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CDT, Sumitomo Chemical and Novaled will collaborate to evaluate Novaled PIN OLED™ structures in Polymer OLED devices

oled — Wed, 28 May 2008 05:09:16 -0400

CDT, Sumitomo and Novaled plan to co-develop hybrid OLED devices combining both new polymer emitting layers and doped electron transport layers. It is expected that these hybrid devices will offer further improvements in power efficiency without additional manufacturing complexity. The parties have reached an agreement on how IP generated during the JDA will be handled. Further, Novaled will grant a license to CDT enabling CDT to add necessary Novaled device IP to its existing and future licenses. Each company will remain responsible to market its own materials resulting from this co-development.

The OLED Association

oled — Thu, 22 May 2008 01:59:36 -0400

There's a new OLED group that has just been formed - the OLED Association (OLED-A). The group is mananged by Barry Young (Former senior VP, Display Search).

There are ten members in the group - Cambridge Display/Sumitomo, Corning, DuPont, Kodak, eMagin, Ignis, MicroEmissive Displays, Novaled, OLED-T, Samsung SDI, and Universal Display, and OLED-A are working to add more members.

OLED-A will "provide the forum for solving common technology issues" and "developing standards for measuring and reporting performance" (materials will be an initial focus), as well as creating "a common marketing platform" to promote the cause to the display, solid-state lighting, photovoltaic, organic semiconductors, and other OLED-friendly sectors.

Sumitomo - we won't be able to make OLED TVs in 2009, sorry!

oled — Thu, 15 May 2008 13:48:56 -0400

Sumitomo now says they have been "misquoted" - they will not be able to make large OLED TVs in 2009. They are still working on the tech (with several partners), and a source at CDT (who was acquired by Sumitomo a year ago) says the displays might indeed be ink-jet "printed"

What the future holds for OLED TVs

oled — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 08:12:28 -0500

In november 2007 Sony has started to sell their 11" OLED TV (the XEL-1). This is an exciting move by Sony, but this cannot be considered a real commercial OLED TV. They are only producing 2,000 of those units monthly, the price is extremly high - around 1,800$ for a 11" TV (and Sony admits they are losing money on each unit). Even the power consumption of those TVs is rather high - higher than compatiable LCDs.

CDT and Sumation Announce Further Improved Performance of Green and Red P-OLED Materials

oled — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 08:34:44 -0400

Data from spin coated devices using a common cathode and interlayer material demonstrate lifetimes for recently developed solution-processable green and red P-OLED materials of 78,000 hours and 67,000 hours, respectively, from an initial luminance of 1000 candelas per square meter, or cd/m2.

Cambridge Display Technology Announces Second Quarter 2007 Financial Results

oled — Fri, 17 Aug 2007 01:28:15 -0400

Total revenues for the second quarter of 2007 were $2.7 million, compared with $2.7 million for the same period last year. The increase in revenue for equipment and supplies caused by a major ink sale in the second quarter of 2007 was offset by slightly reduced license revenue.

Sumitomo Chemical talks about their P-OLED plans - a TV by 2009

oled — Mon, 06 Aug 2007 03:34:35 -0400

"We will commercialize a display, which is not a TV, in 2008. Then in 2009 to 2010, we will strive to release an organic EL TV product." He explained that the color purity of emitted RGB light is equivalent to that of low-molecular organic EL materials.

"We consider developing not only materials but also application devices since we recently begun to know we can also extend a life and efficiency by changing the material's structure," he said, citing the green organic EL material's light-emitting efficiency as the company's current challenges to be addressed.

Sumitomo Chemical Company to Acquire CDT

oled — Tue, 31 Jul 2007 05:09:08 -0400

Sumitomo Chemical Company and Cambridge Display Technology 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 shares of CDT common stock at a price of $12 per share in cash, for an aggregate purchase price of approximately $285 million. The merger consideration represents a 107 percent premium over CDT's 90-day average closing share price and a 95 percent premium over CDT's closing share price of $6.15 on July 30.

CDT Awarded Additional DOTI Grant for Work On Organic Electronics

oled — Tue, 17 Jul 2007 00:40:44 -0400

Cambridge Display Technology has announced that it has been successful in its application for a 2006 Fast Track grant to develop electronic design automation software (EDA) for use in organic TFT-based (OTFT) electronic applications. This not only marks the entry of CDT into the OTFT space but will also be important in the development of displays using OTFTs, in particular flexible displays based on plastic substrates.

Major japanese chemical company licenses CDT patent

oled — Sun, 01 Jul 2007 02:28:12 -0400

Cambridge Display Technology entered into a patent license agreement with a major Japanese chemical company. The scope of the License encompasses certain light emitting polymer ("LEP") devices.

The Licensee will pay an upfront fee to CDT within sixty days of the effective date of the agreement (which fee has already been received) and will also pay royalties based on its sales revenues for products which incorporate LEP technology. The Licensee will be obligated to pay CDT a minimum royalty after a period of time after commercialisation by the Licensee of products which incorporate LEP technology. The License is terminable by the Licensee on 12 months' notice.