Display Technology News Roundup 12.11.2020

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Samsung Display to Transfer 400 Officials to Samsung Electronics’ Semiconductor Division "Samsung Display is planning to invest 13.1 trillion won into QD displays by 2025 and roll out QD products in the second half of 2021" via Business Korea

LG developing sliding doors made of transparent OLED displays "LG has partnered with Swedish manufacturer Assa Abloy Entrance Systems to develop automatic sliding doors with built-in transparent OLED displays..." via The Verge

Samsung Display to Start Test Production of Quantum Dot Displays in Dec. "Samsung Display will start test production of quantum dot (QD) displays this month. The company’s full-fledged transition to QD display has started as shutdown of its LCD display production lines has been almost completed." via Business Korea

Samsung MicroLED Opens a New Era of Breathtaking Picture Quality and Design "Samsung Electronics announced the launch and pre-sale of the groundbreaking 110” Samsung MicroLED beginning today in Korea." via Samsung Newsroom

China’s US, Australia trade continues to grow in record-breaking month despite ongoing geopolitical spats "China’s two-way trade with sparring partners Australia and the United States expanded in November from a year earlier despite ongoing tensions, in what was a record breaking month for Chinese exports." via South China Morning Post

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Korean Display Makers Slowing Down Pace of Withdrawal from LCD Market "The upward trend is because the global TV sales increased after the outbreak of COVID-19 and Chinese suppliers, which increased their market share to over 50 percent this year, are no longer selling their products at dumping prices." via Business Korea

China will soon hold 70% of total LCD Panel production capacity in the world: Report "After acquiring two major LCD fabs, giants like CSOT, BOE is ready to take a leap into the LCD panel market. A report from Digitimes says China will soon outrun everyone else in the Global LCD panel production capacity." via GizmoChina

Report: LG & Samsung to launch miniLED LCD TVs in 2021 "MiniLED is widely considered a stopgap until microLED displays, in which each pixel is made up of microLEDs, can be commercialized for the mass market." via FlatpanelsHD

How quantum dots enhance the color spectrum in LCD displays "Due to the highly pure light generated by the QDs, next-generation these LCDs can produce around 25 million colors, about 50% more than a conventional LCD" via KnowTechie

Why a Biden presidency won’t end the U.S.-China trade war "Kurt Campbell, an adviser to the Biden campaign, told the Wall Street Journal that the Democratic Party largely believes Trump was right to call out China’s “predatory practices.”" via Fortune

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Global large-size LCD panel production to undergo major shift in 2020-2024, says Digitimes Research "The relentless capacity expansions by China's panel makers will not only result in massive losses at most other panel players in the region, but also prompt particularly Korea's makers to realign their production lines..." via DigiTimes

LG Display reduces LCD business units, manpower "LG Display has carried out a reshuffle, reducing the number of its executives and business units by about 25 percent, in its ongoing efforts to improve deteriorating performance" via Korea Times

Samsung’s Massive 292-Inch MicroLED TV Wall Now Shipping "Now the Korean manufacturer has announced it’s put the Wall family of displays into production (actual model number: IW008R), at different sizes and resolutions." via ExtremeTech

MicroLED tech combines native blue and green epitaxy on single wafer "Plessey, an embedded technologies developer at the forefront of microLED technology for augmented and mixed reality displays has extended the capability of its proprietary GaN-on-silicon process to enable native blue and native green emission from the same wafer." via Optics.org

Microsoft is right, two screens are far better than a folding OLED display "But, right now, the technology seems fragile and ill-suited for the masses. Even the updated Samsung Galaxy Fold doesn't seem like it will survive heavy-handed usage and the instruction manual is full of warnings about handling the device gingerly." via ZDNet

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Samsung Display cuts LCD output "Samsung Display has scaled down its liquid crystal display (LCD) business amid intensifying competition with Chinese competitors and falling prices, shifting its focus to organic light-emitting diodes (OLED), according to industry analysts, Wednesday." via The Korea Times

Corning Partners CCPD to Use Astra Glass for Oxide-LCD Line "The company's Astra Glass has been chosen by Chengdu CEC Panda Display Technology Co., Ltd. (CCPD) for its line of oxide-TFT LCD panels used mainly for high-performance, large-size TVs and monitors." via Nasdaq

Glass-free organic LCD boasts ultra-narrow border "A provider of flexible organic electronics, FlexEnable has developed an ultra-narrow border organic LCD (OLCD). By exploiting the truly flexible nature of the organic thin-film transistors (OTFTs) on which OLCD is based, it is now possible to fold the borders behind the display." via eeNews Europe

Eyes on Sony’s CLED (Crystal LED) display technology: Samsung isn’t the only player in the Micro LED game "It’s clear to me that Micro LED in general, and Sony’s CLED in particular, represents the future of video displays. This technology offers true HDR and super-high resolution on very large screens, opening the door to almost limitless possibilities." via TechHive.com

Trade War Heats Up Again As China Sets Tariffs On $75 Billion In U.S. Goods, Autos "China says it will slap tariffs on autos, auto parts and thousands of other U.S. goods worth a total of $75 billion. Friday's announcement marks an escalation in a trade war that has rippled through the world economy and raised fears of a U.S. recession." via NPR

