Japanese companies will team up with the government to develop OLED Panel key technologies

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Japanese companies will team up with the government to develop OLED Panel key technologies

Posted July 10th, 2008 by admin

The Japanese government is backing Sony, Toshiba, Sharp, Matsushita Electric and some other companies in joint research of OLED TV Panels.

An agency set up for encouraging research, The New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization, or NEDO, said in a statement Thursday it has chosen the companies with the aim of developing a 40-inch OLED display sometime after 2015.

OLEDs use light-emitting organic compounds similar to those found in fireflies. TVs using OLEDs don't require a backlight and can be thinner than those based on the more common liquid crystal or plasma display panels.

The paper said the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry is to pitch in 3.5 billion yen ($32.78 million) to help with the project, which would run from this year through 2012.
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http://www.oled-display.net/how-works-the-oled-technology

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