LG.Philips and Samsung Go Deep in AMOLED Territory

Two important things have happened today in the display industry. One has to do with LG.Philips and the other with Samsung SDI and both of them are technological breakthroughs.

Let's start with LG.Philips. The company, resulted after the merger between the Korean and Dutch companies, announced that it has developed the first full-color flexible active matrix organic light emitting diode, or AMOLED, that uses amorphous silicon (a-Si) technology.

According to the press release, LG.Philips LCD's 4-inch full-color flexible AMOLED display features 320 x 240 QVGA resolution and can reproduce 16.77 million colors. Apparently, at only 150 ?m in thickness, the display is barely thicker than a human hair.

The engineers have implemented a stainless metal foil substrate to ensure durability and protection against heat; this also improves the manufacturing process and enhances product stability.

LG.Philips LCD says that they will unveil the full-color flexible AMOLED display at SID 2007 in Long Beach, California, on May 20. "This display capitalizes on the strengths of OLED technology and its image quality is really something to behold," said Hyunhe Ha, executive vice president and the head of the Small & Medium Displays Business Unit at LG.Philips LCD. "Although we are still in the initial stages with this technology, we expect to make some exciting advances in the near future. LG.Philips LCD is focused on customer-centered technology development to introduce products that customers want," he added.

On the other side, Samsung SDI announced the mass production of its 0.52mm-thick 2.2-inch AMOLED in Q3 2007 on the Korea market.

According to the Aving Global News Network, the thickness of this newly developed AMOLED panel is nearly one third of conventional TFT-LCD modules that are currently being produced; it is 0.48mm - as thin as a credit card.

As you can see, Samsung has the upper hand here, because its product is entering mass production, while LG.Philips is still in the initial stages with this technology.

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