Samsung is planning to delay investment in a full-cut, vertical deposition method it has been developing with Japan's Ulvac for more than a year. Samsung Display will turn to investment in Canon Tokki's half-cut horizontal deposition method it has been developing, sources said. This approach has been commercialized to provide Apple with OLED panels for its iPad tablets. plate. Apple is planning to launch an iPad with an OLED panel.
Samsung Display has been developing full-cut vertical deposition equipment with Ulvac Corporation to make OLED panels with a single layer, or just a single RGB emitting layer, to supply panels to Asus and other PC manufacturers.
On the other hand, a project with Canon Tokki is developing a half-cut horizontal deposition equipment to make dual-stacked tandem OLED panels with dual RGB emitting layers.
Apple had requested that its display system Manufacturers develop dual-stacked OLED panels in series.
Another reason for the delay in the Samsung-Ulvac project may be that the technology is not mature enough.
IT House learned that Samsung Display is planning to use 8.7-generation substrates, but the deposition equipment developed is more targeted at 8.5-generation substrates. While their dimensions of 22902620 mm may not seem large compared to 22002500 mm, significant redesign was required when the device was actually made.
The economic downturn also means that Samsung Display is in no rush Huge investments are being made in targeting eighth-generation OLED panels at a time when demand for consumer electronics is sluggish.
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