Samsung finally cancels the investment of mass production of OLED TV.
Samsung CE division CEO said they will focus on UHD TV canceling the investment of OLED TV mass production on Jan. 3rd of 2014 in Korea
The Korean race for OLED TV mass production has just ended
1. The Korean War on OLED TV has ended
- Samsung finally gives up on the mass production of OLED TV
3. 1. 2014
2. Samsung said they focus on UHD TV canceling OLEDTV mass production
Source: http://news.mk.co.kr/newsRead.php?year=2014&no=13730
3. OLED Display panel manufacturing processes
TFT Backplane process
Organic material deposition process
Encapsulation process
4. Different types of large size OLED Display panel of SDC and LGD
SDC: RGB OLED
LGD: White OLED (W OLED)
Colorful, costly and uneasy to make it big
Simple, cost efficient and easy to make
TV Screen
White
Organic EL
5. What made SDC to give up OLED TV panel mass production?
SDC OLED patterning method: FMM, LITI
LGD patterning method: WOLED
6. What else made SDC to give up OLED TV panel mass production?
SDC TFT manufacturing method: LTPS
LGD TFT manufacturing method: Oxide
Gate Electrode
Gate Electrode
Deposition
Gate Electrode
Patterning
Data Electrode
Passivation
Pixel
Electrode
Mask process
Insulator
Deposition
IGZO
Deposition
ESL
Deposition
Insulator & A-Si
Heat
treatment
ESL
Patterning
S/D Electrode
Deposition
S/D
Patterning
Deposition
Contact Hole
Pixel Electrode
Deposition
Pixel Electrode
Patterning
4 mask processes
IGZO
Patterning
7. UHD TV is old LCD technology and is the losers alliance against OLED TV
Source:
http://www.xbitlabs.com/news/monitors/display/20130314105611_Market_Tracker_Sharply_Ups_4K_UHDTVs_Shipments_Projections_for_2013_2_
6_Million_4K_TVs_to_Be_Shipped.html
8. LGD hugely bets on OLED mass production beating every competitors in & outside of Korea
9. Numerous OLED technologies are being developed or have yet to be viable to mass production
Materials
Samsung
LG Chemical
Cheil Industry
Duksan Hi-Metal
Doosan-CS Elsolar
SFC
UDC
Wonik
LG
LG Chemical
Idemitsu Kosan
UDC
LTPS*
AP System
SFA Engineering
Not applicable
Evaporation
SEMES
DMS
STI
Tokki
SFA Engineering
KC Tech
LIG ADP
Tokki
YAS
Fine Metal Mask
PoongWon
Precision
SEWOO Inc.
e-CONY
Encapsulation
AP Systems
LTS
SNU Precision
SFA Engineering
ULVAC
AMAT
Jusung
Engineering
Top Engineering
Avaco
10. Only LGD has technology feasible to mass produce large size OLED TV