Lifetime

Japanese government and companies team up to develop OLED tech

oled — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 02:12:08 -0400

The Japanese government will team up with several Japanese companies to develop key-technologies for producing large-size OLED panels. The aim is to cut the development cost for the Japanese companies, to be better able to compete against Samsung and LG, and the Japanese government will pitch in around 32$M.

CombOLED - A New EU Project For Cost Effective OLED Mass Production

oled — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 00:35:29 -0400

OSRAM Opto Semiconductors is spearheading the effort to develop cost-effective volume production methods for organic light emitting diodes (OLEDs) under the CombOLED project, a European funded research and development project that was conceived to combine new device structures, advantageous manufacturing approaches and less complex materials with the aim to achieve cost effective OLED lighting solutions.

UDC Reviews Company and OLED Industry Progress

oled — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 01:55:00 -0400

At their yearly share holder meeting, UDC reviewed their company's and the OLED industry's progress. UDC also highlights continued adoption of its energy-efficient PHOLED technology in commercial displays and advances in its flexible OLED, white OLED lighting, and printable, phosphorescent P(2)OLED(TM) technologies.

The OLLA project delivers its final milestone

oled — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 00:59:12 -0400

At the end of the project period, the OLLA project consortium presents its final milestone: the basic technology for a white OLED light source, with an efficacy of 50.7 lumens per watt at an initial brightness of 1.000 cd/m² based on the Novaled PIN OLED technology. The OLLA project is a joint basic research consortium, headed by Philips Lighting.

Merck Launches Breakthrough OLED Materials

oled — Thu, 29 May 2008 09:29:46 -0400

Merck KGaA announced today that it is launching several new OLED materials, including a blue singlet emitter (SEB series) that features ultra deep blue color coordinates. Measured in solvent, this dopant shows a color as deep as CIE(x;y) 0.15/ 0.09 with a full width half maximum (FWHM) of only 54 nm.

Universal Display Presents Significant Advances in White OLED

oled — Fri, 23 May 2008 00:52:49 -0400

UDC describes a new simplified WOLED architecture that represents an important milestone toward the achievement of cost-effective OLEDs for lighting applications. Offering a warm white color with CIE coordinates of (0.45, 0.46) and 30 lumens per Watt (with outcoupling), this WOLED device boasts an extremely long operating lifetime, exceeding 200,000 hours at 1,000 cd/m2, and may be suitable for a variety of entry lighting products.

DisplaySearch: Sony’s OLED Lifespan Rated At 17,000 Hours

oled — Thu, 08 May 2008 03:24:20 -0400

In a new report released Wednesday on the characterization of AMOLED display technology, DisplaySearch addressed the Sony XEL-1 TV and the technology’s sub-pixel architecture, micro cavity, and compensation circuits.

Toray develops blue light emitting materials

oled — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 11:01:03 -0400

Toray Industries Inc announced that it has succeeded in developing blue light emitting materials, boasting the world’s highest levels of efficiency and pure color emissions, for use in full-color organic EL displays.

The combination of Toray’s proprietary molecular design technology and nano-dispersion technology was instrumental in the material achieving superior light emitting performances of luminous efficiency 6 cd/A (candela/ampere) and color purity (CIE(x,y) = (0.14,0.10)) in combination with Toray’s electron-transporting material.

Evaluation of these newly developed materials with respect to its applications is currently underway and Toray is committed to accelerating the process towards its early commercialization.

New OLED Seal Reduces Water Intrusion, Increases Lifetime

oled — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 01:10:50 -0400

Researchers have developed an improved organic light emitting diode sealing process to reduce moisture intrusion and improve device lifetime.

“OLEDs have better color and flexibility and the capability of larger displays, but companies still need an inexpensive encapsulation method that can be used to mass produce organic electronics that don’t allow moisture in,” said Wusheng Tong, a senior research scientist at the Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI).

Interview with Mary Kilitziraki, Fast2Light project manager

oled — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 06:02:31 -0400

In April 2008, we had the chance of interviewing Mary Kilitziraki, Fast2Light's project manager. Fast2Light is an integrated (9 companies, 3 research institutes and 2 universities) R&D project that aims to research and develop light emitting foils based on OLED tech.