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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Color Tunable, Dual Layer OLED/QLED Hybrid "Heng Zhang, Qiang Su & Shuming Chen from Southern University of Science and Technology in Shenzhen have recently published an article titled “Quantum-dot and organic hybrid tandem light-emitting diodes with multi-functionality of full-color-tunability and white-light-emission.” The article discusses a hybrid QLED and OLED device that can be used to produce a single pixel with tunable red/green/blue color for a display." via Display Daily

CSOT invests in JOLED for inkjet-printed OLED TV panels "While it is not feasible to use inkjet printing to produce smartphone-use OLED panels with resolution levels of 350-550ppi (pixel per inch), JOLED has trial-produced inkjet printing OLED panels of over 300ppi, which is sufficient for 21.6-inch 4K monitors (204ppi) and 65-inch 8K TVs (126ppi). JOLED keeps developing inkjet printing OLED toward a resolution level of 400ppi." via DigiTimes

Color Filters Will Make Foldable OLED Panels Thinner & Brighter "According to South Korean research firm UBI Research, color filters will replace polarizers in foldable OLED panels in the near future. This change will apparently make the display thinner and brighter. Major foldable OLED manufacturing companies are already working on the new display technology." via Android Headlines

Green Science Alliance Co., Ltd. Developed Quantum Dot + Resin Based Composite Material for any Kind of Shape and Emission Color "With this composite material, one can make any kind of shape and color by using any shape of mold, and various type of quantum dot which can emit various type of colors. " via PR Newswire

The U.S.-China trade war quietly escalates "The tariffs continue to impress a sizable tax on U.S. companies and consumers, adding additional costs and red tape for small businesses, farmers, manufacturers and households trying to stay afloat amid the pandemic." via Axios

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Coronavirus is slowing LCD production, and TV and monitor prices are expected to climb as a result "IHS said that preliminary estimates say that per-panel prices could rise $1 to $2, but could go as high as $3 to $5." via PC World

Samsung and LG look to sell off major LCD production factories worth $33bn "The two TV giants currently hold a $33bn stake in the LCD market, but, with the overall LCD business currently valued at almost $106bn, the sale of these production plants would mark a significant shift in the TV industry away from LCD and towards other technologies, such as Quantum Dot and OLED. " via What Hifi?

Quantum Dots: The Long Road Towards Emissive QLEDs "The ultimate emissive material might arguably be quantum dots (QDs). This is because it may offer high IQE and ultra-narrow FWHM, leading to very wide color gamut displays." via IDTechEx

Plessey and Axus combine to push GaN-on-Si micro-LED "Plessey and Axus Technology, the provider of CMP, wafer thinning and wafer polishing surface-processing machines, are collaborating to bring GaN-on-Silicon monolithic microLED technology to market." via Electronics Weekly

China Just Cut Tariffs on U.S. Goods. Here Are the Products That Benefit. "China’s finance ministry said the measures were a bid “to promote the healthy and stable development” of economic and trade relations between the U.S. and China. Officials said China hoped to work with the U.S. to eliminate all increased tariffs." via Barron's

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LCD equipment, materials suppliers benefiting from aggressive capacity build-up in China "China now serves as the top supplier of TV panels worldwide, accounting for 46.4% of global unit shipments and 41.9% of panel area shipments in the first quarter of 2019, according to Sigmaintell Consulting." via DigiTimes

Foxconn Might Include Micro LED or OLED Production in Wisconsin "After almost a year, the company said in March 2019 that the factory in Wisconsin will start operation by the fourth quarter of 2020. Today, Foxconn unveiled that Micro LED or OLED manufacturing lines might be added to the production of Wisconsin factory." via LED Inside

In-Display Fingerprint Sensors Finally Coming To LCD Panels "While optical fingerprint scanners have been present in many smartphones over the past few months, these sensors only work alongside more expensive OLED displays. A key reason for the inability of in-display fingerprint sensors to work with LCDs is the failure of the scanner to detect light through the screen." via Android Headlines

Lab develops quantum dot polymer for next-gen screens "The material is a thiol-yne nanocomposite polymer tailored to hold light-emitting quantum dots, tiny semiconductors whose size and composition can be precisely tuned to produce bright, clear, and energy-efficient colors." via Phys.org

New Red Phosphor to Improve LED Energy Efficiency Co-Developed by University of Innsbruck and Osram "A research team at the University of Innsbruck, Austria cooperated with Osram Opto Semiconductors to develop a new red phosphor with excellent luminescence properties which can make LED lighting more energy-efficient." via LED Inside

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Apple iPhone 11 will take on Samsung S10 with a notch-free OLED screen "Crucial to this announcement about the under-screen sensors is the fact they only work with OLED screens." via T3

Everything you need to know about the foldable Royole FlexPai phone "...the FlexPai has been available in Beijing since October, and was set to start shipping to developers in the US and UK back in December. The world's first foldable phone didn't just beat Samsung to CES, it beat them to market." via c|net

Rohinni and BOE to Form Joint Venture for Micro LED-based Backlights "Micro and Mini LED specialist Rohinni announced that it will be forming a joint venture with Chinese panel producer BOE. The collaboration will focus on the production of micro LED lighting solutions for display backlights." via LED Inside

LG Plans to Sell TVs That Roll Up Like Posters in 2019 "LG is counting on so-called “rollable” and OLED televisions to revive a consumer electronics business that’s grappling with price declines and stiffening Chinese competition." via Bloomberg

Korean Research Team Develops New Graphene Quantum Dot Fabrication Technology "Professor Shin Hyun-seok of the Department of Natural Science at UNIST said on Jan. 16 that his team succeeded in developing a two-dimensional planar complex manufacturing technology that regularly arranges graphene quantum dots in a single layer of hexagonal boron nitride..." via Business Korea

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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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Apple may unveil largest-ever iPhone with crisper OLED screen and major software upgrade "There’ll be a new high-end iPhone, internally dubbed D33, with a display that measures about 6.5-inch diagonally ... That would make it the largest iPhone by far and one of the biggest mainstream phones on the market. via The Economic Times

Panasonic joins effort to license out low-cost OLED panel making process "The unlisted affiliate, JOLED Inc, is in talks with several global panel producers to license its printing process for OLED panels, where organic colour materials are deposited onto glass substrates in a way similar to ink-jet printing." via Money Control

Quantum Dots: Liquid-state quantum dot white LEDs have high luminous efficiency "...quantum-dot(QD) based white LEDs that exhibit a record luminous efficiency of 105 lm/W for green/blue light generation and 64 lm/W for red-green-blue (RGB) light generation. With further development, the new LEDs could reach efficiencies over 200 lm/W..." via LaserFocusWorld

Quantum Dot LED Development Achieves Milestone of Exceeding One Year On-time Test "With its unique characteristics for lighting, the implementation of quantum dots with LEDs has enhanced the efficiency and performance of LED display and lighting." via LED Inside

AUO to unveil 12.1-inch full-color TFT-driven micro LED display "AUO claimed it is the world's first to have successfully developed the highest resolution full-color TFT-driven micro LED display technology." via DigiTimes