Despite the surge, OLEDs will remain a niche product due to their small sizes and prohibitively high prices.
The Technical University of Dresden, Germany and Novaled AG say they have reached 90 lm/W at a brightness of 1,000 cd/m2 for a real lighting device using white organic LEDs (OLEDs) and 124 lm/W when using a 3D light extraction system.
OLED displays have a number of advantages over LCDs. Alan Suyko explains
LCD is still the leader for handset displays. However, a number of new and not-so-new display technologies are vying for small slices of this market sector, says analysts ABI research.
Recent developments and announcements from major developers of organic electroluminescence (OLED) technology seem to be pointing towards the conclusion that 2011 will be the year where the first commercial OLED lighting applications will appear on the market.
According to a new report from NanoMarkets LC, a US-based industry analyst firm, the OLED lighting market will reach almost US$4.5 billion by 2013 and grow to US$5.9 billion by 2015.
OSRAM Opto Semiconductors Reaches a new milestone in the OPAL research project achieving high levels of efficiency and lifetime of OLED
CMEL, available through GLYN High-Tech Distribution, has released its 2.8” active matrix OLED display module (Part No. C0283QGLD-T) to further expand its growing OLED display range.