Displays & Lighting: Innovations & Market Trends

Yohan Kim, André Geßner, Hyung Seok Choi, Jiyoung Kim and Armin Wedel

Functional Polymer Systems, Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Polymer Research (IAP), Geiselbergstrasse 69, 14476 Potsdam, Germany

Recently, Cd-free quantum dots (QDs) such as InP for green and red, and ZnSe for blue emission have gained a great amount of attention as electroluminescent (EL) or photoluminescent (PL) QD display applications due to their potential with good optical properties as an environmentally friendly alternative to Cd-based QDs. Our team has been working on QD technologies for over 10 years with various industry and governmentfunded projects. Here, the important progresses and current challenges on both EL and PL QD application will be discussed. Since the patterning technology of the QD layer is the most critical aspect for QD displays, the inkjet printing activity, the most promising technology for pixelation, on the QD layers including ESJET/EHDJET process will be also briefly introduced.
Our understanding of the fundamental design principles on not only Cd-free QD materials but also PL EL QD displays combining with their printing technologies can provide a new opportunity to overcome the challenges on the commercialization of QD display in the next-generation information display market.

On the path to a new generation of display performance and manufacturability, a roadblock appeared: TFT technology. The display industry chose improving semiconductor material performance to break through the roadblock. This path has largely failed; it has provided about one-third of the required advance. Amorphyx leverages Moore’s Law in advancing TFT technology. Amorphyx’s technologies use amorphous metals-based materials to re-engineer the TFT and enable quantum tunneling to eliminate semiconductor materials. These innovations set a new path: fast, flexible and simple thin film electronics.

John Brewer
CEO @ Amorphyx

Bio

On the path to a new generation of display performance and manufacturability, a roadblock appeared: TFT technology. The display industry chose improving semiconductor material performance to break through the roadblock. This path has largely failed; it has provided about one-third of the required advance.
Amorphyx leverages Moore’s Law in advancing TFT technology. Amorphyx’s technologies use amorphous metals-based materials to re-engineer the TFT and enable quantum tunneling to eliminate semiconductor materials.
These innovations set a new path: fast, flexible and simple thin film electronics.

Francesca Antoniolli
Global Product Manager @ Applied Materials Baccini

Bio

After completing the Material Engineering studies in 2004, Francesca decided to pursue the Academic career by undertaking a PhD in Material Science and Engineering, with main focus on nano and bio technologies. In parallel established a 5 years collaboration with the Dentistry Department in order to increase the knowledge and awareness about dental materials in this sector.
In 2008 decided to leave the Academic path to jump into the entrepreneurial adventure and joining full-time the start-up Genefinity, a spin-off of the University of Trieste, which she founded in 2005 together with 3 other PhD colleagues. The company grew successfully for about 10 years by developing specific competences on thin films depositions, mainly PVD and ALD techniques, with main markets biomedical, food, solar and cosmetic.
In 2016, decided to jump into a new adventure and joined Applied Materials Italy as Business Developer, with the main target to expand the current solar market to other sector of the printed electronics.

Samuel Halim
CEO @ Avantama AG
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Sam earned his PhD in Chemical Engineering from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH Zurich). He was educated in materials engineering in Zurich, Lausanne and Stockholm. He is co-founder and CEO of Switzerland based Avantama AG, the leader in perovskite quantum dots.

Despite the great success of OLEDs in displays, the technology has struggled to establish a substantial presence in general lighting, mainly because of the high cost. Market progress was hindered by the offering of inferior products by some large international companies, who made major investments in large factories before the market and manufacturing technology were ready. The product quality has been improved substantially over the past two years, in both performance and reliability. Routes to market penetration have been identified, some of which will bring products that combine elements of lighting and displays. But even for such markets, new manufacturing techniques will be required to reduce costs and enable high volume production of some of the exciting prototypes that have emerged from research laboratories.

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Despite the great success of OLEDs in displays, the technology has struggled to establish a substantial presence in general lighting, mainly because of the high cost. Market progress was hindered by the offering of inferior products by some large international companies, who made major investments in large factories before the market and manufacturing technology were ready. The product quality has been improved substantially over the past two years, in both performance and reliability. Routes to market penetration have been identified, some of which will bring products that combine elements of lighting and displays. But even for such markets, new manufacturing techniques will be required to reduce costs and enable high volume production of some of the exciting prototypes that have emerged from research laboratories.

