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eMagin Posts Record Revenue for Third Quarter

oled — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 06:09:39 +0000

eMagin (making OLED microdisplays) has posted their financial results for 3Q 2009. Quarterly revenue exceeded $6.1 million, and net income was $1.2 million. eMagin also reports substantial manufacturing yield.

Just a few days ago eMagin reported a new $6 million US army project for OLED microdisplays.

Sony's new OLED TV to be called the KDL-ZX, to be introduced in CES 2010

oled — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 06:01:21 +0000

There are rumors (coming from a leaked internal Sony document) that Sony's new OLED TV will be called the Sony KDL-ZX. No more information is available - although interestingly they say it's the KDL-ZX series, so maybe Sony will introduce several new OLEDs?

Sony 27-inch OLED prototype

Sony were planning a 27" OLED TV, and later on showed new 21" prototypes, so it could be either, or both.

Via HDTVLounge

Konica Minolta lays out OLED Lighting plan, wants to get $1 billion in sales by 2017/18

oled — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 05:54:51 +0000

Konica Minolta lays out its OLED Lighting plan:

Launch OLED lighting equipment by March 2011
Build a large-scale OLED lighting plant by march 2014
Get over 100 billion yen (about $1 billion) in sales by 2017/18

The company will spend around 3.5 billion yen ($38 million) to build an initial production line by the end of 2010, in order to launch products by March 2011. The line will use roll-to-roll production method. The mass-production line planned for 2014 will require at least 10 billion yen ($110 million) to build.

Konica Minolta is working towards OLEDs together with GE and UDC.

Via Reuters

New photos of the MOTO group OLED Android tablet

oled — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 00:19:04 +0000

Remember the MOTO group OLED Android tablet? They have released some new photos of their upcoming device:

It has a 5" OLED capacitive touchscreen, Wi-Fi, 8Mp camera, and an optional 3G model. There's also a version with an LCD.

Via Electric Pig

eMagin awarded $6 million to develop a ultra-high resolution OLED microdisplay for the US Army

oled — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 12:45:51 +0000

eMagin announced today that they have been awarded a 2 year, $6 million program by the US Army to develop ultra-high resolution (1920x1200) OLED microdisplays. The project was awarded by the US Army Medical Medical Research and Materiel Command (USAMRMC), and the aim is to create a 3D-capable display system for advanced medical training systems.

The WUXGA (Widescreen Ultra eXtended Graphics Array) microdisplay is being designed to be sized less than one-inch diagonal with over 7 million pixels at a 9.6 micron color pixel pitch. The program also involves the design of optics for a wide field-of-view between 60 and 80 degrees. The culmination of this program is expected to provide a prototype of an ultra-high resolution display system suitable for several applications within Army medicine and military simulation and training, as well as for broad military and commercial uses.

Other participants in the program include Rockwell Collins and Columbia University.

LG Display to mass produce 4.3" and 2.7" AMOLEDs in 1H 2010

oled — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 21:44:57 +0000

OLEDNet reports that LG Display is showing two new small OLED panels:

4.3" for mobile phones with image-improvement technology
2.7" for digital cameras.

LG Display plans to start mass producing these two displays in the second half of 2010.

LG Display shows a 20.7" QSVGA Medical OLED prototype

oled — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 21:41:19 +0000

LG Display is showing a new 20.7" OLED Panel for the medical market. It has 2560x2048 resolution (QSVGA) and a contrast ratio that is higher than 100,000:1. The high resolution and contrast meets the criteria required for medical displays.

There's no information yet regarding availability or price.

Via OLEDNet

Softbank Android

oled — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 00:32:00 +0000

Softbank Samsung Omnia Vision 940SC

oled — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 00:31:58 +0000

EU patent office rejected CDT's challenge of a core UDC flexible OLED patent

oled — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 05:28:04 +0000

UDC says that the European Patent Office has rejected an opposition to one of their core flexible OLED patents in Europe. The opposition was filed by Cambridge Display Technology (CDT) back in 2006.

Source: UDC's conference call (via Seeking-Alpha)

Samsung is considering a new 5.5th-generation OLED line for 30" TVs

oled — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 01:01:22 +0000

Samsung Mobile Display is considering a new OLED line in Tangjeong (South-Chungcheong Province, Korea). The new line will be using 5.5th-generation technology for 30" OLED TVs. Total investment will be 1.5 trillion Won ($1.3 billion), although SMD says that the investment size will be decided by demand from clients such Samsung Electronics, Sony and Sharp.

The 5.5th generation technology will make OLED panels sized 1320mm x 1500mm.

SMD are currently making 20,000 4th generation OLED panels, and have around 90% market share.

Via Korea Times

Universal Display reports 2Q financial results, expects growth in OLED TVs in 2010 and beyond

oled — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 23:54:03 +0000

Universal Display Corporation (UDC) announced their results for 3Q 2009. Revenue were $5.1M, out of which $1.6M came from chemical revenue, license and royalty payments and commercialization assistance.

