The U.S. Department of Energy has announced the competitive selection of eight projects for solid-state lighting, in response to the SSL Core Technology Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) DE-FOA-0000329, Product Development FOA DE-FOA-0000330, and U.S. Manufacturing FOA DE-FOA-0000334. Four of the projects will focus on the core technology research needed to …
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Mitsubishi Electric Installs 6-Meter OLED Globe at Science Museum
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation of Tokyo announced the installation of a six-meter OLED globe at the National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation in Tokyo, Japan. The spherical OLED “Geo-Cosmos” display will be unveiled at the museum on June 11. The display hangs 18 meters from the floor. It is an …
Universal Display White OLED Panel Achieves 58 lm/W with a 30,000 Hour Operating Lifetime
At the 2011 Society for Information Display (SID) International Symposium, Seminar, and Exhibition, Universal Display Corporation announced record-breaking performance of the company’s white OLED lighting technology. The company claims that the warm-white, all-phosphorescent OLED lighting panel has power efficacy of 58 lumens per Watt (lm/W) and and a record 30,000 …
Philips Makes Further Investment in OLED Production Facility in Aachen, Germany
Royal Philips Electronics of Amsterdam, The Netherlands announced that it is investing EUR 40 million to increase its production capacity for OLED-based lighting at its facility in Aachen, Germany. The facility was originally established as a pilot production line. The investment will support increased production and availability of Philips OLED …
Aixtron OVPD Technology Receives Best Technical Development Award
Aixtron of Aachen, Germany, announced that it has won the Best Technical Development Manufacturing Award at Printed Electronics and Photovoltaics USA 2010. According to Aixtron, the prize is for exceptional work on developing high-efficiency components and manufacturing technologies for flexible electronics. Aixtron received the award specifically for its organic vapor …
on January 10, 2011 in LED Materials (GaN, GaAs, etc.) and Equipment, OLED Equipment/Materials - CS/SSLnet
Visionox and Tsinghua University Develop OLED Lifetime Lengthening Technology
OLEDs hold great promise for lighting and displays, however, one main barrier remains, the lifetime of OLEDs. LCD displays, and LED backlit LCD displays last significantly longer than an OLED display would last. However, a research team from Tsinghua University and mainland China’s first company capable of manufacturing OLED panels …
Cambrios Technologies Corporation and Plextronics, Inc. Collaborate on Improvements to OLED Lighting
Cambrios Technologies Corporation and Plextronics, Inc. have entered into a two-year collaborative agreement to develop a cost-effective, high performance material that could improve the manufacturing process and quality of lighting products based on organic LEDs (OLEDs). The collaboration is funded, in part, through an assistance agreement with the Department of …
Osram developing light of the future at research facility
Osram and its LED-affiliate Osram Opto Semiconductors are driving the technology shift on the lighting market and currently building a pilot line for organic LEDs (OLEDs) in Regensburg, Germany. “We hold a leading position in the young and promising OLED market,” said Martin Goetzeler, CEO at Osram. “We want to …
Mitsubishi Launches Diamond Vision OLED for 100-inch and Above Displays
Mitsubishi announced today that it will launch “Diamond Vision OLED,” a video display system that the company says is the world’s first, large-scale display system in the 100-inch and above range that uses OLEDs as its light source. Sales will begin worldwide on September 21. Diamond Vision OLED reportedly offers …
Sony Wraps Flexible OLED Screen Around Pencil for Demonstration
Sony demonstrated a new prototype OLED screen by showing it working while being wrapped around a pencil several times. The technology for the screen is based on a new kind of organic thin-film transistor (OTFT) that uses a new semiconducting material with eight times the current modulation rate of existing …