Bistable reflective displays are an alternative to traditional emissive and transmissive displays where power consumption and outdoor readability are paramount. Bodle has developed a new type of bistable reflective display technology based on solid state phase change materials (PCM). The presentation will focus on the fundamental aspect of the technology and its performance in terms of colour gamut, reflectivity and switching speed.

Peiman Hosseini
CEO @ Bodle Technologies

Bio

Bistable reflective displays are an alternative to traditional emissive and transmissive displays where power consumption and outdoor readability are paramount. Bodle has developed a new type of bistable reflective display technology based on solid state phase change materials (PCM). The presentation will focus on the fundamental aspect of the technology and its performance in terms of colour gamut, reflectivity and switching speed.

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The presentation addresses the state of the display industry's Crystal Cycle and the impact of COVID-19 on display applications, then addresses the battle in the TV market for leadership among both brands and technologies. Samsung and TCL lead an LCD camp promoting quantum dot enhancement film (QDEF), while LG and Sony lead an OLED camp with LG Display's White-OLED technology. The presentation covers market data by technology and brand, and cost analysis of a range of advanced TV technologies, plus a forecast of displays and TVs by technology.

Bob O'Brien
Co-Founder & President @ DSCC

Bio

The presentation addresses the state of the display industry's Crystal Cycle and the impact of COVID-19 on display applications, then addresses the battle in the TV market for leadership among both brands and technologies. Samsung and TCL lead an LCD camp promoting quantum dot enhancement film (QDEF), while LG and Sony lead an OLED camp with LG Display's White-OLED technology. The presentation covers market data by technology and brand, and cost analysis of a range of advanced TV technologies, plus a forecast of displays and TVs by technology.

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Doyoung Byun received the PhD degree in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering from the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Korea, in 2000. He has worked in several institutes and academies and founded the Enjet in 2009 in order to commercialize his high resolution printing and coating technologies for the printed electronics. Since 2009, he has served as CEO in the Enjet. He has developed the novel femto-liter droplet dispensing technology, electrostatic spray nozzle for functional coating, micro-fluidic devices, and MEMS devices. Based on these core technologies, he could commercialize ultra-fine printing and spray coating solutions for OLED display, micro-LED display, mobile phone, and bio-medical applications.

The Enjet is a high resolution inkjet printing solution leader and has a vision to provide innovative tools of printed electronics (2D and 3D), replacing conventional vacuum processes in OLED, PCB, Semiconductor, Glass, Bio-medical, and energy industries. The Enjet has further dreams to develop 3D additive manufacturing solutions for printed electronics. The Enjet has been developing a high resolution inkjet head with multi-nozzles, which can dispense higher viscous ink than the conventional ones and form pico-liter or even femto-liter droplets. With this novel inkjet head, we can print and manufacture 3D electronic devices from the provided model data and personal customized products.

Walk into your local electronics store and the red color emitting from many of the displays will be GE phosphor technology. Since first being introduced into the display industry in 2014, the red-line emission of K2SiF6:Mn4+phosphor (PFS/KSF) centered at 631 nm has become the market leading wide color gamut solution for 4K UHD TVs, tablets, phones, monitors and laptops. KSF provides a cost effective, on-chip LED solution for wide color gamut displays that is a RoHS compliant, drop-in replacement in LCD BLUs without the need for barrier encapsulants to achieve excellent reliability. This presentation will discuss the technology that has enabled this success and the path forward around integration into future displays with higher color gamut and additional functionality (minileds, remote films, microleds) versus current HDR 4K/8K displays. An update on GE’s efforts around narrow-band green phosphor development will also be presented.

James Murphy
Display Technology Program Manager @ GE Research

Bio

Walk into your local electronics store and the red color emitting from many of the displays will be GE phosphor technology. Since first being introduced into the display industry in 2014, the red-line emission of K2SiF6:Mn4+phosphor (PFS/KSF) centered at 631 nm has become the market leading wide color gamut solution for 4K UHD TVs, tablets, phones, monitors and laptops. KSF provides a cost effective, on-chip LED solution for wide color gamut displays that is a RoHS compliant, drop-in replacement in LCD BLUs without the need for barrier encapsulants to achieve excellent reliability. This presentation will discuss the technology that has enabled this success and the path forward around integration into future displays with higher color gamut and additional functionality (minileds, remote films, microleds) versus current HDR 4K/8K displays. An update on GE’s efforts around narrow-band green phosphor development will also be presented.

