LFP - Large-Format-Printing
DuPont OLED Displays Technology Achieves Lifetime of 1 Million Hours
Wednesday 24. June 2009 - The lifespan of the typical bee is about 12 months, but the OLED materials used in this display can withstand more than 100 years of constant use.
DuPonts new, proprietary “Gen-3” organic light emitting diode (OLED) materials technology has recently achieved a record lifetime* of more than 1 million hours – thats more than 100 years of constant use.
With these performance gains, DuPont OLED materials and technology are paving the way for manufacturers to develop longer lasting, low-cost displays for mobile devices, notebook PCs and televisions. OLED displays are so thin, efficient and simple, they can be made flexible and transparent. They also provide brighter, crisper displays and use less power than the conventional light-emitting diodes (LEDs) or liquid crystal displays (LCDs) being used today.
Imagine having a display monitor on a T-shirt. Or a high-definition TV in your conference room thats 80 inches wide, but less than a quarter inch thick – plus consumes less energy than other TVs and can be rolled up and stored in a closet when youre not using it. OLEDs are making these kinds of applications possible in the not-so-distant future.
According to DisplaySearch, the total OLED display market is forecasted to grow to $5.5 billion by 2015, from $600 million in 2008, with a compound annual growth rate of 37%. DisplaySearch also forecasts that in 2015, televisions will pass mobile phone displays to become the highest-revenue application at $1.92 billion.