Samsung SDI says its AMOLED production to reach economies of scale in 2009

Slashdot It! While active matrix (AM) OLED panels are currently implemented mostly in small- to medium-size display applications, more medium and large-size applications – such as for monitor, notebook and TV – will adopt AMOLED panels in 2009, and in 2010, flexible display applications will also adopt AMOLED panels as well, according to Woo-Jong Lee, vice president, mobile display marketing team, Samsung SDI. Currently the biggest issue with mass-producing AMOLED panels is production costs, but Lee explained once a capacity of three million units can be achieved, economies of scale are reached and production costs become more manageable. Lee pointed out that Samsung SDI will achieve a production capacity of three million panels in 2009, up from a current capacity of 1.5 million panels. The company also expects to double its capacity again by the end of 2010. Another issue AMOLED technology faces as it looks to compete with LCD and PDP technology in larges size applicaitons such as TVs is power consumption, according to Korea based market research firm Displaybank. Currently OLED's driving voltage is determined by two processes – injecting and transferring an electric charge – both of which should be improved to improve the driving voltage for OLEDs, Display indicated. However, according to DisplaySearch, sales of OLED displays are expected to surge 69% this year to more than US$826.5 million, and then grow by 83% in 2009 and 53% in 2010 as AMOLED displays become mainstream. Samsung SDI, LG Display, Sony and CMEL will deliver almost 17 million OLED displays this year, up over 380% compared to 2007. Samsung SDI began producing small-to medium-size AMOLED panels in 2007. Get Daily Updates via Email Protect your computer with Windows Onecare Get paid $7.50 for reviewing my post