Samsung Display is showing interest in an OLED panel production technology that doesn’t require the use of masks, TheElec has learned.A high-level executive of the South Korean display panel maker recently visited its equipment supplier Applied Materials’ headquarters in the US to discuss JDI’s eLEA

LG Display was in the final stages of review by Apple for its low-temperature polycrystalline oxide (LTPO) OLED for use in iPhone 14 Pro Max, TheElec has learned.Whether the South Korean display maker will win the deal will be decided in around two weeks' time, sources said.This is the first time th

LG Display has developed an OLED on Silicon and color filter structure with high efficiency, a company researcher said.The thin film encapsulant, which protects OLED from water and oxygen, is made 2.5 micrometers thick, which is enough for the light not to leak out and prevents different colors of l

Samsung Display is expected to gain more orders for the low-temperature polycrystalline oxide (LTPO) OLED panels used in the top-tier iPhone 14 models, TheElec has learned.The South Korean display maker’s rivals have had a low yield rate for the premium LTPO OLED panels, sources said.Due to this, Sa

Samsung Display is planning to manufacture single stack OLED first at its first Gen 8 OLED production line, TheElec has learned.The company is planning to build a Gen 8 (2200x2500mm) substrate OLED production line.The larger substrate used in the line compared to Gen 6, which mostly makes panels for

An LG Display executive had said the company believes that OLED on silicon (OLEDoS) will be the main display used in future metaverse devices.LG Display vice president Yang Joon-young said during TheElec Metaverse Conference held in Seoul on Friday that technology around OLED has improved in recent

Samsung Display had transferred its patents in the US related to liquid crystal display (LCD) to CSOT back in June, TheElec has learned.It also transferred its patents in South Korea to the Chinese company last month, sources said.A total of 577 patents in the US were given to CSOT, which bought Sam

Apple is expected to use ‘hybrid’ OLED panels in its first OLED iPad that it will launch a few years from now, TheElec has learned.Hybrid OLED panels refer to OLED panels that use both rigid OLED panel and flexible OLED panel technologies.Rigid OLED panels use glass as substrates while flexible OLED

Samsung Display was considering both ultra-thin glass (UTG) and transparent polyimide (PI) film to use as cover windows for foldable OLED panels aimed at tablets and notebooks, TheElec has learned.The company currently uses UTG for foldable OLED panels it manufactures for smartphones such as the Gal

Samsung Display was developing quantum dot (QD)-OLED panels that were thinner than its current commercialized version.This was confirmed by the booth of the Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute during the 22nd International Meeting of Information Display (IMID 2022) held at Busan, S

Samsung Display is planning to expand the production capacity of quantum dot (QD)-OLED panels by 30% before the year’s end, TheElec has learned.The company plans to achieve this by reducing the takt time __ the time it takes to manufacture a product __ without additional spending on equipment, sourc

An executive of US firm eMagin said the company was also developing a tandem structure microOLED.Tandem structure stacks at least two emission layers, which increases luminance efficiency and extends the life of OLED panels.MicroOLED, meanwhile, uses a silicon wafer as the substrate to deposit the o

LG Display is planning to unveil a 20-inch OLED panel by the end of the year for application in personal devices.LG Display vice president Kang Won-seok said during a forum hosted by the Korea Display Industry Association said demand for personal displays has risen during the pandemic and the new pa

TCL chairman Li Dongsheng had asked South Korean display equipment makers for an understanding of the current delays in payments during his visit last month, TheElec has learned.Due to low demand for TVs, display panel makers like CSOT, a subsidiary of TCL, are currently operating their factories at

LG Display CEO said on Wednesday that the company was open to converting its liquid crystal display (LCD) TV production lines in South Korea to those dedicated to OLED.LG Display CEO Jeong Ho-young, speaking at an event hosted by the Korea Display Industry Association, an organization he is currentl

Samsung Display and LG Display were both developing OLED on silicon (OLEDoS) and LED on silicon (LEDoS) technologies, TheElec has learned.These microdisplay technologies are aimed to be applied to virtual and augmented reality devices.A similar technology to these is liquid crystal on silicon, and t

Poongwon Precision is expected to aim to supply Samsung Display with fine metal masks (FMM) used in the production of smartphone OLED panels in the fourth quarter, TheElec has learned.The company had said back in February that it is planning to supply an initial match of the material to an unnamed c

Samsung Display will be applying different grades of materials on the OLED panels it will manufacture for the upcoming iPhone 14 series depending on the model tiers, TheElec has learned.It will use its latest and most advanced material set for the higher tier iPhone 14 models while it will use its p

TCL chairman Li Dongsheng is expected to visit Apple’s headquarters in Cupertino very soon, TheElec has learned.His visit is likely aimed at winning supply orders for liquid crystal display (LCD) panels made by TCL subsidiary CSOT from the iPhone maker for use on its tablets and MacBooks, sources sa

Samsung was buying fewer TV display panels from BOE due to a royalty issue, TheElec has learned.The South Korean tech giant had demanded that the Chinese display panel maker pay around 100 billion won in royalty payment if they want to advertise that they are supplying their liquid crystal display (