The OLED-Info newsletter (November 2, 2022)

OLED microdisplay maker eMagin reported its preliminary financial results for Q3 2022, with revenues in the range of $7.4 to $7.6 million, an increase of 28%-31% from last year.

eMagin says it sees strong demand in the military market, increased revenue from medical customers and also increased R&D contract revenues.

The MicroLED Industry Association is happy to welcome new members to the association, including LG Electronics and Comptek Solutions. LG and Comptek are the latest member to join the newly formed association, to help advance the microLED industry and related technologies.

The MicroLED Industry Association was established to help accelerate the adoption of microLED display technologies. The new association brings together leading companies and organizations active in the MicroLED industry and provides an ideal forum for solving common technology issues, fostering cooperation and sharing relevant information, resources and tools. The association will also work to promote its member companies, their technologies and products.

Canada-based OTI Lumionics have raised $55 million in its latest round. This round included several strategic and financical backers - including LG Technology Ventures, Samsung Ventures, UDC Ventures, Anzu Partners and more.

OTI says it is close to commercialization of its technology and materials, but the company is still some years before this will reach products. Towards the end of 2022 OTI started shipping its 2nd-gen ConducTorr Cathode Patterning Materials (CPM) to customers, but perhaps these were only sample shipments. OTI materials are used to create OLED displays with under-the-display camera and face unlock technologies.

LG Display reported its financial results for Q3 2022 - with a net loss of 774 billion Won (around $540 million USD) and a decrease of 6.3% in its revenues.

LGD says that demand for its panels is low - and in fact the company says that demand for premium OLED panels is dropping at an "unprecedented level" - especially in Europe. The market for OLED TVs is especially low.

Xiaomi's Redmi Note 12 smartphone features a 6.67" 120Hz 1080x2400 AMOLED display (produced by SDC). Other features include a Qualcomm SM4375 Snapdragon 4 Gen-1 chipset, 128/256 GB of storage, 4/6/8 GB of RAM and a dual camera setup.

The Redmi Note 12 family also includes the Note 12 Pro, the Note 12 Pro+ and the note 12 Eplorer - which all use a similar display (but one that seems to be made by a different producer).

The Redmi Note 12 smartphones will ship in early November 2022.

Samsung Electronics reported its financial results for Q3 2022, with its highest quarterly revenue ever (76.78 trillion Won, or $54 billion USD) and an operating profit of 10.85 trillion won ($7.7 billion USD), down 23% from the previous quarter.

Samsung Display saw record revenues (9.39 trillion Won) as demand increased for its OLED mobile panel business following the release of new flagship smartphones. The company expects to see continued strong demand for premium OLED displays.

Xiaomi's Book Air 13 laptop offers a 13.3" 2880x1800 16:10 AMOLED display with DC dimming (rather than PWM), Intel's latest generation i5 or i7 chipsets, 16G of LPDDR5 memory and a 512GB SSD drive. The whole laptop is 12mm thick and weighs 1.2 Kg.

Xiaomi did not yet discloe the price or availability of its latest OLED laptop.

Researchers from China's Shenzhen University are working towards efficient selenium-integrated TADF OLED emitters.

The researchers latest work detailed the structure-activity relationship between heavy atom effects and multiple resonance TADF performance. The researchers say that their new emitters effectively solve some of the issues inherent in TADF emission technology, specifically the sharp drop in emission at high brightness, what is called the emission roll-off.

In case you missed it, here are some recent and popular OLED stories that you may find of interest:

• SDC confirms plans for a 8-Gen IT OLED production line, to begin operations in 2024
• Is printed-OLED producer JOLED on the brink of bankruptcy?
• Samsung to increase its QD-OLED production capacity by year's end
• LG Display to start producing mid-size WOLED panels as demand for TVs declines
• Intel and Samsung Display show a rollable 17-inch AMOLED display prototype
• LGE starts shipping a 42" bendable OLED monitor/TV
• SDC aims to mass produce OLED microdisplays by 2024
• LG Display plans a new automotive OLED production line
• Japan Display announces a breakthrough lithographic-based OLED production method
• Apple reduces its OLED orders from SDC for 2022
• OLED Microdisplays in China - industry snapshot October 2022
• DSSC sees a $65 billion OLED market in 2026
• The world's first QD-OLED devices start shipping
• Samsung starts developing a tandem OLED architecture for Apple's future iPads
• UDC says it will have a commercial blue PHOLED emitter by 2024