In 2007, Apple introduced the first smartphone based on LDC displays. These LDC displays have multiple rigid layers which add thickness to the product. Later on, glass OLED was introduced with fewer layers that could help to decrease the product thickness. Now with the help of plastic/flexible OLED curved edges are possible and now even different form factors like foldable and rollable products are in the market. Recently, foldable/flexible consumer electronic devices are becoming popular; however, the reliability of these devices are still not as mature as conventional (rigid) devices. With incorporating thin cover window film/glass for curved and foldable devices, new failure modes (Crease, delamination, buckling, scratches, low energy impact, …) have been highlighted and consequently new reliability tests should be defined to correctly assess the performance of foldable/flexible displays.

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Manufacturing cost is the highest risk for µLED displays. µLED display cost is composed of backplane and frontplane costs. Backplane cost may be similar to OLED displays. The major cost contributors for frontplane are epitaxy, transfer, and defect management. Here, the technology requirements for manufacturing high performance, cost-effective µLED displays are discussed.

Khaled Ahmed
Senior Principal Engineer @ Intel

Bio

Manufacturing cost is the highest risk for µLED displays. µLED display cost is composed of backplane and frontplane costs. Backplane cost may be similar to OLED displays. The major cost contributors for frontplane are epitaxy, transfer, and defect management. Here, the technology requirements for manufacturing high performance, cost-effective µLED displays are discussed.

Printed electronic solutions currently stay back behin their last years promises. Tales of scalability and cheap prices have been told, while basic problems of electronics like stability and compatibility with existing process has been ignored. This presentation shows that most printed electronics companies are still and workshop mode and explains what it takes to have a solution that work in various applications and why this solutiosn mather to which applications now.

Marcin Ratajczak
CEO @ Inuru

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Printed electronic solutions currently stay back behin their last years promises. Tales of scalabiltiy and cheap prices have been told, while basic problems of electronics like stability and compatibility with existing process has been ignored. This presentation shows that most printed electronics companies are still and workshop mode and explains what it takes to have a solution that work in various applications and why this solutiosn mather to which applications now.

Boogie Board writing tablets use their own special kind of displays. Applying cholesteric liquid crystal technology combined with polymer science and relentless innovation, Kent Displays has positioned this technology as its own category in the market under the brand name Boogie Board. This presentation will highlight some of the fundamental aspects of science and engineering behind these smart materials and their path to successful commercialization and brand positioning.

Mauricio Echeverri
Principal Scientist @ Kent Displays

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Boogie Board writing tablets use their own special kind of displays. Applying cholesteric liquid crystal technology combined with polymer science and relentless innovation, Kent Displays has positioned this technology as its own category in the market under the brand name Boogie Board. This presentation will highlight some of the fundamental aspects of science and engineering behind these smart materials and their path to successful commercialization and brand positioning.

Out of Home (OOH) Advertising is a very old business that dates back to the time of the Egyptians. Pharaohs used obelisks to communicate and promote services to the public. In more recent times, OOH has evolved from the posting of Vaudeville ads on fences to crisp LED digital displays along streets and highways. Lamar Advertising has worked with local and national customers to communicate and promote their products and services for over 119 years. The last 15 years have brought a surge in LED digital displays that allow for quick, dynamic content. At Lamar, we continue to look for innovation with improved LED displays and reflective display technology along with solar and battery systems to further develop our advertising displays. We believe that the technology emerging from the TechBlick conferences could play a role in our industry.

Brad Miller
Digital Engineering Manager @ Lamar Advertising Company

Bio

Printed electronic solutions currently stay back behin their last years promises. Tales of scalabiltiy and cheap prices have been told, while basic problems of electronics like stability and compatibility with existing process has been ignored. This presentation shows that most printed electronics companies are still and workshop mode and explains what it takes to have a solution that work in various applications and why this solutiosn mather to which applications now.

This presentation reviews two of META’s key technology development strands: metaOPTIX™ holographic optical technology and NanoWeb® transparent conductive nanostructures
metaOPTIX™ holographic optical components are fabricated on META’s Holography platform. Interference patterns are recorded with a laser into a light-sensitive photopolymer material to form Volume Holographic Gratings (VHGs), which transmit or reflect light in various ways, depending on the geometric structure of the recorded pattern.
NANOWEB® is a transparent conductor made of an invisible metal mesh that can be fabricated onto any glass or plastic surface. It offers a superior alternative to Indium Tin Oxide (ITO), Silver Nanowire (AgNW), graphene and carbon nanotube among other ITO-alternative technologies.

