Transparent OLEDs

OLED is a new display technology that can make thin, efficient and bright displays. OLEDs are currently used in mobile devices (phones, MP3 players, etc.), where they offer a better viewing experience and better power efficiency. Larger OLED displays are possible, but still rather expensive.

OLEDs are thin, do not require a backlight, and are transparent when not in use. That means that you can actually make transparent OLEDs. You can also make flexible ones...

Transparent displays can have a lot of interesting applications - OLED displays in windows (for example in car windshields), OLED TVs that will be invisible when not used, wearable displays, and other things we can not even imagine today...

 

Samsung IceTouch

The Samsung IceTouch is the world's first product with a transparent OLED. It has a 2" AMOLED (full color), and should be released in the first half of 2010...

 

Transparent OLED prototypes

Several companies are already working on transparent OLEDs. This technology is still years away, but we see advancements every year. Samsung has shown us several prototypes, including a 14" laptop with a transparent screen...

Transparent OLED Lighting

As OLEDs emit light, they can be used to make lighting panels - these will be thin, efficient, and potential transparent too. Your window can become a lamp at night, for example. Company are already developing this, and have shown several prototypes in the past couple of years.

Philips, one of the leaders in OLED lighting, who plans to release commercial products in 2009, thinks that it will take about 3-5 years for transparent white-light OLEDs to arrive.

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