DuPont May Finally Start to Make AMOLED HDTVs

AMOLED is supposed to enable the making of displays that are superior to LCDs in mostly every way, but DuPont didn't have the resources to make the push to the large-size panel market, until now that is.

DuPont just announced that it had secured a partnership with a yet-unnamed “leading Asian manufacturer of Active Matrix Organic Light Emitting Diode (AMOLED) display products.”

Their joint goal will be to create AMOLED panels bigger than the ones who exist right now and which are restricted to the handset/smartphone market.

More precisely, the technology is supposed to lead to regular-sized monitors and HDTVs that are superior to LCDs in color, contrast, response time, power efficiency, viewing angles, etc.

In other words, they will be better in all ways, except, perhaps, affordability, an issue that will, most likely, be resolved in time.

“Over the last several years, DuPont has used its substantial resources as a market-driven science company to solve significant technical challenges associated with the cost-effective manufacture of AMOLED displays. As a result, DuPont has developed a unique manufacturing process and innovative materials tailored to work with it,” said William F. Feehery, global business director, DuPont Electronics & Communications.

“By licensing display manufacturers to make AMOLED displays using DuPont process technology, we will also build a business selling proprietary DuPont OLED materials.”

No clue on when the partner is revealed or how long before real products show up.

Hopefully some palpable progress will be made public before the year is out or perhaps at the 2012 edition of CES (Consumer electronics Show), in January.

“AMOLED televisions clearly represent the future. They are preferred by consumers for their superior performance, they are more energy efficient and the process technology we're licensing allows them to be manufactured much more cost effectively,” said David B. Miller, president, DuPont Electronics & Communications.

“We look forward to helping make the promise of AMOLED television a commercial reality at a price point that is within reach for the mass consumer market.”