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LG Display losses widen amid falling LCD panel prices "The company blamed the sales decline on the global economic slowdown and uncertainty related to the trade war between the US and China." via Financial Times

Why is Dual Panel LCD vs OLED a Hot Topic? "The technical challenges means that Chinese OLED developers are several years behind the Koreans, although they are trying hard to catch up." via Display Daily

LG Doubles Down on OLED "Noting a sharp increase in the demand for OLED displays, the company is investing $2.5 billion in a new Gen 10.5 OLED production facility in Paju, Korea..." via Sound & Vision

MicroLED Displays Could Show Up in Products as Soon as 2020 "Some are making monolithic displays, where the gallium nitride pixels are made as a complete array on a chip and a separate silicon backplane controls those pixels. And others are using “pick and place” technology to transfer individual LEDs or multi-microLED pixels into place on a thin-film-transistor (TFT) backplane. " via IEEE Spectrum

More than 50 companies reportedly pull production out of China due to trade war "Not only are foreign companies rethinking its production location, a handful of Chinese companies are also leaving China. Chinese multinational electronics company TCL is moving its TV production to Vietnam..." via CNBC

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LG Electronics set to release world’s first 8K LCD TV in Korea "South Korea’s LG Electronics will add the world’s first LCD 8K TV models to its premium TV lineup this week as it leaps forward in migration beyond 4K mainstream." via Pulse

The Facts About Dark Mode And Battery Life: LCD Vs OLED, iOS 13 On iPhone, Android Q "OLEDs actually turn off the pixels -- i.e., they draw no power -- in dark mode. That's not the case for LCDs, which use power regardless of light or dark mode." via Forbes

MicroLED will soon become mainstream as prices drop, says report "At the moment MicroLED TVs are strictly for commercial industry uses like advertising. But apparently we should see consumer-friendly devices land next year." via What Hi-Fi?

LG to Start Production of OLEDs in China Next Month, Set to Double OLED Output "LG Display this week said that its plant in Guangzhou, China, would start full swing operations next month. The factory, which cost LG around $4.2 billion, will produce large OLED panels for Ultra-HD televisions." via AnandTech

Beijing plays down Commerce Minister Zhong Shan’s inclusion in latest US-China trade war talks "Zhong, 64, joined Vice-Premier Liu He’s phone conversation with US Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer and US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin on Tuesday – the first phone call between top negotiators since President Xi Jinping and US counterpart Donald Trump agreed to resume discussions during their summit in Osaka on June 29." via South China Morning Post

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LG to show 88-inch 8K OLED, new ‘Wallpaper’ OLED, 8K LCD, and more at CES 2019 "...a recent press release, LG has confirmed we will be seeing a consumer-ready 88-inch 8K OLED TV, a 75-inch 8K LED TV, and an all-new version of its eye-catching ‘wallpaper’ OLED..." via Digital Trends

Samsung rumored to bring ‘Sound on Display’ OLED panels to CES 2019 "...Samsung plans to show off its “Sound on Display” (SoD) OLED panels at CES 2019 next month. First announced earlier this year, SoD panels eliminate the need for external speakers and allow the display to emit sound..." via BGR

The Silver Lining In Apple's Very Bad iPhone News "The main culprit appears to be China, where the trade war and a broader economic slowdown contributed to plummeting iPhone sales. But CEO Tim Cook’s letter to investors pointed to a secondary thread as well ... People are holding onto their iPhones longer." via Wired

Samsung will show 'OLED' TV based on quantum dots "The Korean display specialist uses a blue-glowing organic layer to stimulate quantum dots that produce red and green pixels from the blue light. The advantage over the previous LCD TVs with quantum dots: a viewpoint independent, high-contrast representation." via Guru 3D

Nanoco and Plessey Partner to Shrink Full-Colour microLED Pixels by 87% Using Quantum Dots "Quantum dots offer the best solution for today’s emerging display requirements. The nano-sized emitters with narrow band emission make them a suitable solution for Plessey’s microLED display roadmap, which will see pixels being driven down to 4µm in size by 2019." via Business Wire

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Samsung Display to shift one 8.5G LCD fab for QD-OLED panels in mid-2019, say sources "Since the L8-1 fab is currently focusing on production of 49- and 55-inch LCD TV panels, the planned production shift will result in a reduction of Samsung's TV panel shipments to below 30 million units in 2019..." via DigiTimes

Huawei C.F.O. Is Arrested in Canada for Extradition to the U.S. "...Ms. Meng’s detention raises questions about the Trump administration’s overall China strategy. Beijing is now likely to pressure Canada to release her and to press the United States to avoid a trial..." via New York Times

LCD price collapse drowns once-flying panel makers "Manufacturers of liquid crystal display panels have been hit hard by falling prices stemming from weak demand for TVs, and with Chinese players further ramping up output, the market's ill winds look unlikely to abate soon." via Nikkei Asian Review

[Micro LED Technology Research Contest – Honorable Mention] Quantum Dots Based Full-color Display on MicroLED Technology "...the research result of the team, which combined UV Micro LED array, photoresist mold, and RGB quantum dots to demonstrate a full-color Micro LED display..." via LEDinside

