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Samsung SDI Led in 2004, But RiTdisplay Was #1 in Q4'04
Total shipments in 2004 were 31.2M, up 98%, and revenues were $446.1M, up 77%. The report forecasts shipments, revenues and ASPs by quarter through Q4'06. In addition to passive matrix OLEDs (PMOLEDs), there are four companies producing active matrix OLEDs (AMOLEDs) although the volumes are low due to the low backplane yields. The technology is expected to overcome low backplane yields and other problems in 2005, which should lead to high volumes in 2006
COLED Receives Series-A Financing to Bring New Organic Display Materials to Market.
The company's innovations are in "electrode modification," which dramatically improve the charge injection characteristics of the electrodes used in the construction of OLED devices. This new approach will increase the efficiency of small molecule fluorescent (SMF) OLED and light emitting polymer (LEP) based technologies.
Univison said the patent technology is common among OLED makers and it demonstrated a grayscale OLED panel in a 2001 exhibition. However, RiTdisplay stated the court has ruled that the case should be investigated and Univision has not received a patent license from Kodak.
Anders Electronics is offering a reference design kit that will significantly reduce the time to market of applications based on Osram Opto Semiconductors' Pictiva OLED flat panel display products. The Osram Pictiva Evaluation Kit combines a Pictiva display with all of the hardware, software and support tools needed to rapidly prototype, test and implement OLED-based designs.
Designed for use with a standard Windows desktop or laptop PC, the Pictiva Evaluation Kit comprises an evaluation board with a 128 x 64 format Pictiva display, the Pictiva software, a USB cable, the control keyboard, a power supply and full support documentation.
RiTdisplay, Taiwan’s largest OLED maker, expects to ship 20 million OLED panels this year, up 150% from the 8 million it shipped in 2004, according to company CEO Wang Ding Chang.
With demand for portable devices such as mobile phones and MP3 players increasing rapidly, the global OLED market is expected to double to 60 million units in 2005, Wang said.
Panels used for MP3 players will account for more half the market, compared to less than 10% in 2004, Wang quoted DisplaySearch as saying.
MicroContinuum Inc. and Next Sierra have both been awarded contracts each totaling nearly $1 million by the U.S. Display Consortium (USDC) for advanced display process and component development.
MicroContinuum Inc. was awarded a contact to develop a process to pattern conductors on flexible substrates utilizing its roll-to-roll processing technology. MicroContinuum will use the process to form patterns in indium tin oxide (ITO), an optically transparent, conductive material used in display manufacturing.
Next Sierra will use the USDC contract to design and develop two versions of an integrated circuit for AM-OLEDs.
OSD announces the OSDC180-2I color OLED display. This 128xRGBx160 resolution display offers a stunnning image at 127 pixels/inch density. The 1.8 will be the largest mass production color OLED available to the public to support various mass production products. The display features a parallel data interface supporting from 6- to 18-bit parallel RGB digital data. This remarkable display features a configurable 60 to 120 frame rate capable of high quality animation or video. The supporting design will require a dual power supply for logic and a 21 VDC (max) driving voltage for brightness. The 1.8 design can support typical brightnesses from 25 to 100 nits observed. The display also offers a full featured 262k color depth for photo quality images and video. Initial mass production product now availble, contact OSD for details and delivery. Pricing starting at $25 @ 50k. Contact OSD for an official quotation.
