At the Finetech show in Tokyo, V-Technology of Japan, a maker of shadow masks for OLED deposition, had shown a fine hybrid mask (FHM) that can support up to 738 ppi. The company told the blog that a new manufacturing process is being used that reduces the weight of the mask by up to 90%, which solves a problem of sag in the mask caused by its own weight. V-Technology has also developed the idea of a vertical deposition system that reduces the spacing between the source and mask, which helps to improve yield.
The Japan Times reported in January that V-Technology has a new shareholder – a US hedge fund, Renaissance Technologies. The paper reports that V-Technology has been supplying Samsung since 2009, but has a big opportunity to supply companies in China that want to make OLEDs.
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We reported on another system for FMM at even higher resolutions from Sunic Systems that was promoted at MWC. (Samsung Pushed Resolution at MWC)
