Samsung-SDI with Clairvoyante will create a PenTile OLED panel that will lead the handheld market with a power-efficient, high-resolution OLED panel that supports continued innovation in emerging handheld applications,” said Sung-Chul Kim, vice president of Samsung SDI.
Samsung SDI announce its intention to produce the world’s first 3-inch WVGA (480 x 800) active-matrix (AM) OLED panel, using PenTile subpixel rendering technology from Clairvoyante Inc
Samples of the Samsung panels will be available in the first quarter of 2008, with mass production slated for the third quarter. The new module will be demonstrated later this month at Flat Panel Display International in Yokohama, Japan.
PenTile technology makes it possible to attain WVGA performance by eliminating one-third of the subpixels while maintaining the same display resolution.
A PenTile layout optimized for OLED technology can eliminate one-third of the subpixels which can significantly reduce current density, improving the lifetime of higher resolution OLEDs while also increasing brightness. Clairvoyante has solutions to improve the performance of both types of OLEDs. PenTile RGBW™ technology is fully applicable to OLEDs with white emitters. For direct-emitting OLEDs, Clairvoyante has developed an optimized PenTile RGB layout.
In addition to LCDs, PenTile® technology will also be applied to the newly growing OLED markets as demand develops for OLEDs in the high-resolution formats.
Clairvoyante is already developing the next generation of its display technology, which is targeted at HDTV. PenTile Multiprimary™ technology will leverage intelligent backlight designs by providing high-efficiency subpixel patterns and algorithms that go well beyond RGBW to expand color saturation and brightness while significantly reducing power consumption. Fueled by rapid consumer adoption, ever increasing HDTV screen sizes are on a collision course with the world’s need to control energy use, and PenTile Multiprimary™ technology is being designed to address that problem.
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