The U.S. Display Consortium (USDC), an industry-led public/private partnership providing a common forum for flat panel display manufacturers and developers, FPD users and the supplier base, and Plextronics a world leader in developing and delivering active layer technology for printed electronic devices, announced today that Plextronics has received Phase II funding of a $1.8 million contract. This contract supports the continued development of Plexcore™ technology to increase the lifetime and efficiency of organic light emitting diode (OLED) displays. The USDC and Plextronics will continue to share the costs associated with the project. The objective of Phase II is to expand Plexcore HIL development to enable commercial performance of small molecule organic light emitting diode (SMOLED) displays.
During Phase I, Plextronics increased the lifetime and efficiency of OLEDs utilizing commercial polymeric emitters (PLED) with Plexcore HIL. This resulted in Plexcore HIL devices exhibiting greater than 4X the operating lifetime compared to devices made with current commercial hole injection layer (HIL) materials. As a result of this project, Plexcore HIL for OLEDs is currently in qualification with a leading Asian display manufacturer.
The goal for Phase II is commercial ready solution processed HIL formulations specifically designed for SMOLED displays. This project will provide a necessary component for rapid commercialization of high performing SMOLED displays via inexpensive solution processing methods. These results will ultimately improve the Plexcore HIL technology for all solution processed based OLEDs.
"Our goal for Phase I was to improve the performance of polymeric OLED displays, and this was achieved with Plexcore HIL. USDC is very impressed with the breadth and depth of knowledge that the Plextronics' team brought to the project and their ability to ‘turn the knobs' within the active layer technology to optimize the efficiency and lifetime of OLED displays. Plexcore technology will assist in driving the commercialization of OLED displays," stated Dr. Bob Pinnel, CTO of the USDC.
"We would like to thank the USDC and its member companies for their support and assistance during Phase I. Their insights were invaluable. The end result is a product ready to be commercialized. We look forward to achieving the same results with Plexcore for SMOLED devices," explained Andrew Hannah, President and CEO of Plextronics.
Posted February 12th, 2007
