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IHS: Shipments of Flexible AMOLED Panels to Exceed Rigid Panels by 2020

by Andrew Fenn

Amid growing demand for AMOLED panels for smartphones, shipments of flexible AMOLED panels are expected to account for more than 50% of total AMOLED panel shipments by 2020. According to IHS Markit, shipments of …

Tags:AMOLED| Flexible Displays| IHS Markit| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 25 - Issue 31

Solomon Systech’s Full-screen AMOLED Touch Controller IC Witnessing Strong Growth (2)

by Bob Raikes

Solomon Systech said that it is seeing strong growth in demand for its AMOLED touch controller which can support flexible OLEDs and should be sampling soon. Richard Kerslake-Smith, Product Line Director, Mobile Touch, Solomon …

Samsung Display’s “Unbreakable Panel” Certified by Underwriters Laboratories

by Andrew Fenn

Samsung Display has announced that its recently developed “unbreakable” smartphone panel has been certified by Underwriters Laboratories (UL), an official testing company for OSHA, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration of the US Department …

Tags:Flexible Displays| Mobile Display Monitor| OLEDs| Vol 25 - Issue 28

FlexiGo Launches Durability Testing Equipment for Foldable Displays

by Andrew Fenn

Recent reports have indicated that Samsung Electronics and Huawei are aiming to launch smartphones equipped with foldable OLED displays. Meanwhile, display manufacturers are converting the glass materials used in existing substrates and cover windows …

Tags:Flexible Displays| Mobile Display Monitor| Test Equipment| Vol 25 - Issue 28

OLED Displays: Ready to Excel in Next Generation Smartphones

by Sweta Dash

OLED displays are ready to excel in next generations smartphones by bringing in thinner, lighter, lower power and higher performance products with differentiated designs and form factors. Technology is advancing. New materials, new process, …

SKC Breaks Ground on a Clear PI Factory

by Andrew Fenn

South Korean chemical manufacturer, SKC Kolon, has revealed that it will build a facility for the production of transparent polyimide film for foldable display applications. The new line will be incorporated in to one …

Tags:Film materials| Flexible Displays| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 25 - Issue 25

Royole Quasi-G6 Mass Production Campus Begins Producing Fully Flexible Displays

by Andrew Fenn

Royole Corporation — a manufacturer of human-machine interface technologies and products such as flexible displays, flexible sensors and smart devices — has announced that its 102,200m² ‘quasi-6G’ campus in Shenzhen, China is up and …

Tags:China| Flexible Displays| Mobile Display Monitor| OLED Fabs| Vol 25 - Issue 25

Korean Reports of Samsung Blue OLED/QD Pilot Line

by Milos Pavlovic

A widely reported article from ETNews has reported that Samsung is building a pilot G8 production line for QDOLED displays, that is to say, displays that generate blue light that is converted to red …

Motorola Working on Means to Minimize Deformation in Foldable Displays

by Arthur Berman

On June 14th, a patent application filed by Motorola Mobility LLC. (Chicago, IL) was published. It discloses a means to address the issue of semi-permanent screen deformation in foldable displays. The basic idea in …

Tags:Flexible Displays| Mobile Display Monitor| Motorola| Patents| Vol 25 - Issue 25

IHS: First Foldable OLED Smartphone Displays to Hit Market This Year

by Andrew Fenn

While the flexible AMOLED display market included equal volumes of flat and curved displays in 2017, foldable displays weren’t expected to be in mass production until a few years later, according to IHS Markit’s …

Tags:Flexible Displays| IHS Markit| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 25 - Issue 24

Tianma Impressive as Usual

by Bob Raikes

Tianma had its usual long list of developments in a range of different industrial and specialist applications. The first product that we looked at was a circular display designed for automotive and other instrumentation …

SID 2018 Show Floor Roundup

by Bob Raikes

3M was at the show to demonstrate how its films could be used to reduce the power taken by TVs and monitors, which are increasingly being made to support HDR and high levels of …