technabob » amoled http://technabob.com/blog gadgets, gizmos, games, cool gadgets, geeky gadgets Sun, 14 Mar 2010 13:25:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 samsung oled panels: world’s thinnest displays http://technabob.com/blog/2007/05/20/samsung-oled-panels-worlds-thinnest-displays/ http://technabob.com/blog/2007/05/20/samsung-oled-panels-worlds-thinnest-displays/#comments Sun, 20 May 2007 22:14:15 +0000 technabob http://technabob.com/blog/2007/05/20/samsung-oled-panels-worlds-thinnest-displays/ Samsung has shown off the world’s thinnest AMOLED (active-matrix organic light-emitting diode) color displays, coming in at an amazing 0.53 millimeters thick.

Samsung Amoled Thin Displays

To put that in perspective, the displays are just about the thickness of heavy card stock paper. The initial panels are just 2.2-inches diagonal, and planned for use in mobile phones and other portable gadgets.

Samsung plans on ramping up production of the super-thin displays in the coming months, but initial yields are only around 40 percent, meaning about 60 percent of displays produced end up in the scrap pile. That will result in higher retail prices for now. However, as OLED production quality increases, screen size will increase and prices should fall.

[via Fareastgizmos]

]]> http://technabob.com/blog/2007/05/20/samsung-oled-panels-worlds-thinnest-displays/feed/ 1 amoled, the next portable display technology? http://technabob.com/blog/2006/08/27/amoled-the-next-portable-display-technology/ http://technabob.com/blog/2006/08/27/amoled-the-next-portable-display-technology/#comments Sun, 27 Aug 2006 15:04:09 +0000 technabob http://technabob.com/blog/2006/08/27/amoled-the-next-portable-display-technology/ Samsung demonstrated prototype portable screens using AMOLED display technology. AMOLED (Active Matrix Organic Light Emitting Diode) claims to have a much greater contrast ratio, lower power consumption, better viewing angle, wider color gamut and faster refresh rate than similar TFT LCD screens. Little is…]]> At the 2006 International Meeting on Information Display in South Korea, Samsung demonstrated prototype portable screens using AMOLED display technology.

Samsung Amoled Portable Prototype

AMOLED (Active Matrix Organic Light Emitting Diode) claims to have a much greater contrast ratio, lower power consumption, better viewing angle, wider color gamut and faster refresh rate than similar TFT LCD screens. Little is known about the display life at this point, but many current OLED displays have a fairly short lifespan.

[via AVING.Net]

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