The OLED-Info newsletter, September 2020
Published: Tue, 09/01/20
SID Displayweek 2020 - OLED summary
https://www.oled-info.com/sid-displayweek-2020-oled-summaryThe display industry's top conference, SID DisplayWeek 2020 took place last week - and for the first time ever it was a virtual event. It turned out to be a successful event, according to SID, which is great news. Here's a list of all our articles (including microLED-Info coverage) from SID this year:
- BOE unveils automotive OLED tail light solution
- BOE details its 12.3 rollable OLED prototype
- BOE unveils a 13.6" FHD QD-OLED display prototype
- BOE details its 55" 8K inkjet-printed OLED TV prototype
- BOE demonstrates new OLEDs for monitors and laptops
- OLET developer Mattrix Technologies announces a $1.5 million investment
- SEL developed a flexible OLED with embedded photo detectors
- Visionox demonstrates its latest OLED technologies
- Samsung Display developed a 18.2" 350 nits ink-jet printed OLED panel
- Kyulux updates on its latest Hyperfluorescence TADF emitter performance
- Kopin developed a 7,000 nits color OLED microdisplay
- Notion Systems sells several systems for mura free inkjet printing of future displays
- LG Display showcases a 0.42" 1280x720 OLED microdisplay
- Noctiluca continues to improve its TADF emitter platform
- OLEDWorks introduces new high-performance multi-stack OLED microdisplay tech
- PlayNitride launches new microLED displays
- RiT Display shows a microLED wearable display prototype
- AUO shows its automotive and flexible microLED displays
Why are rollable displays more challenging to produce than foldable displays?
Foldable OLED display have been introduced in 2019, and today we have several premium smartphones that feature such interesting new displays. Most analysts agree that the foldable OLED market will grow at a very fast rate in the future. Rollable OLED displays, however, are yet to enter the market.
Notion Systems sells several systems for mura free inkjet printing of future displays
This is a sponsored post by Notion Systems
Notion Systems received a major order of several n.jet display inkjet printing systems from a major Taiwanese display manufacturer and underlines its leading position in the market.
The n.jet display series prints functional layers in various steps of display production, and for various display technologies. This includes rigid, flexible, OLED, QLED, and LCD displays. In addition to its unparalleled precision, the platform complies with the highest demands on process environment and process stability. Specifically developed features, like the no.mura printing technology solve long-standing challenges in the industry and enable an efficient, additive use of the valuable materials involved in manufacturing the next generation displays.
Updates on Samsung's QD-OLED project
According to Omdia, Samsung Display has started to provide QD-OLED TV prototypes to potential customers - including Samsung Electronics, Sony and Panasonic. Samsung Display is on track to start mass production in Q3 2021. Interestingly, Samsung Electronics is still not sure whether it will adopt QD-OLED TVs in 2021, as the company aims to focus on mini-LED panels in 2021, and may only release QD-OLED TVs in 2022.
Omdia expects Samsung Display to produce 55-inch, 65-inch, 78-inch and 82-inch QD-OLED panels. It will also adopt the technology to produce 27-inch and 32-inch 8K gaming monitors. By adopting MMG technology, it will be able to produce two 82-inch and three 32-inch panels on the same 8.5-Gen substrate, or two 78-inch and six 27-inch panels.
Can a transparent OLED TV show a black color?
In early 2019, LG Display started producing 55” transparent OLED TV panels, and these are slowly entering the market - in commercial displays, transportation displays, and perhaps even the consumer market - with Xiaomi’s first “consumer” transparent OLED TV (although at over $7,000 for a 55” display, it is not really priced at consumer level - and its usability is also not clear).
An OLED display is an emissive display, and some of our readers asked us - how is it possible for a transparent OLED TV to show a black color? Is the image above, released by Xiaomi, a fake?
The OLED and MicroLED Microdisplay Market Report
OLED-Info is proud to announce an important update to our OLED Microdisplay market report, which now adds a microLED microdisplay section. MicroLED technology shows great promise to enable extremely high-brightness and high-efficiency displays, but there are still challenges to overcome. The report now include details on all microLED microdisplay developers and includes more datasheets and product information - for both OLED and MicroLED microdisplays.
This market report provides a great introduction to both OLED and MicroLED microdisplays, and covers everything you need to know about next-generation microdisplays. This is a great guide if you're considering to adopt microdisplays in your product and if you want to understand this industry better.
Xiaomi announced what could be the world's first mass-produced transparent TV for the consumer market, the $7,200 Xiaomi Mi TV LUX Transparent Edition that features a 55-inch 120Hz 120Hz WOLED TV panel.
Samsung launched new OLED devices - including the next-gen foldable Z Fold 2 and the Galaxy Tab S7 Plus
China-based OLED lighting developer Yeolight Technology announced that its OLED panels were adopted by Hongqi in its latest H9 flagship sedan which is now being launched in the Chinese market.
Samsung Display announced a new OLED technology, called Adaptive Frequency that enables variable refresh rate in AMOLED displays - ranging from 10Hz to 120Hz. Running OLEDs at low refresh rates when possible can reduce the power consumption of the display (over all applications) by up to 22%.
China-based Eternal Material Technology (EMT) announced that it has started to construct its 15-tons OLED material production facility in Hefei, and also reveals more info on its OLED and TADF/TASF materials
Kyulux presented a new paper at SID Displayweek, that shows the latest progress of the company's Hyperfluorescence OLED emitter platform
The display measurements experts at DisplayMate tested a Note 20 Ultra phone, and reports that Samsung again improved its OLED display performance and raised the bar significantly higher
The COVID-19 pandemic continued to impact UDC, as customer orders and shipments declined
A report from Korea updates that three Samsung Display researchers in Suwon were arrested for allegedly leaking OLED technology. Directors of a Chinese company subsidiary were also arrested in this case
According to reports from Korea, LG Electronics is seeing high demand for its 48-inch 4K CX OLED TVs - likely thanks to a high demand for stay-at-home entertainment during the global COVID-19 pandemic.
LG Display announced that it has supplied transparent 55-inch OLED panels that are installed on subway train windows, in Beijing and Shenzhen.
UBI Research estimates that OLED smartphone display shipments reached 87 million units in Q2 2020 (down 23.1% compared to Q2 2019, and down 17% compared to Q1 2020).
Hisense says that the 64-inch 65SX TV will ship in Australia in September 2020, for around $2,500 USD.
Samsung's new flagship smartphone use a 6.7-inch 1080x2400 HDR10+ Super AMOLED Plus on the Note 20 and a 6.9-inch 1440x3088 Dynamic AMOLED with an LTPO backplane on the Note 20 Ultra
Samsung's 2nd generation Galaxy Fold sports a 7.6-inch 1768x2208 HDR10+ 120Hz Dynamic AMOLED and another external AMOLED
A smartwatch with a 1.2-inch or 1.4-inch 360x360 Super AMOLED display
A large Android tablet with a 12.4-inch 1752x2800 120Hz HDR10+ Super AMOLED display
A mid-range smartphone with a 5.81-inch HDR 1080x2340 rigid AMOLED display
A folding smartphone with two rigid 5.6-inch 1800x1350 OLED displays with a 360-degrees hinge
A new gaming laptop with an SDC 15.6-inch 3840x2160 60Hz AMOLED display
A mid-range Android tablet with a 11.5-inch 2560x1600 500-nits OLED display
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