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Clap introduces Organic Thin Film Transistor (OTFT) application technology

by Emory Kale

At CES 2023, CLAP showcased OTFT applications of OLED Mobile large-screen fingerprint and transparent Micro LED. After acquiring OTFT material patents and technologies from Germany’s BASF, CLAP has its own organic semiconductor research fab and is …

Summary of the MiniLED and MicroLED Session at the SID/DSCC Business Conference

by Bob Raikes

What They Say DSCC published a blog report of the MicroLED and MiniLED section of the SID/DSCC Business Conference. The article looks at the cost and penetration forecast for miniLED. (in his talk, Leo …

TANSTAANDT: There Ain’t No Such Thing As A New Display Technology

by Ken Werner

It wasn’t so long ago that I would get several proposals a year from start-ups touting their new display technologies, all of which would be ready for market in 18 months. It was easy …

OTFT: Driving LCD, OLED, MiniLED, MicroLED & NanoLED with Quantum Dot

by Sweta Dash

SmartKem and Nanosys announced on Feb 2nd their joint development agreement to work together on a new generation of low-cost solution printed MicroLED and quantum dot materials for advanced display. Both companies believe a …

Smartkem & Nanosys Expand on Joint Development

by Bob Raikes

Some weeks ago, QD specialist and microLED developer Nanosys and released the news that it was collaborating with organic TFT developer Smartkem on the development of backplanes for different display technologies. We followed up …

Smartkem On the Up with RiTdisplay JDA

by Bob Raikes

We published, a couple of weeks ago, a press release from the developer of organic TFTs, Smartkem that announced that it has signed a Joint Development Agreement (JDA) with RiTdisplay, a Taiwanese company that …

Tags:OLEDs| Organic TFTs| PMOLED| R&D (Research & Development)

You’re Going to Hear About Smartkem Again

by Bob Raikes

I mentioned Smartkem in my comments last week about the SID Exhibition, but Beverley Brown, Chief Scientist at the firm, spoke at the DSCC/SID Business Conference in the Start-up session, and I spent some …

New Device Structure Designed to Offer Improved OLED Performance

by Arthur Berman

A team of researchers headed by Zhongbin Wu of Dresden Technical University (Dresden, Germany) are working on increasing the performance of organic materials and devices for use in a range of applications that includes …

Tags:Germany| OLEDs| Organic TFTs| R&D (Research & Development)

UST Global Partners with Plastic Logic for Digital Retail Shelf Displays

by Artem Alekseenko

UST Global, a leading digital transformation solutions company, announced its partnership with Plastic Logic, a leader in the design and manufacture of flexible, glass-free electrophoretic displays (EPDs). The joint venture will enable UST Global …

Tags:Electronic Shelf Labels (ESLs)| ePaper| Organic TFTs| Plastic Logic| TFT

Organic LCD To Shape The Future Of TV Studio Displays (?)

by Bob Raikes

What They Say The Broadcast Bridge blog reported that it expects TV studios to be a good place for the installation of organic LCDs (OLCDs) because of the flexibility to wrap them around objects …

Tags:Flexible Displays| LCD displays| Organic TFTs

IC06 FlexEnable Heading for Profitability with Displays and Sensors

by Bob Raikes

FlexEnable was represented by its CEO, Chuck Milligan. He explained how the company had developed a G3.5 fab in Dresden, Germany, because of the scale of its investment (under the name, Plastic Logic). Unfortunately, …

SmartKem Achieves Major Milestone in Commercialisation Programme

by Andrew Fenn

SmartKem, a UK designer and developer of semiconductors for electronic displays, has signed a landmark deal which will lead to full commercialisation of its organic thin film transistor (OTFT) technology, it said. The contract …

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