UDC says they are seeing "increased advertising and marketing of our licensees' products that use AMOLED displays with their technology and materials", and an "increase of adoption" for these products. UDC expects growth in large-area OLED displays (OLED TVs) in 2010 and beyond.

UDC also reported that Kyocera has dissolved its OLED subsidiary.

LG's 15" OLED TV is now on sale in Korea for 2,580$

oled — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 22:39:13 +0000

LG's 15" OLED TV is now on sale in South Korea, for 3 Million Won (around 2,580$). There's not a lot of information yet (like the model name, where it can be found, etc.).

LGE 15-inch OLED TV

The 15" OLED TV will have a 1366x768 resolution, 100,000:1 contrast ratio and it'll be only 1.7mm thick.

Via The Korea Times

Kyocera stops its OLED program

oled — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 22:30:58 +0000

It appears that Kyocera has decided to stop its OLED program, and they dissolved their OLED subsidiary. Kyocera were working together with UDC towards OLEDs for mobile phones, including flexible OLEDs.

Kyocera EOS flexible phone concepts

Korean companies to invest in AMOLED and develop large-size vapor deposition equipment

oled — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 07:19:15 +0000

Several Korean firms (including Samsung and LG) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to join hands in developing equipment to manufacture large-size AMOLED displays (i.e. OLED TV panels) . Korea wants to get a top-position in OLED displays and lighting, and the firms committed to further investments in these fields.

Under the MOU, the companies (Samsung Mobile Displays, LG Display and other companies) will co-develop and mass-produce vapor deposition equipment for AMOLED panel production. Korea wants to not only use Korean-made equipment in their own OLED plants, but also to become an exporter or such equipment (currently most of this equipment comes from Japan).

Back in May 2009, LG and Samsung have already committed to co-develop OLED manufacturing equipment.

The companies will also work on 3D displays and mega-size LCDs.

Via Focus-On

Casio and Toppan Printing to co-develop OLED displays

oled — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 21:59:23 +0000

Casio Computer wand Toppan Printing will form a new joint-venture to develop and produce OLED displays. The new JV, which will begin in February next year, will combine Casio's display production technology with Toppan Printing fabrication technology.

Casio will set up the firm with around 600 employees (from ther OLED development team and LCD production unit), and will later sell a 80% stake in the firm to Toppan Printing.

Via American Chronicle

UPDATE: we now have a bit more information. The new company will focus on small and medium size displays. The new company will continue the development and sale of high-performance, high-quality products using Casio's Hyper Amorphous Silicon TFT (HAST) technology. So it will not be just OLEDs but also LCDs. Casio also wants the company to get an early start of sales centering on Casio's existing customers.

Lumiotec shows new OLED panels, plans to start mass-production in January 2010

oled — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 09:34:38 +0000

Lumiotec is showing new OLED lighting panels. Lumiotec has equipment for developing 300x300 mm OLED panels (although the ones on show are 142x142mm). The panels are 3.5mm thick with a 3800k-4000k color temperature.

Lumiotec plans to begin mass-production in January 2010, which is great news. The company is in contact with the big 3 lighting companies - OSRAM, Philis and GE (all of them has independent OLED Lighting programs).

Via OLEDNet

The MOTO group's 5" OLED Android 2.0 MID is now available

oled — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:48:56 +0000

The MOTO Development Group's 5" Android 2.0 internet device (MID) is now available for developers. It is powered by a TI OMA3430 CPU and has a 5" OLED capacitive touchscreen. There's also a version with a similar LCD. The device includes a 8Mp camera, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and an optional 3G module. The group is also developing 3.5" and 10" devices (should be available in 2010).

No price is given yet for the 5" MID.

Via Electronista

4D Systems releases new range of graphic processors and display modules

oled — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 05:49:09 +0000

4D Systems have recently released a new and improved range of custom graphics processors and display modules:

The GOLDELOX-GFX2 (enhanced GOLDELOX-GFX): an embedded 4DGL graphics controller. The chip is designed to interface with many popular OLED and LCD display panels.
New PMOLED modules: The modules are compact and cost effective, with an embedded GOLDELOX-GFX2 graphics processor that delivers ‘stand-alone’ functionality to any project. Powerful graphics, text, image, animation and countless more features are built inside the GOLDELOX-GFX2 chip.
The GOLDELOX-SGC(8-bit) and the PICASO-SGC(16-bit): intelligent Serial Graphics Controllers designed to interface with many popular color OLED and LCD display panels.
Smart Serial Display Modules: from a tiny 0.96" OLED module all the way up to 3.2" TFT to suit most small to medium size graphics user interface applications.

More information can be found over at 4DS' web site

ETRI shows new OLED Lighting designs and panels made by SMD

oled — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 05:17:59 +0000

The Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI) in Korea has displayed 13 pieces of OLED lighting - some hese were the winners in an OLED lighting design contest, and some were designed by InnoDesign (from Korea):

The lighting panels were co-developed by ETRI and Samsung Mobile Displays (SMD). The have 20,000 lifetime and are as bright as fluorescent lamps (and consume less than half the power). There were different sized panels shown, including 180x180mm and 150x150mm.

Via OLEDNet