technology
Jul 27th
Universal Display has produced a nice short video clip about OLEDs: explaining why they are better (for mobile, TV and lighting markets), and why Universal’s Phosphorescent based OLEDs are best:
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UDC awarded a DOE $100K Contract to increase white phosphorescent OLED lighting efficacy
Jun 17th
Universal Display announced that they have been awarded another Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I $99,900 program from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). Under this program (titled “Novel Optical Enhancement for Thin Phosphorescent OLED Lighting Panels”) Universal Display intends to demonstrate a white phosphorescent OLED lighting panel that meets Energy Star criteria using an optical enhancement technique which improves outcoupling efficiency while preserving the thin, elegant form factor of the white OLED lighting panel. Universal Display will employ a novel outcoupling technique that performs as well as thicker treatments, such as macro-extractors or outcoupling blocks, but is significantly thinner. Outcoupling enhancements are commonly used to increase the amount of light that is emitted as useful light. In addition to maintaining its thin and light weight form factor, the resulting white PHOLED lighting panel, which UDC intends to deliver to the DOE, may improve the company’s previously reported lighting panel efficacy results by over 25% and demonstrate a desirable path to meet the Energy Star Category B criteria for solid state lighting.
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UDC awarded a DOE $100K Contract to increase white phosphorescent OLED lighting efficacy
UDC awarded $99,000 to advance Phosphorescent OLED Lighting
Jun 16th
Universal Display announced that they have been awarded a new Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I $99,900 program from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). During this program, the Company will study the potential to enhance the performance of white PHOLED lighting devices in order to meet DOE requirements for general illumination applications. Under a program titled “Thermal Management of High-Efficacy White Phosphorescent Organic Light Emitting Devices,” Universal Display will design and build white PHOLED lighting panels to evaluate the impact of operating temperature on performance. read more
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