Battery and display equipment maker SFA said on Tuesday that it will launch a new battery electrode equipment that uses laser next year.The company acquired battery electrode equipment maker CIS in March.SFA said it will combine CIS’ coating and dry processing technologies with its existing laser te

Samsung Electronics has given exclusive licensing rights of its 96 patents related to semiconductors to one of its IP subsidiaries, a move that could indicate that the tech giant may use patent lawsuits to protect its business interests in the sector.The company gave the rights over the 96 US patent

LG Display on Wednesday shared the list of its customers for its automotive OLED panels.The South Korean display panel maker had General Motors, Volvo, Jaguar Land Rover, Porsche, and Lucid as its customers, LG Display Senior Vice President of Automotive Business Group Byeong Koo Kim said at IMID 20

German OLED material firm Novaled has nullified three patents related to OLED registered in South Korea owned by rival Solus Advanced Materials, TheElec has learned.Novaled is Samsung’s subsidiary as its affiliates Samsung Electronics, Samsung SDI and Samsung Display together own 100% of its shares.

APS is reviewing a plan to develop a fine metal mask (FMM) based on a silicon substrate, TheElec has learned.FMM is used in the production of OLED panels. APS is currently developing an FMM made with laser patterning that it hopes will be used in the production of OLED on silicon (OLEDoS).However, d

The application of blue phosphorescent material can reduce the power consumption of OLED display panels by 25%, Universal Display Corp Vice President of Business Development Mike Hack told TheElec in an interview.UDC’s plan to start producing blue phosphorescent material in 2024, which it previously

Camera module maker MCNEX saw its revenue in auto components jump 43% in the first half of the year.On Monday, the company said it recorded 443.2 billion won in revenue and 500 million won in operating profit in the first half of 2023.Revenue increased by 24% year-on-year while operating profit dipp

3D cover glass maker JNTC said on Monday that it recorded 55.5 billion won in revenue and 4 billion won in operating profit in the second quarter.For the entire first half, it recorded 112.8 billion won in revenue and 6.2 billion won in operating profit.Revenue jumped 33% compared to a year ago whil

Apple has asked its display panel suppliers Samsung Display and LG Display to develop zero-bezel OLED panels, TheElec has learned.While most premium smartphones in the market right now offer screens with very thin bezels, completely removing them is no easy task.The bezel area of the screen houses c

PI Advanced Materials said on Thursday said it has started production of polyimide (PI) powders.Powders made from PI have excellent heat, electricity, and abrasion resistances, the company said.The material is in high demand from the semiconductor, display, aerospace, and other advanced industries a

Samsung has started the development of a new smart device that will come in the form of a ring, TheElec has learned.The so-called Galaxy Ring will use circuit boards made by Japan’s Meiko, sources said.Printed circuit boards are usually developed first for electronic devices, followed by the compone

LG Display believes that OLED on silicon (OLEDoS) technology was the most likely to be applied for virtual reality (VR) devices.At the same time, for augmented reality (AR), LED on silicon (LEDoS) was the more likely technology to become mainstream, Lee Jung-il, LG Display team leader of its Best OL

Extended reality (XR) company Virnect is planning to expand from offering XR solutions to customers to launching XR platforms, the company CEO told TheElec.Virnect was founded in 2016 is a software company that offers XR solutions for industrial use.It offers a variety of solutions in a variety of d

LG Display is expected to start manufacturing Gen 8 OLED panels aimed at IT devices a year later than rival Samsung Display.Despite this, LG Display is expected to certainly win orders for its panels from Apple and begin supplying no later than 2026, Choong Hoon Yi, CEO of analyst firm UBI Research,

Samsung Display has filed a patent infringement lawsuit over OLED panels against BOE in the US.The South Korean display panel maker in its complaint filed to the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas late last month claimed its Chinese rival infringed on five of its patents

For microdisplays used in augmented reality (AR) devices, liquid crystal on silicon (LCoS) had an advantage over LED on silicon (LEDoS) in brightness, Raontech CEO Brian Kim told TheElec.LCoS changes the phase of the reflected light while LEDoS forms self-emitting LEDs on the silicon.Kim’s argument

LG Innotek said on Monday that it will spend 1.3 trillion won at its facility in Haiphong, Vietnam to build an additional camera module production line.The funds will be spent up to December 2025. The City of Haiphong will install additional electrical substations and offer tax benefits to the facil

Samsung placed an order to LG Display to procure white-OLED panels earlier this month, TheElec has learned.The order is small and Samsung is planning to use the panels for the development of a W-OLED TV it will unveil later in the year, sources said.LG Display will deliver the panels to Samsung with

Display production equipment maker Sunic System said on Tuesday that it will be supplying its deposition machine for OLED on silicon (OLEDoS) to Chinese display panel maker SeeYa.The deal is worth 32.2 billion won and the contract will last until June of 2024.OLEDoS is a microdisplay that is touted

LG Display is planning to develop hybrid OLED panel to supply to automobile customers, TheElec has learned.Hybrid OLED panels uses glass substrates and thin-film encapsulation (TFE), technologies that were used mutually exclusively for rigid OLED panels and flexible OLED panels, respectively, in the