OLED history

Submitted by oled on Mon, 11/09/2006 - 08:22.

The Early Years

1996 - CDT gives world's first public demonstration of Light Emitting Polymer devices
1997 - UDC Demonstrates Flexible Flat Panel Display Technology
1997 - Pioneer Electronic Produces EL Display with 260,000 Colors
1998 - Kodak, Sanyo Show Full-Color Active Matrix Organic Display; First Color OEL Display Increases Threat to LCD Display Dominance
1998 - Green Organic LED Shows High Efficiency
2000 - Ritek plans to mass produce OLED
2000 - Toshiba Corp. plans to produce (organic EL) panels in 2001
2000 - Motorola Grants OLED Technology Rights To Universal Display And Takes Equity Position
2000 - UDC and PPG Industries Form Strategic Alliance for Development & Supply of Chemicals for OLED Manufacturers
2000 - Sanyo Electric to start mass production of color organic EL panels in 2001
2000 - NEC, Samsung To Develop Organic Wireless Displays
2000 - LG Electronics develops organic EL displays for mobile gadgets

2001

February - Sony Develops World's Largest Full Color OLED (13 inches diagonally with a resolution of 800x600 pixels.)
April - Universal Display Corporation and Sony Corporation Announce Joint Development Agreement Aimed at OLED Television Monitors.
April - Samsung Exhibits Color Organic EL LCD Panel for Mobile Phones at CeBIT (132 by 162 pixels).
May - Toshiba Develops World's First 260,000-Color Polymer OLED.
August - eMagin's OLED Microdisplay Selected by Air Force for F15E Aircraft.
October - Sony Demonstrates 13-Inch, Full-Color OLED Prototype.
October - Universal Display Corporation and Samsung SDI Announce Key Joint Development Agreement.
October - Universal Display Reports New Red Phosphorescent OLED Materials, Significant Power Efficiency Advances.
October - Samsung SDI Develops World's Largest Organic Display Panel (15.1 inch).
November - RiTdisplay opens new color OLED/PLED factory.

2002

February - Samsung SDI develops 2.2-inch AM OLED for mobile phones.
April - Philips Announces Industry's First Volume Shipments of Polymer-Based OLED Modules.
May - Kodak Announces Availability of Evaluation Kit For Active-Matrix OLED Display.
May - RiTdisplay reportedly receives orders for over one million mobile phone OLEDs.
June - AU Optronics develops world's first OLED prototype combining a-Si TFT LCD technology.
June - Epson, CDT form polymer OLED production venture.
November - Pioneer Supplies OLED to LG Electronics for Cell Phones.
December - DuPont Displays and Universal Display Corporation Form Strategic Alliance to Develop Next Generation Displays Combining Aspects of Small Molecule and Polymer OLEDs.

2003

January - Philips invents EL material to generate both red and green light.
January - Kodak, Sanyo invest in active-matrix OLED production.
January - Sanyo Unveils Mobile Phone with Organic EL Panel Designed for KDDI, announces plans to build full-color OLED production line.
February - RiTdisplay lands mobile phone OLED orders from Samsung and LGE.
February - Kodak Licenses Samsung NEC Mobile Display to Manufacture Passive-Matrix OLED Displays.
March - Kodak introduces the first digital camera with an OLED screen - the Kodak EasyShare LS633.
March - IDTech develops 20-inch full-color OLED display.
April - DuPont forges 'Olight' brand for emerging OLEDs.
April - Sony testing 24-inch OLED screen.
May - AUO and UDC develop 4-inch, a-Si TFT backplane-based, red phosphorescent AMOLED.
May - Samsung NEC develops 65,000-color PM OLED mobile phone display.
May - Sony demonstrated a 24.2 inch OLED panel.
June - ERSO and Windell develop 10-inch LTPS TFT technology-based AM OLED display.
June - Sony to invest nine billion yen to build OLED production line.
September - AU Optronics has showcased its 1.93" AMOLED for Mobile Phone.
September - Princeton electrical engineers have invented a technique for making Organic Solar Cells that Could Lead To Widespread Use Of Solar Power.
October - Sanyo Unveils Long-Lasting QVGA Organic EL Panel for Cell Phones.
October - Univision begins OLED production.
November - Tohoku Pioneer Corporation to Be First Manufacturer to Use Universal Display Corporation's PHOLED Material in a Commercial OLED Display.
November - Univision showcases 65,000-color mobile phone OLED sub-display.
December - Univision reaches monthly capacity of 6,000 OLED substrates.
December - Casio Ventures into Organic EL Panels Driven by Amorphous Si TFT.

2004

January - Opto Tech to invest NT$4.5 billion in four new OLED lines in 2004.
February - Philips 639 mobile phone applies PolyLED technology in unique 'Magic Mirror' display.
March - GE Global Research Breaks Two World Records For OLEDs As A Lighting Device. Demo Lighting Panel is Biggest and Most Efficient Ever Created.
March - NEC drops its OLED business .
March - Chi Mei Optoelectronics Corp. (CMO) has announced a fully functional prototype of a 20-inch full-color OLED display - the largest Amorpheous Si TFT.
April - Teco Optronics to invest NT$300 million to build new PM OLED plant.
April - RiT Display ships mobile phone OLED sub-displays to Samsung, says paper.
April - Seiko Epson Reveals 12.5-Inch Organic EL Panel for Large TVs.
April - RiT Display shipping OLED panels to Motorola.
May - Seiko Epson unveils first 40" colour OLED display.
May - Universal Display Corporation Announces Record-Breaking Power Efficiencies for its Phosphorescent White OLED Technology.
May - Taiwan's AU Begins Mass Production of Organic EL Panels.
May - Universal Display Corporation Unveils Ground breaking Flexible OLED Prototype on Metallic Substrate.
June - Toppan to volume produce large-size OLED panels.
June - OLED-Info is on-line, the web's first OLED community site.
September - Sony Starts Mass Production of Organic EL Displays, and released first a new clie PDA with a 3.8in 480 x 320 OLED screen.
October - LG.Philips develops 20-inch OLED display.
November - OLED displays with 50,000h operating lifespan from URT.
November - Seiko Epson will commercialize OLED TVs by 2007.
December - CDT IPOs, lists on NASDAQ.