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Morphotonics is a deeptech nano equipment supplier with the primary goal of ‘democratizing’ nanoimprint technology, such that it is not just limited to small areas using wafer-scale equipment. With our customer driven manufacturing focus and ability to replicate nano and micron structures over extremely large areas (>1m2), many more products can now take advantage of nanoimprinting at affordable costs for mass production. This will help product owners to offer products and experiences such as immersive 3D displays, augmented reality glasses, and more at unprecedented scale.

Jan Matthijs Ter Meulen
Co-Founder @ MorPhotonics
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Morphotonics is a deeptech nano equipment supplier with the primary goal of ‘democratizing’ nanoimprint technology, such that it is not just limited to small areas using wafer-scale equipment. With our customer driven manufacturing focus and ability to replicate nano and micron structures over extremely large areas (>1m2), many more products can now take advantage of nanoimprinting at affordable costs for mass production. This will help product owners to offer products and experiences such as immersive 3D displays, augmented reality glasses, and more at unprecedented scale.

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Optomec’s Aerosol Jet technology has a unique solution to enable panel front to backside connections without glass vias or vacuum processes. Aerosol Jet’s ability to print at high resolution, down to 10 μm, and at a high aspect ratio, as high as 5mm from the substrate regardless of topology, make it the ideal solution for both manufacturing and repair of metallization on glass edges. Demonstration of high speed, high density printing of connections from the front side of a panel to the backside will be shown along with repair of existing metallization created by other methods.

Bryan Germann
Product Manager @ Optomec

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Optomec’s Aerosol Jet technology has a unique solution to enable panel front to backside connections without glass vias or vacuum processes. Aerosol Jet’s ability to print at high resolution, down to 10 μm, and at a high aspect ratio, as high as 5mm from the substrate regardless of topology, make it the ideal solution for both manufacturing and repair of metallization on glass edges. Demonstration of high speed, high density printing of connections from the front side of a panel to the backside will be shown along with repair of existing metallization created by other methods.

We are developing a new manufacturing process which aims to assemble millions of heterogeneous microchips (LEDs, sensors, electronics) into next generation display and lighting systems with the deterministic control of pick and place at the low cost of printing. The process starts with chiplets from standard processes, as no special coatings or shapes are needed. The system then uses programmable directed electrostatic assembly, parallel closed loop and open loop feedback control, and integrated continuous roller-based transfer of the assemblies to a final substrate for electrical interconnects.

Long hailed as the “ultimate display technology,” Electroluminescent Quantum Dot LED (EL-QLED) devices have now been studied for over two decades, but they have yet to find commercial success in the display industry. Historically the focus has been on CdSe-based materials, but more recently InP, ZnTeSe, and perovskites have made impressive gains in efficiency and lifetime. This talk will provide an update on state-of-the-art EL-QLED for display and what technical hurdles remain. Finally I will provide insight as to the direction this important technology could take to achieve commercial success.

Peter Palomaki
CEO @ Palomaki Consulting

Bio

Long hailed as the “ultimate display technology,” Electroluminescent Quantum Dot LED (EL-QLED) devices have now been studied for over two decades, but they have yet to find commercial success in the display industry. Historically the focus has been on CdSe-based materials, but more recently InP, ZnTeSe, and perovskites have made impressive gains in efficiency and lifetime. This talk will provide an update on state-of-the-art EL-QLED for display and what technical hurdles remain. Finally I will provide insight as to the direction this important technology could take to achieve commercial success.

New generation of devices from AR/MR, smartphones, to laptop and tablets demand not only more accurate and compact optics operating in the visible wavelengths and sensors operating in the near IR wavelengths, these devices also require more efficient displays that can generate more light using less power. Pixelligent’s patented PixClearProcess® creates the world’s most precise high refractive index nanocomposites that drastically improve the performances of optoelectronics, sensors, and next generation display technologies through existing manufacturing processes from nanoimprint lithography to inkjet printing.

Richard Ming
Global Sales Director @ Pixelligent Technologies

Bio

New generation of devices from AR/MR, smartphones, to laptop and tablets demand not only more accurate and compact optics operating in the visible wavelengths and sensors operating in the near IR wavelengths, these devices also require more efficient displays that can generate more light using less power. Pixelligent’s patented PixClearProcess® creates the world’s most precise high refractive index nanocomposites that drastically improve the performances of optoelectronics, sensors, and next generation display technologies through existing manufacturing processes from nanoimprint lithography to inkjet printing.

