OLED panel Market and material technology development in 2008

Since Sony launched 11 inch OLED TV, the first step out of commercialization, AMOLED panel started production, has become the main screen panel with mobile phone, and the panel company of South Korea and Taiwan as the center, published and related production equipment, although the control panel in the small type, but is really part of color panel. According to the United States iSuppli pointed out that in order to allow the active matrix OLED panels from the general market to expand into a large market, there must be more companies to enter the mass production in order to improve production and reduce costs. In addition, thin and low power consumption is OLED's strengths, must continue to develop and strengthen, in order to compete with the LCD panel.

1, market trends

market size

2007 OLED market growth of 4% over the previous year, for the 75 million 560 thousand, but also to build a simple mobile phone screen black and white products for the mainstream. According to the forecast of the Fuji Chimera research, OLED production in 2013 was 2.8 times in 2007, up to $212 million 190 thousand in 2013 OLED display module market growth of 26% over the past year, up to 07, up to 15 trillion and 600 billion yen. Future development will be high brightness, suitable for high quality color reproduction animation for the mainstream, but also to the mobile phone as the center of the application, but also eagerly look forward to the application of large panels in TV, etc..

According to a October 2008 survey by Yano Economic Research Institute, 2008 OLED yield is 7.3% more than 07 years, is 110 million 110 thousand; the output value increased by 42.1%, up to 92 billion 400 million yen (Table 1), yield and output value increased the proportion of the poor, the rise of the high price of active matrix display panel market. After 2009, will maintain a high growth of 2 digits, the annual output is expected to increase by 24.6% over the previous year, a total of $182 million 600 thousand, an increase of 28.7%, an increase of 199 billion 623 million yen.

Table 1, OLED panel production and output forecast

Active matrix OLED (AMOLED) panel Market

2007 active matrix OLED panel shipments 2 million 600 thousand. The United States iSuppli, active matrix OLED panel shipments in 2014 is expected to reach 185 million 200 thousand, if implemented, is the average annual growth rate of high growth of 84.2%; output value, is expected in 2014 for $4 billion 600 million, $67 million in 2007, the average annual growth rate of 83.3%. Thus, OLED is regarded as the next generation of flat panel display development potential. According to iSuppli, the United States, in order to allow the active matrix OLED panel to expand into a large market by the niche market, there must be more companies to enter the mass production in order to improve production and reduce costs. In addition, thin and low power consumption is its strength, must continue to develop and strengthen, in order to compete with the LCD panel. The main screen is the main mobile phone applications, and is limited to the number of QVGA pixels with advanced mobile phones in the next 6~7 years, is expected to occupy part of the small and medium display market

According to the data from the Institute for economic research in the vector field (Table 1), the output of the active matrix OLED panel in 2008 was 705.9% higher than that of the year of 07, up to $16 million 118 thousand, an increase of 632%, up to $41 billion 355 million. The main purpose of the phone for the main screen, followed by TV, GPS, digital photo frame used in NB, PC, such as the application of small and medium-sized panels will gradually increase in the future. It is estimated that by 2010, the output will increase by 46.4% over the previous year, up to $56 million 400 thousand, with an increase of 38%, an increase of about 136 billion 523 million yen. And in 2010, the active matrix will account for about 68% of the OLED panel.

According to the DisplaySearch survey, AMOLED panel in 2008 4~6 months of world production was 1 million 700 thousand, down 18% from the first quarter, the output value decreased by 27%, to $53 million 800 thousand, due to the overwhelming market share in South Korea Samsung SDI output by 22%. Reduction is a reduction in Japan by the mobile phone and demand of NOKIA Samsung SDI AMOLED panel output; output value of Taiwan Chi Mei also by the first quarter of $12 million 800 thousand to $760, is expected in 2008 7~9 month the situation will continue to stagnate. This is the 08 years of the financial tsunami swept the world's environmental impact gradually, expect the economic recession in the fourth quarter will be more far-reaching impact.

Passive OLED (PMOLED) panel Market

According to a survey by the American Display Search company in April 2008, the global output value of the passive OLED panel reached $395 million in 2007, and is expected to grow at a loss of $396 million in 2012.

Vector field Economic Research Institute expects 2008 annual output of less than 07 years, to 94 million, a decrease of 13.8%, the output value of 51 billion 70 million yen. The market is shrinking, as part of the large panel plant in 2007 has been discontinued passive OLED panel shipments. The main purpose of the passive OLED panel, now almost for the phone's sub screen panel, MP3 Player, 2007 began to use a small number of lighting shipments. In addition, the emergence of new demand, including the main screen of the phone, printers, digital cameras, etc., so in 2010 will increase by 16.8% over the previous year, up to $126 million 200 thousand, an increase of 12.4%, an increase of $631 billion 700 million.

According to the U.S. DisplaySearch survey, 2008 4~6 month PMOLED production increased by 4% over the first quarter, to 20 million 300 thousand. Mainly rely on the phone's second screen, portable music Player lead, but the performance of the 4 quarter is the dazzling results.

2, material / technology development

OLED displays are made of organic compounds that emit light by applying voltage, and the luminous organic material consumes the power and the beauty of the image. May 2008, the arrival of various color materials, as shown in table two. OLED organic light-emitting materials can be divided into two types of small molecule and polymer light-emitting materials.

Small molecular luminescent materials

Small molecule light-emitting materials leading commercialization, Sony