Chi Mei EL Corporation (CMEL), a subsidiary of Chi Mei Optoelectronics (CMO), recently announced the maker started volume produce active-matrix (AM) OLED (organic light-emitting diode) panels in May, with monthly capacity able to reach 500,000 2-inch equivalent panels at present.

Zhe-yang Chen, president of CMEL, said the company has begun shipping 2-inch AM OLED panels to China- and Japan-based customers and end products adopting CMEL's panels will hit the market in July at soonest.

CMEL now is sampling 2.2- and 2.8-inch AM OLED panels to the customers, added Chen. These panels will be used in applications such as mobile phones and digital still cameras (DSCs), Chen noted.

The company now sees related yields at 60%, which will be improved to 80% by year-end, said Chen. Achieving high yields in the AM OLED industry is not easy; even leading makers such as Samsung SDI only targets yields at 60-70% initially, he pointed out.

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