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LG OLED updates

January 2021 was a very busy month for the OLED units at LG Display and LG Electronics, with many new products, technologies and updates:

• LG announces its 2021 OLED TV range
• LGD announces a higher efficiency WOLED stack, new 42- and 83-inch panels
• LG announces its entry level OLED A1 and OLED B1 2021 TVs
• LG Display developed a bendable 48-inch OLED gaming monitor
• LG's OLED sales continue to improve
• LG teases its 2021 rollable OLED smartphone
• LG announces a 31.5-inch 4K AMOLED monitor, with panels made by JOLED
• Will LG Electronics abandon the smartphone market?
• LG Display reports good financial results for Q4 2020

The OLED Handbook - 2021 edition

We are happy to announce the new edition of The OLED Handbook, the most comprehensive resource on OLED technology, industry and market - now updated for 2021. The OLED industry grows and changes very fast, and the new edition include new details on the OLED mobile display market, new production fabs in China, rollable an foldable OLEDs, OLED TVs, the Coronavirus outbreak effects and more!

Reading this book, you'll learn all about:

• OLED technology and materials and production processes
• How OLEDs compare to LCD displays
• OLED TVs, foldable, rollable and transparent OLEDs
• The OLED lighting industry
• The future of OLED displays and the challenges ahead

The book also provides:

• A history of OLED development
• A guide to OLED investment
• A comprehensive list of OLED companies
• A list of existing and planned AMOLED fabs
• An introduction to quantum dots, micro-LEDs and e-paper displays

The OLED handbook has been read by hundreds of display engineers, business developers, researchers, equipment vendors, OLED material companies, private investors and others who wished to learn more about OLEDs today and in the future.

For more information and to order your copy now, click here

Samsung OLED updates

January 2021 was a very busy month for Samsung Display's OLED group as well, with new technologies, laptop market updates and more:

• Samsung Display developed a new AMOLED stack that is 16% more efficient
• Samsung Display to build a new production line for OLED laptop displays
• Samsung Display to introduce more than 10 new AMOLED laptop displays in 2021
• Samsung launches the Galaxy S21 flagship 2021 smartphone family
• SDC to start producing 90Hz OLED laptop displays soon
• Hyundai to adopt Samsung's AMOLED displays in its upcoming Ioniq 5 EV
• Solas OLED files a US ITC complaint against Samsung and BOE
• Samsung introduces an under-the-OLED camera technology for laptop displays
• Samsung Display sues JOLED and ASUS over an OLED TFT patent
• Samsung will be the exclusive LTPO AMOLED iPhne supplier in 2021
• Samsung Display launches a new OLED brand logo - OLED provided by Samsung

Cynora achieves breakthrough in its green TADF material

OLED material developer Cynora announced that it achieved a breakthrough in its deep-green TADF material, which it brands as cyUltimateGreen. The new material delivers an efficiency of over 20% (EQE), a lifetime of 400 hours (LT95@15mA) and a color point and emission spectrum that matches today's DICI-P3 standard (Cynora does not specify the exact number).

Cynora further announced that is now making test kits of the new deep-green emitter available to its customers. Display makers can now start testing and verification using the new material. Cynora says it will also 'soon' follow with a deep-blue TADF solution.

MicroLED production comes to the US

US-based signage solution provider STRATACACHE is building a MicroLED production line in the US. This is an interesting development in the display industry, which has been almost exclusively centered in Korea, Japan, Taiwan and China. MicroLED displays can be produced using some unique architectures and processes that enable production to be done in places where TFT-based production (of either LCD or OLED displays) has severe challenges.

The new factory will be used to produce a wide range of MicroLED displays, from tablet-sized panels to large-area signage displays, and will be able to produce both flexible and transparent panels. The yearly capacity of the E4 is expected to start at a 1 million square meters per year, and STRATACACHE will be able to supply both components level products and complete display products to third party customers (although it seems as if most production will be used for STRATACACHE's own projects).

STRATACACHE is looking for domestic and global technology partners and suppliers for the new fab, which will be placed in Eugene, Oregen - in a former Hynix Semiconductor memory chip factory acquired last year. For more information, click here.

The MicroLED Handbook, 2021 edition

OLED-Info and our sister site MicroLED-Info are happy to announce the 2021 edition of The MicroLED Handbook. This book is a comprehensive guide to MicroLED display technology, industry and market. MicroLED displays are thin, efficient, bright and flexible and are on track to revolutionize the display industry. The handbook is now updated to January 2021 and lists recent developments and new companies, initiatives and research activities.