Mini-LED adoption driven by high-end LCD displays and narrow-pixel-pitch LED direct-view digital signage "While micro-LEDs require major technology breakthroughs in assembly and die structure, as well as a significant overhaul of the manufacturing infrastructure, mini-LED chips are just scaled-down traditional LEDs, and can be manufactured in existing fabs with no or little additional investment." via Semiconductor Today

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Seattle CEOs Charged Over Illegal Recycling Of LCD Screens "Total Reclaim was paid over $1.1 million for its LCD recycling services between 2008 and 2016. Lorch and Zirkle took those payments while representing that the recycling services were being done under legal and industry standards" via Patch

Veeco and ALLOS Semiconductors collaborate on microLED production "The most important success factor for turning the promise of microLED displays into mass production reality is to achieve extremely good emission wavelength uniformity, which eliminates the need to test and sort individual microLED chips. " via LaserFocusWorld

Flexible OLED array detects blood oxygen "The Berkely design relies on reflected light and, said the University, has been demonstrated tracking overall blood-oxygen levels on the forehead of a volunteer ... It was also used to map blood-oxygen levels in a three-by-three grid on the forearm of a volunteer wearing a pressure cuff." via ElectronicsWeekly

New anisotropic conductive film for ultra-fine pitch assembly applications "This new structure can significantly improve the ultra-fine pitch interconnection by effectively suppressing the movement of conductive particles. This film can be applied to mobile devices, large-sized OLED panels, and VR, among others." via Phys.org

China, Taiwan LED chip makers faced with high inventory levels "...there has been oversupply of LED chips and consequently China- and Taiwan-based makers have been faced with too high inventory levels..." via DigiTimes

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Flexi-LCD design could revolutionise printed media "Optoelectronic engineers in China say they have manufactured a special type of liquid crystal display (LCD) that is paper-thin, flexible, light and tough..." via New Electronics

Trump administration targets $50 billion in Chinese electronics, aerospace and machinery goods with tariffs "... Trump’s latest protectionist move threatens to upend global supply chains for corporations such as Apple and Dell, raise prices for American consumers who have grown accustomed to inexpensive electronics..." via Washington Post

Seren Targets MicroLED Display Markets "... But importantly, it comes at a time when Apple, Sony and many more along the supply chain, are eyeballing technologies that can deliver the spectacularly high resolution, high brightness, low power micro-LED screens that the display industry craves..." via Compound Semiconductor

Apple in talks with PlayNitride to secure MicroLED supply for Apple Watch "... Taiwan's Ministry of Science and Technology approving a PlayNitride application to invest $17.1 million in new facilities at Hsinchu Science Park, where it will produce MicroLEDs, panels, and display modules..." via Apple Insider

OLED is More Competitive in Smartphone Market, Mini LED Should Target at Niche Market "...in the more profitable niche markets where the gross profits are high, the costs are not a priority for vendors. Therefore, Mini LED has higher chance to be adopted in the niche markets..." via CTimes

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MicroLED patents nearly double in a year in South Korea "... According to the Korean Intellectual Property Office (KIPO), 120 patents in the technology were filed in 2017 compared to 67 in 2016..." via ZDNet

Micro LED & Mini LED Technology Will Account for 11.4% of Worldwide LED Wafer Volume by 2022 "... As Micro LED technology still faces technical bottlenecks, the transitional Mini LED products are favored by manufacturers..." via CTimes

Samsung Electronics Wants To Extend OLED Display Lifespan "... The South Korean tech giant and Seoul-based school Ewha Womans University recently conducted a study that examined the “degradation” of OLED displays’ blue lights..." via International Business Times

Sharp reportedly prioritizing OLED & IGZO panel production to land iPad orders "... Sharp has been tipped as a potential OLED panel supplier to Apple for future iPhones, with some reports suggesting it could be added to the supplier roster for the component as early as the second quarter of 2018..." via Apple Insider

Foxconn to acquire Belkin for $866 million, expanding access to sales channels "... The deal is also a continuation of Foxconn’s movement away from being primarily a contract manufacturer for companies like Apple and towards one that has brands of its own..." via BizTimes Media

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How quantum dots could challenge OLED for best TV picture "Samsung's QLED TV technology is not the same as LG's OLED TV technology..." via CNET

Supplying Flexible OLEDs "LG Display will supply flexible organic light emitting diodes (OLEDs) to Sony..." via BusinessKorea

Samsung's MicroLED 'Wall' is the (Distant) Future of TV "MicroLED is an actual thing, a type of display technology that represents a significant improvement over the LED televisions that dominate today’s market..." via Wired

Philips TVs 2018: Every new OLED, LCD, 4K and HD model explained "Philips has only just announced its lineup of 2018 TVs at a European launch event in Amsterdam..." via Trusted Reviews

Supply chain chatter suggests Apple considering two OLED, two LCD iPhone models for fall 2018 "A new report from the Chinese supply chain suggests that Apple is continuing to evaluate multiple sizes for the fall 2018 releases..." via Apple Insider