Samsung announces 'largest ever' organic LED display
Published: 18 May 2004 18:35 BST
Samsung SDI, the Korean giant's display division, has announced prototypes of a 17-inch active matrix organic light emitting diode (OLED) display. Due for launch next year, the display has a resolution of 1600x1200 pixels and a brightness of 400 lumens, and is the largest OLED matrix display to date according to the company.
It will consume no more power than a 15-inch display and be a third of the thickness of existing LCD models, the company said. The prototype will be shown at the 2004 Society for Information Display (SID) conference, taking place from 25th May in Seattle.
The displays are made using a transfer technology developed by Samsung and 3M, where the pattern of plastic pixels on the screen is printed by scanning a laser across a set of organic films. This can produce a larger screen than is possible by the alternative method of spraying the plastic through a patterned shadow mask, says the company, while allowing a similar precision.
Organic LEDs are luminescent plastic semiconductors with the theoretical potential to replace LCDs, CRTs and other display technologies through greater efficiency, easier production, more physical flexibility and lower cost. To date, however, problems with device lifetime, chemistry and production have limited their use to mobile devices and backlights. Samsung's basic OLED technology was licenced from Kodak and developed in conjunction with NEC, which sold its stake in the joint venture to Samsung at the beginning of 2004.
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Not quite the largest:
Seiko Epson unveils first 4... Anonymous -
Epson's OLED isn't due until 2007, Samsung's OLED... Anonymous
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the title of this article is incorrect. Seiko has... Anonymous
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The Epson display is physically larger, but it's r... Rupert Goodwins
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To the author,
Are you assuming it is Kodak's fl... Jonathan Kasso
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Picture of the Epson unit on their press release h... Anonymous
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Thanks for the link to Epson, but if you read the... Curt Rostenbach
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The main point of interest to me is the Epson use... Anonymous
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Until:
1) They have at least 1920 x 1080 resolutio... Anonymous
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Looks like Samsung are well on the way
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OLED is not just used as display. Also, it can be... Anonymous
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So this means that Universal Display is in the dri... Anonymous
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The cost at which the Samsung Corporation is going... Rahul
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We would like to buy a large sceen of 500x300 mm Har-melech Moshe
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Is this product available yet? Anonymous
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OLED Technology is the Display for the future!
sma... erich STrasser
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www.oled-display.net
For the people who wants more... Anonymous
