Apple, Sony force next generation display technology, 2018 Micro LED is expected to mass production

Following the traditional LCD (liquid crystal), OLED, Micro LED is optimistic about the perfect application of the next generation of display technology. Recently with apple, Sony two major manufacturers of Micro LED growing importance, has attracted the industry have invested, and thus accelerate the commercialization of Micro LED production process. Study on the new green energy division LEDinside TrendForce's Micro LED pointed out that 2018 will be mass production in the smart wearable device on the display, 2020 smart mobile phone application of predictive display.

LEDinside analyst Zhang Jiahong said, Micro LED not only has the advantages of high brightness, high power and fast response characteristics, can meet the high PPI (pixel density) and the flexible, transparent and other product design requirements, broke through the limitation of traditional LCD technology, OLED. Although Micro LED technology into the field of display there are many technical challenges, but the realization of mass production is just around the corner.

Zhang Jiahong pointed out that the current level of production of Micro LED lies in the pixel density and the number of pixels to choose from, so apple and Sony, respectively, on the two direction to accelerate the commercialization of applications:

Fewer pixels, high PPI

The first apple LED reduced, do zoned high quality displays, but only for small size wearable display device, to avoid the cumulative yield rate is too low, the price can not be reached the level of commercialization, the day before apple plant has lit the Longtan experimental Micro LED 6 inch display. Apple by mergers and acquisitions LuxVue, investment in Taiwan Longtan plant, and the development of strategic partners, has been allowed to promote the development of high PPI full-color Micro LED process, in contrast to the specifications have been sold Apple Watch, can also do a higher quality. Zhang Jiahong said that with the current technical standards and Apple's plan, the possibility of the 2018 LED equipped with the advent of wearable devices are high, but for iPhone, such as the need for high Micro cell phone products have to wait.

Multi pixel number, low PPI

Sony preferred display screen size bigger, the target set in a remote viewing, due to a number of LED needs, resulting in production of time-consuming, only expect low PPI (LED large size) for high yield. The 2012 launch of Crystal LED expensive Display, Sony2016 for commercial considerations and adjust the target, display screen CLEDIS display, overcome the cost and yield limit, is expected to honor the 2017 production target.

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