NEWS: OIDA Discusses Organic LEDs at OLEDs Asia 2007

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OIDA Discusses Organic LEDs
at OLEDs Asia 2007
Presentation Focuses on OIDA’s roadmap
and projections for the OLED industry

Taipei, Taiwan, 30 April 2007 — The progress of Organic LEDs (OLEDs) beyond mobile displays was the topic of OIDA’s Dr. Philip Wright’s presentation at the OLEDs Asia conference last week. OIDA predicts that OLEDs will provide new levels of performance in display technology challenging other large format display technologies like Liquid Crystal Display (LCD), Electroluminescent (EL), and laser TV. In addition, OLED devices have the potential to provide outstanding lighting performance for certain applications.

“OIDA believes 2007 will be a breakout year for OLEDs,” said Dr. Wright, “Our research shows that OLED sales will exceed $1B in 2008 growing to $20B annually by 2017.” Among the developments highlighted in his talk were:

• Recent announcements indicate that benchmark performance for large format flat panel displays presage the performance capabilities of these technologies.
• OLEDs for solid state lighting are projected to deliver over 220 lumens/watt performance in the lab and production efficiency of 130 lumens/watt by 2017
• OIDA is updating its OLED roadmap for display and lighting application, which will be published later this year.

Dr. Wright pointed out that recently several manufacturers announced displays with more than 1,000,000:1 contrast ratio, 1-2 orders of magnitude better than LCD technologies. In addition, the technologies for large displays is 2-3 times more energy efficient than LCD or EL technologies. Likewise, this emissive technology can be used for lighting taking advantage of the flexible substrate to offer unique and special purpose lighting with very high efficiency.

About OIDA

The Optoelectronics Industry Development Association (OIDA) is a Washington DC-based, not-for-profit association that serves as the nexus for vision, transformation, and growth of the optoelectronics industry. OIDA advances the competitiveness of its members by focusing on the business of technology, not just technology itself. OIDA members include the leading providers of optoelectronic components and systems enabled by optoelectronics, as well as universities and research institutions. OIDA provides roadmaps, reports, and market data for the optoelectronics industry, serves as the voice of industry to government and academia, acts as liaison with other optoelectronic industry associations worldwide, and provides a network for the exchange of ideas and information within the optoelectronics community. Learn more about OIDA at www.oida.org.