Flexible OLED

Foled means Flexible Organic light emitting diode
Foldable OLEDs have substrates made of very flexible metallic foils or plastics. Foldable OLEDs are very lightweight and durable. Their use in devices such as cell phones and PDAs can reduce breakage, a major cause for return or repair. Potentially, foldable OLED displays can be sewn into fabrics for "smart" clothing, such as outdoor survival clothing with an integrated computer chip, cell phone, GPS receiver and OLED display sewn into it.

Ultra-lightweight, thin form: FOLEDs are thinner and lighter weight than other displays. This means that cell phones, portable computers, wall-mounted televisions and other products that use them can also be lighter and smaller.Durability: FOLEDs can also be more durable - less breakable and more impact resistant - than other displays. With glass breakage a major cause of display-containing product returns, this is a highly desirable commercial alternative.Flexibility: FOLEDs may be manufactured on a variety of substrates.
FOLEDs built on optically-clear plastic films and thin, bendable metallic foils are currently under development at Universal Display Corporation. Such displays may be made to bend, flex and conform to many surfaces. For example, FOLEDs may someday be found affixed to curved helmet face shields, shirtsleeve cuffs and automotive instrument panels. The potential flexibility of FOLEDs may also enable the realization of Universal Display Corporation’s proprietary Universal Communication Device. In the meantime, earlier-generation FOLEDs may provide limited conformability for applications that include a cell phone that conforms to the shape of your hand or a portable DVD player that has a curved surface to enhance the audience’s viewing experience.

Cost-effective processing: FOLED technology opens up prospects for high-throughput, roll-to-roll processing (R2R) of OLEDs in the future, providing the basis for their truly low-cost mass production.

In May, Sony unveiled its colorful 2.5-inch OLED flexible displays, according to the company. During the same month, LG.Philips LCD also announced that it has developed a 4-inch full-color flexible active matrix (AM) OLED (organic light emitting diode) display that uses amorphous silicon (a-Si) technology. LG.Philips LCD has developed this display in cooperation with Universal Display Corporation (UDC), which holds the original patents for phosphorescent OLED (PH OLED) technology. The 4-inch full-color flexible AM OLED display features 320×240 QVGA resolution and can reproduce 16.77 million colors.

World first full color Flex OLED from Sony at CES-2009

Samsungs Flapping OLED Panel

The FPD International 2008 starts and we have the first OLED innovation from Samsung. The Flapping OLED Panel!

Samsung SDI Co Ltd exhibited a 0.05mm-thick 4-inch OLED panel that was hung in the air and fluttering in the breeze from a fan at FPD International 2008.

The pixel count of the display is 480 × 272. The contrast ratio is 100,000:1, and the luminance is 200cd/m2. The color reproduction range is 100% of the NTSC standard.

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6.5 inch Flexible OLED on plastic by Samsung SDI FPD 2008