For more information on the MicroLED Handbook, and to order your copy now, click here!

Updates to the OLED Marketplace

Our very own OLED Marketplace is a popular service that enables device developers to screen a wide range of OLED displays, from wearable panels, through PMOLEDs and microdisplays to high-end flexible smartphone AMOLEDs. We believe this is the world's most comprehensive OLED catalog.

We are happy to announce that we have now added a new section to the marketplace, with ePaper (E Ink) displays. We have added over 15 displays, ranging from small 1-inch displays for wearables and small devices to 13.3" panels. Most of these displays are monochrome (Black/White) but some also support three colors (Red or Yellow). A few of these displays are flexible.

We also added two new flexible smartphone AMOLED displays to the OLED marketplace. These new OLEDs ,produced by BOE, are now available globally through our supplier partners in China. The first display is a 5.1-inch 720x1520 OLED and the second display is larger at 6.42-inch 1080x2340. Both displays are flexible (curvable) and offer an integrated touch panel.

Check out more information over at the OLED Marketplace, or contact us now.

OLED-Info updates its OLED market reports

In January 2021 we published new versions of our market reports - that cover the flexible, microdisplays and automotive OLED markets. OLED-Info provides comprehensive niche OLED market reports, and our reports cover everything you need to know about the niche market, and can be useful if you want to understand how the OLED industry works and what this technology can provide for your own industry. The reports are now updated to January 2021.

For more information, click here!

TCL demonstrated two displays, first a 7.8-inch smartphone AMOLED that rolls into a 6.7-inch one, and also a 17-inch rollable tablet OLED produced in an inkjet printing process.

Mercedes announced that its upcoming EQS electric vehicle will adopt a large curved front OLED display, 56-inch in size, called the MBUX Hyperscreen.

Omdia further estimates that SDC's smartphone OLED panel sales will exceed $5 billion in Q1 2021, a 30% increase over Q1 2020.

The research details a new emitter system that offers a pure-blue color, a narrow spectrum (full-width at half-maximum of 19 nm), an EQE of 32% at 1,000 cd/m2 and a lifetime of 18 hours LT95

Sony Electronics announced its 2021 TVs, with two OLED TVs at the top of the range, the A90J and the A80J

TCL collaborated with perovskite QD film developer Zhijing Nanotech to produce 500 75-inch QD-enhanced LCD TVs with Zhijing's PQDF films. This is likely to be the world's first commercial adoption of pQD films in the display industry, even though it is a pilot-scale project only.

Chinese EV producer NIO introduced its latest electric car, the ET7, which will come with a 12.8-inch 1728x1888 AMOLED display

Our popular Introduction to OLED storyboard video is now updated to 2021

US-based Lumentum, a designer and manufacturer of innovative optical and photonic products, has announced that it is acquiring Coherent for around $5.7 billion. The two companies will merge to create a unified laser and photonics company.

We discuss Smartkem's OTFT technology and business with the company's CEO and chairman, Ian Jenks.

BOE announced it is raising new funds (a total of $3 billion) towards several projects, including a $155 million USD project to develop 12-inch OLED microdisplay production and also an increase to the capital at its 6-gen flexible AMOLED line in Chongqing.

LG's first OLED monitor sports an 31.5-inch 4K AMOLED display produced by JOLED using an inkjet printing process

A slim laptop with a 14-inch 2880x1800 (2.8K) 90Hz AMOLED display

The second generation dual display laptop has a main 15.6-inch 4K AMOLED display, and a secondary 14.09-inch UHD LCD

Samsung's flagships smartphones for 2021 with high-end Super AMOLED displays

The Mi 11 smartphone uses a 6.81-inch 1440x3200 120Hz 1,500 nits AMOLED display

Panasonic's JZ2000 is the company's 2021 OLED TV series, available in 55-inch and 65-inch sizes

An entry-level 5G smartphone with a 6.4-inch 1080x2400 600-nits Super AMOLED display

A smartwatch with a 1.46-inch 194x364 AMOLED display

A VR HMD that is powered by dual 1080p Sony OLED Microdisplays to enable a 140-FOV display

The flagship 2021 TVs from Skyworth sport 55- or 65-inch 4K 500-nits 120Hz WOLED panels

The new 2021 range of Philips OLED TVs with four-sided ambilight and updates specs

A fitness tracker that sports a 1.1-inch 126x294 AMOLED display

A smartphone with a 6.72-inch 800-nits 120Hz 1236x2676 (440 PPI) AMOLED display

A high-end mirrorless digital camera, that features a 240Hz QXGA (around 2048x1526) OLED microdisplay EVF