Japan's Seiko Epson Corp plans to make ultra-thin flat displays based on organic light-emitting diode technology (OLED) after it expanded the lifespan of the panels, a daily said on Sunday.

The electronics maker has a production line at its Nagano plant and aims to take orders for OLED panels by the end of the year. The plant is capable of manufacturing several thousand OLED panels a year, the daily said.

The company has expanded the life span of OLED panels to more than 50,000 hours compared with the maximum life of standard OLED devices, which is typically 30,000 hours, Nikkei said.
The company plans to start making an eight-inch business-use OLED monitor that is 2.8 millimetre thick at its thinnest part. The production line is also capable of manufacturing larger models of up to 21 inches, the daily said.

Epson will exhibit this new OLED display system at FPD International 2007, an international exhibition of display technologies to be held at Pacifico Yokohama from October 24.

Screen size: 20.3-cm diagonal (8 inches)
Number of pixels (W×H): 800×480
Brightness: 200 cd/m2
Contrast ratio: 100,000 : 1 or greater

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