OLED: domestic industries in Japan and Korea lag

As the most promising representative of a new generation of display technology, OLED (organic light-emitting diode) has been much attention. Not long ago, Samsung Electronics announced its high-profile development strategy for the next three years, OLED, and said that in 2009 the production of OLED TV will be the first listed on the 11 inch OLED TV SONY is also trying to reduce costs. Recently, Panasonic also revealed that in 2012 about 37 inches of mass production of OLED tv. The domestic side, only Changhong explicitly set foot in the OLED market, the industry has not yet set up the atmosphere.

Foreign manufacturers have focused on OLED

Recently, there is news that Panasonic expects its 37 Inch OLED TV will be in the next 3 years into retail stores. It is understood that Panasonic holding IPSAlpha will bear the production task of the OLED panel, they will build a new production line, but the specific specifications are not detailed parameters.

Subsequently, Hitachi and Canon said the small size OLED panel to cause common development used in digital cameras and other products of the. 2 companies from July 2008 to set up a new unit, combined with its technical team, and the introduction of new production equipment for trial production.

It is reported that Hitachi and Canon previously hit the cooperation plan, the end of March 2008 Canon to about 43 billion 200 million yen (about $410 million) in Hitachi Displays24.9% holdings, Canon wants to use the Hitachi Displays investment, accelerate cooperation. And now have Hitachi Displays24.9% Panasonic Industrial Holdings (MatsushitaELectric) cooperation is not involved in the OLED business.

Hitachi and Canon in July 1st jointly set up the organization "OLED OLED development department, and the integration of OLED related technical personnel previously dispersed in Hitachi Displays company units. Canon will also send technical personnel to join the Ministry, the initial participation of both sides of the program will be about 100 technical personnel.

Prior to this, the Samsung SDI display business unit vice president, said Woo-JongLee, Samsung is expected in 2009 around the use of OLED panels on TV, laptop. And after the launch of the SONY XEL-1, it has been involved in research to reduce costs. SONY also said it will achieve commercial production of medium size OLED TV in 2009 or in 2010, Toshiba plans to release 30 inch OLED tv.

There are indications that OLED has been regarded as the focus of the development of the next generation of Japanese and Korean manufacturers display core.

Domestic market started relatively lagging

At home, before Changhong, OLED research can be divided into several groups: first, college, such as Tsinghua University, South China University of Technology, etc.. Two is engaged in liquid crystal and photoelectric research of some enterprises, the scale of these enterprises is relatively small. The three is the acquisition of the school, such as BOE in the acquisition of the introduction of Korean technology, including the OLED. In addition, some of the original electronic companies do not engage in, see OLED have prospects for development, but also to participate in.

Vice president of Beijing visionox Technology Co. Ltd. Huambo Stephen previously said in an China "electronic newspaper" interview with reporters, in some aspects of the OLED industry, China has reached the international advanced level, a total of 171 patents. Among them, weixinnuo in OLED has completed 120 patent applications, authorized 32 items, including the core patent three field device structure, process and material.

In April 28, 2008, Changhong OLED project officially started in Chengdu. Changhong planning minister Lang Fengwei said, the technology and equipment of the joint venture company wholly owned acquisition of Korea ORIONOLED company and the production line, the first phase of the project in ORION company 12 million / year (equivalent to 1 inch screen) passive OLED production line, the latter active OLED the whole process of the production line, products with 1 inch -3.5 inch active the OLED display module and the main target production capacity of 24 million pieces per year (equivalent to 1 inch screen). At the same time, the development of the production and production base of portable TV (500 thousand / year) and mobile TV (production capacity of 1 million 500 thousand units / year).

However, the reporter learned that the current domestic enterprises involved in the OLED industry is not a lot, but did not form the integration of the advantages and disadvantages of the upstream and downstream industry chain, from this point of view, the development of China's OLED is slower than the Japanese and Korean enterprises.

Source: China Electronics News