What's the big fuss about organic led screens ?

[thinkpad knows best]

Originally Posted by Lithus

Organic, as in hydrogen, carbon, and nitrogen not as in tomatoes and carrots.

Honestly, if you don't have a clue what you're talking about, at least take a gander at the Wikipedia page.

Pretty sure he was just kidding...

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Originally Posted by DetlevCM

Successor to OLED - think there aren't any products using it yet though.

Definitely exists at the development stage.

it's not "sucessor"
and they exist now. there are now some devices using AMOLEDS. some watches and smartphones etc. no big screens for now, just prototypes (though samsung have plans to start selling large AMOLED screens in 2010)
AMOLEDS were developed at my university, FCT.
The potential is much greater then OLEDS. it will be the future.
http://campus.fct.unl.pt/ef/amorphou...conductors.pdf

with amoled you can make flexible and transparent displays and they are much more cheapper to produce then OLEDS or LCD's.
Imagine any glass, a window wtv turning into a screen. AMOLEDS can be touchscreen too.

[sgogeta4]

Now that's flexible Too bad the top isn't transparent

[Peon]

So in a nutshell, OLED produces a better picture than IPS, has better response times than TN, and uses less power than any current technology?

[crazycanuk]

in a nutshell ... OH YA !!!

plus some of the designs are flexable and extremly durable

AMOLEDS were developed at my university, FCT

your university may have assisted in devolpment but AFIK AMOLED development was a collaborative effort between multiple research centers and companies including Samgung, LG, and Matsuia

[sgogeta4]

The concept of OLED basically integrates the LCD (TFT) panel and LED backlight together, and improves on it on almost all aspects (hence it doesn't need a separate backlight). OLED beats LCD panels in terms of response time, color reproduction and viewing angles and beats current LED backlights in terms of power consumption and color reproduction (LED also contributes to color, hence why having the same panel type but w/ LED backlight can be better than w/ CCFL backlight).

[crazycanuk]

Ok I was off OLED was developed by Kodak about 25 years ago
AMOLED and Passive OLED interfaces are old as well, just no one took note of the technology much until now

http://www.hdtvsolutions.com/oled_tv_technology.htm
the primary companies on it now are Samsung, Sony and LG

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Originally Posted by Peon

So in a nutshell, OLED produces a better picture than IPS, has better response times than TN, and uses less power than any current technology?

no. amoleds use much less power then oleds.

Originally Posted by crazycanuk

in a nutshell ... OH YA !!!

plus some of the designs are flexable and extremly durable


your university may have assisted in devolpment but AFIK AMOLED development was a collaborative effort between multiple research centers and companies including Samgung, LG, and Matsuia

it was developed at my university. and we didn't assisted any company whatsoever. we didn't had help from any research center.the patent is registered by FCT and samsung uses it with an agreement made with FCT. I known what I'm talking about. I worked in the project so just shut up before you make false claims that are false and you can't prove.
and this is part of a bigger project. it's not just related to displays. there are companies using the patent and making for example transparent solar panel windows or a new generation of HUD.
Manufacturing process is still in it's birth but it's way cheaper to produce that's why you are seeing more and more news about amoled.
oled is a completely different thing. and some big companies will just invest in amoled instead of going first to oleds.

Originally Posted by crazycanuk

Ok I was off OLED was developed by Kodak about 25 years ago
AMOLED and Passive OLED interfaces are old as well, just no one took note of the technology much until now

http://www.hdtvsolutions.com/oled_tv_technology.htm
the primary companies on it now are Samsung, Sony and LG

the first amoled display was made at FCT in 2006.

[crazycanuk]

Could you please give links to support this. All that I have read shows Dupont, LG and the Eastman Kodak Corp having most of the development

and since AMOLED is the Active Matrix variant of OLED technology and 90% of origional patents for OLED is held by the Easman Kodak Comapny starting in 1986. Your university would have had to licence the base OLED technology to develop your own active matrix interface

some of the AMOLED patents
http://www.patentstorm.us/search.htm...D&s.x=14&s.y=6

The first attempt to create a polymer LED was by Roger Partridge at the UK's National Physical Laboratory. The project succeeded, being patented in 1975[21] though publication was delayed until 1983.[22]



The first diode device was invented at Eastman Kodak by Dr. Ching W Tang and Steven Van Slyke in the 1980s.[23] This diode, giving rise to the term "OLED" used a novel two-layer structure with separate hole transporting and electron transporting layers such that recombination and light emission occurred in the middle of the organic layer. This resulted in a reduction in operating voltage and improvements in efficiency, and started the current era of OLED research and device production.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organic..._diode#History

And please dont tell me AMOLED had nothing to do with OLED

AMOLED only refers as to how the display is interfaced and controlled.. an ACTIVE MAXTRIX configuration. We had the BIG active matrix vs. passive displays back in the early 90's.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Active_matrix_addressing

In January 2005, Samsung announced the world's largest OLED TV at the time, at 21-inches.[50] This OLED featured the highest resolution at 2.3 million pixels (WUXGA: widescreen ultra-extended graphics array) at the time. In addition, the company adopted AM-based technology for its low power consumption and high-resolution qualities.

operating OMLED tech in January 2005 .... you said 2006 it was developed???????

there IS mention of a process for building OLED panels as well as solar panels etc. from your school in works with university of waterloo and many others for solar panels... Amorphous Silicon

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amorphous_silicon,

but I can find nothing to do with the OLED technology itself or even more specifically AMOLED