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Published: Tue, 08/10/21
The OLED-Info newsletter (August 10, 2021)
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OLED developments at the IIT's FlexE Center
The National Center for Flexible Electronics (FlexE) was established in 2014 as a Centre of Excellence at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) in Kanpur. The vision of the center is to "catalyse the development of domestic industry in the field of large area flexible electronics".
The FlexE center has some interesting OLED projects, and we recently had a discussion with researchers from the center to learn more about the OLED R&D activities.
Magnachip's OLED business impacted by global component supply issues
OLED driver IC developer MagnaChip has reported its financial results for Q2 2021. Display revenues were "negatively impacted by severe supply constraints that continued to deepen in the second quarter".
The company says it cannot meet its customers needs, due to the global component shortages as well as changes in Mangachip's foundry partners' wafer allocation plans. The company continues to work closely with its strategic customers and foundry partners to secure long-term supply capacity for OLED DDICs, being mindful of the fact that global supply constraints are having a significant impact on the OLED business.
Universal Display reports its financial results for Q2 2021
Universal Display reported its financial results for Q2 2021. Revenues were $129.7 million, and net income was $40.5 million.
The company expects its 2021 revenues to be in the range of $530 million to $560 million - which will mean a revenue growth of around 30% over 2020.
Samsung to launch a new OLED device stack, to be first adopted by the Vivo IQOO 8 Pro smartphone
According to reports, Vivo will soon release its latest IQOO smartphone (IQOO 8 Pro). The phone will use an AMOLED display produced by Samsung Display. This panel, in fact, will be the first one to adopt Samsung's latest E5 OLED stack.
We do not have any information on this new stack, but OLED companies keep improving the material stack to enable higher efficiency - and sometimes to increase the color gamut, reduce costs or improve other performance points. Hopefully Samsung will announce the E5 stack officially soon.
Sony says its next-generation VR headset will adopt OLED displays
In 2016 Sony launched its successful Sony Playstation VR Headset, with its 5.7" FHD (1920x1080) AMOLED display. The company is getting ready to release an updated version, and during its latest developer summit, it revealed some initial details.
The new VR headset will feature OLED displays, with higher resolutions - there will be dual 2000x2040 displays. The field of view is also improved to 110-degress (up from 100 degrees in the original PSVR).
New OLED gadget: Full Swing Golf Kit
Full Swing Golf's Kit is a golf launch monitor that helps you improve your golf game. It features an AMOLED display, a FHD camera for swing golf capture and a machine-learning enabled radar.
The Full Swing Kit will soon ship for $3,999 - and can be ordered here.
Reports suggest there is increased interest in LG's transparent OLED displays for trains and buses
In August LG announced that it has supplied transparent 55" OLED panels that are installed on subway train windows, in Beijing (Line 6) and Shenzhen (Line 10). LG later supplied transparent OLEDs to a subway in Beijing and Fuzhou.
A new report from Korea says that the East Japan Railway Company (JR East) has tested LG's transparent OLEDs and will deploy it in some of its trains. It is reported that LG gets more and more inquires on its transparent OLED solutions from both train and bus companies from Europe and North America.
