Samsung announced that it has successfully developed a 31 inch OLED panel

News Thursday, December 28th, Samsung Corp announced that has successfully developed 31 inch OLED (Organic Light Emitting Display, organic light emitting diode) ultra-thin panel, the existing AM-OLED in the highest performance.

According to foreign media reports, the Samsung Corp announced on Thursday that the company has successfully developed 31 inch OLED ultra thin panel, the panel prototype is only 4.3 mm thick, equivalent to an ordinary LCD panel 1/10, and the power consumption is less than half the 32 inch LCD panel; the life cycle is about 35 thousand hours, in the existing AM-OLED in the highest performance. Samsung Electronics declined to disclose 31 inches OLED TV is expected to mass production time, only to disclose the company will be held in January next year, Las Vegas Consumer Electronics Show (CES) on the display of its 31 inch OLED TV prototype. In addition, the Samsung Corp AM-OLED business leader Yoo Eui-jin also revealed that the company will begin mass production of 14 inch panel in the next year, and many companies have expressed intent to purchase, but Yoo Eui-jin refused to disclose the names of the companies.

Sony Corp in November 11 inch OLED TV just prior to sale, SONY also unveiled a 27 inch OLED TV prototype. The successful development of the Samsung 31 inch OLED panel will make the OLED market to further upgrade the competition. The OLED panel but also has self luminous function, so without back light, OLED panel also has a high contrast, thin thickness, wide viewing angle, response speed and other characteristics, is considered an emerging application technology in the next generation of flat panel display. In general, OLED display by driving mode is divided into passive (passive matrix, PM-OLED) and active (active matrix, AM-OLED) two kinds of passive, suitable for use in small size panel, low cost, simple manufacturing process is one of the major advantages of active and passive; exactly the opposite characteristics, although the cost is expensive, the process is more complex, but its efficiency is high, service life can be prolonged, suitable for large size, high resolution, high information capacity of the full-color OLED display products.

Source: CCIDNET