Samsung Display Unveils New Low-power OLED Display for Smartphones
26 Januar 2021 - 12:30AM
Business Wire
- OLED panel reduces power consumption as much as 16 percent by
speeding up electron flows in the display’s organic layers
- Less power consumption by the display panel can improve
smartphone usage time
- Samsung Display now holds 5,000 material-related patents thanks
to its ceaseless R&D in organic materials for OLED
Samsung Display Company today announced a new low-power OLED
display for smartphones that reduces power consumption up to 16
percent.
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Samsung Display OLED technician examines
performance of a new OLED organic material. (Photo: Business
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Samsung Display, the world’s largest OLED producer, developed
the new OLED smartphone display after commercializing a
just-developed organic material whose luminous efficiency has
improved dramatically compared to the company’s previous OLED
smartphone panels. The new panel is being used for the first time
in Samsung Electronics’ Galaxy S21 Ultra smartphones.
OLED displays don’t require a separate light source, but instead
produce their vibrant colors by running an electric current
directly through a proprietary set of self-luminous organic
materials. This is why the efficiency of organic materials plays a
crucial role in determining an OLED display’s performance including
its color gamut, high luminance, high-dynamic range imaging (HDR),
outdoor visibility and power consumption.
“The constant progression of display technologies has increased
demand for lower power consumption to enable features such as
larger screens, faster display driving, and greater resolution,”
said Jeeho Baek, Executive Vice President and Head of the Mobile
Display Sales, Marketing & Product Planning Office at Samsung
Display. “Building upon our industry-leading expertise in material
technology, which has been increasing for a long time, Samsung
Display is directly engaging with many of its customers to improve
performance of their newest products,” he added.
Samsung Display’s novel organic material achieved its sharp
increase in luminous efficiency by having electrons flow faster and
more easily across the display’s organic layers. In other words,
thanks to this process, OLED panels can create brighter light while
consuming less power, which improves the battery lifetime for 5G
smartphone users who spend more time watching video. The display
panel is one of the most important components affecting a
smartphone's total power consumption. Therefore, when the display’s
power consumption is cut, this can significantly impact smartphone
usage time.
Samsung Display has been channeling much of its technological
resources into securing “super-gap” competitiveness in the
composition of more efficient organic display materials. To that
end, the company has been closely collaborating with a number of
global material companies, and widening its own talent pool in this
field over the past decade.
Samsung Display now holds 5,000 patents worldwide that involve
the use of organic materials for displays. Also, it has applied for
more than 370 patents related to OLED organic materials in each of
the past three years.
About Samsung Display
Samsung Display Co., Ltd. is a global leader in display panel
market, with OLED and LCD technologies and products. Samsung
Display has seven production facilities and five branch sales
offices worldwide. The company specializes in high-quality displays
for consumer, mobile, IT and industrial usage, including those
featuring OLED (organic light emitting diode) and LCD technologies.
As a total solution provider, Samsung Display strives to advance
the future with next-generation technologies featuring ultra-thin,
energy-efficient, flexible, and transparent displays. For more
information, please visit www.samsungdisplay.com.
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John Lucas for Samsung Display Company
j.lucas@partner.samsung.com