This Samsung flexible OLED prototype is certainly impressive. The apparent absence of defects indicates that Samsung is putting serious effort into developing flexible displays:
[via OLED-Info]
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HP and the Flexible Display Center (FDC) at Arizona State University (ASU) have demonstrated a protoype flexible display fabricated using HP’s self-aligned imprint lithography (SAIL). SAIL (3D resist mask on a multi-layer stack and several consecutive etching steps) enables the patterning of multiple layers without alignment issues in a roll-to-roll process. The first practical demonstration of [...] Citala are making flexible, reflective displays using roll-to-roll manufacturing. The Active Pixel Display (APD™) technology is based on their proprietary Onyx™ layer sandwiched between two ITO coated PET foils. A matel layer is added for reflective displays. First products include displays for smart-cards, reconfigurable keypads for mobile devices, and optical-shutter windows. In the future Citala also [...] According to the NewScientist, full-colour photonic crystal displays could be on the market within two years. A team of Canadian researchers have developed a reflective display based on silica microspheres which can produce the whole visible spectrum without the need for colour filters. The researchers stretch the crystals by bonding them to an electroactive polymer that [...] From the press release: Sumitomo Chemical Company (Sumitomo Chemical) and Cambridge Display Technology (NASDAQ: OLED) (CDT) today jointly announced that they have entered into a definitive merger agreement whereby Sumitomo Chemical will acquire CDT, a developer of technologies based on polymer organic light emitting diodes (P-OLEDs). Under the merger agreement, Sumitomo Chemical will acquire all outstanding [...] The NewScientist is reporting on colloidal photonic crystals consisting of dispersions of magnetic iron oxide particles with a charged surface coating, developed by Yadong Yin and colleagues at the Department of Chemistry at University of California, Riverside. According to DigiTimes, Chi Mei EL Corporation (CMEL), a Chi Mei Optoelectronics (CMO) subsidiary, started [to] volume produce active-matrix (AM) OLED (organic light-emitting diode) panels in May, with monthly capacity able to reach 500,000 2-inch equivalent panels at present. CNET News is reporting on the world’s first truly flexible OLED display fabricated by Sony. According to Pink Tentacle The 2.5-inch prototype display supports 16.8 million colors at a 120 x 160 pixel resolution (80 ppi, .318-mm pixel pitch), is 0.3 mm thick and weighs 1.5 grams without the driver. The prototype, as well as technical details [...] E Ink announced the launch of a faster a brighter version of its electrophoretic display medium: Previous Generation Imaging Film Typical Switch Speed 1200 ms 740 ms Peak Switch Speed (monochrome) 500 ms 260 ms Brightness (typical reflectance) 32-35% 40% Supported Grayscale Levels 4 levels (2-bit) 8 levels (3-bit) Further: E Ink and PrimeView International (PVI), the pioneer and currently the world’s sole active matrix EPD maker, jointly [...] According to Reuters, Sony are planning to be the first to bring OLED TVs to the Market later this year.
At a display forum in Tokyo, customers, suppliers, and even rival TV makers turned their backs on 50-inch and bigger TVs to throng before Sony’s tiny 11-inch OLED TVs. According to DigiTimes, Japan’s Dai Nippon Printing (DNP) will commercialize OLED (organic light-emitting diode) panels before the end of fiscal year 2008, according to the company. According to a new report by NanoMarkets, the market for OLEDs used in displays and lighting applications is expected to reach $10.9 billion ($US) by 2012 and grow to $15.5 billion by the year 2014. The report discusses the use of OLEDs for mobile devices, flexible/rollable displays, and lighting applications. MicroEmissive Displays (makers of P-OLED microdisplays) announced that the PDG – Personal Display Glasses, the world’s first mobile TV viewing experience employing the MDDI standard, is on display at 3GSM 2007 in Barcelona from 12 – 15th February. The PDG is the most advanced integrated personal display and mobile phone solution on the market. The PDG has [...] Polymer Vision (Eindhoven, NL) has announced its cooperation with Innos (Southampton, UK) to manufacture rollable displays: Following 10 years of research, Polymer Vision has spent the past three years processing displays in its own pilot facility in Eindhoven to develop the technology to maturity. Polymer Vision and Innos will together transfer the process technology and finalise [...] According to their press release, MicroEmissive Displays (MED, Edinburgh, UK) will start commissioning and qualification of its new production plant in the Fraunhofer IPMS in Dresden early in 2007. The move comes following the on-time handover of the purpose built cleanroom and delivery of the tool set from ANS Korea. The 350 m2 purpose built cleanroom is [...] |
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