MicroLED display is an emerging technology with high brightness, wide color gamut, high aperture ratio, and best reliability. In additional to traditional display applications, MicroLED display can be used for innovative display technology, such as transparent display, sports watch, automotive, and many new display scenarios. MicroLED display can fulfill all display required features and will be a revolution of display industry.

Falcon Liu
Bio

MicroLED display is an emerging technology with high brightness, wide color gamut, high aperture ratio, and best reliability. In additional to traditional display applications, MicroLED display can be used for innovative display technology, such as transparent display, sports watch, automotive, and many new display scenarios. MicroLED display can fulfill all display required features and will be a revolution of display industry.

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Kim De Nolf
CEO & Co-Founder @ QustomDot

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Kim De Nolf is CEO and co-founder of QustomDot. She has received the masters and PhD degree in chemistry from Ghent University in Belgium. In 2017, she started a three-year post-doctoral fellowship to investigate the valorization potential of the research conducted at the PCN group, lead by prof. Zeger Hens. This work has led to the incorporation of QustomDot in January 2020. QustomDot is an advanced materials spin-off company and its mission is to realize the full potential of quantum dots by providing customized solutions for next-generation applications. The QustomDot technology enables the use of RoHS-compliant quantum dots directly onto (micro)LED chips.

Flexible Display technology is setting the stage for end-product innovations to come, exemplified by the great attention it has gained in the consumer market over the past year. We will discuss selective topics in the development of flexible AMOLED displays and related end-product innovations such as foldable smartphones from Royole Corporation. We would also present our recent development of stretchable micro-LED display technology compatible with industrial manufacturing processes, leading in innovation in the highly competitive flexible electronics industry.

Peng Wei
Chief Exploration Officer @ Royole
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Flexible Display technology is setting the stage for end-product innovations to come, exemplified by the great attention it has gained in the consumer market over the past year. We will discuss selective topics in the development of flexible AMOLED displays and related end-product innovations such as foldable smartphones from Royole Corporation. We would also present our recent development of stretchable micro-LED display technology compatible with industrial manufacturing processes, leading in innovation in the highly competitive flexible electronics industry.

You will learn about SCHOTT’s ultra-thin glass (UTG) for foldable display applications: Xensation® Flex. This special UTG can be chemically toughened for enhanced durability and is suitable for many applications beyond displays.

Mathias Mydlak
Global Business Development Manager @ Schott

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You will learn about SCHOTT’s ultra-thin glass (UTG) for foldable display applications: Xensation® Flex. This special UTG can be chemically toughened for enhanced durability and is suitable for many applications beyond displays.

Display production has been a central focus of the printed electronics community. Cost pressure make it a perfect target for economic printing technologies like inkjet. However, in view of the ambitious goals, inkjet technology is cornered by challenges it was not designed to resolve. Above all, its printing resolution, traditionally only judged by the human eye, is simply unsuitable to meet most targets of the display industry. Electrohydrodynamic printing represents an avenue to resolve this issue and Scrona present the first printhead that combines the force of EHD with a truly scalable nozzle platform, to also bring along economics.

Patrick Galliker
Scrona

Bio

Display production has been a central focus of the printed electronics community. Cost pressure make it a perfect target for economic printing technologies like inkjet. However, in view of the ambitious goals, inkjet technology is cornered by challenges it was not designed to resolve. Above all, its printing resolution, traditionally only judged by the human eye, is simply unsuitable to meet most targets of the display industry. Electrohydrodynamic printing represents an avenue to resolve this issue and Scrona present the first printhead that combines the force of EHD with a truly scalable nozzle platform, to also bring along economics.

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The development of microLED displays has driven the need for high throughput and cost effective technologies for microLED mass transfer and integration, as conventional assembly technologies fail to provide the required accuracy and throughput. Building upon an extensive track record in the development of laser-assisted technologies for high resolution printing of multilayer circuits and fine pitch interconnects, Holst Centre has recently demonstrated selective and high-throughput laser die transfer of 40 μm microcomponents and high-throughput printing of 30 μm dots of conductive adhesive. In this talk, we will explain how Holst Centre’s technologies are promising key enablers for microLED displays.

Lotte Willems
Bio

The development of microLED displays has driven the need for high throughput and cost effective technologies for microLED mass transfer and integration, as conventional assembly technologies fail to provide the required accuracy and throughput. Building upon an extensive track record in the development of laser-assisted technologies for high resolution printing of multilayer circuits and fine pitch interconnects, Holst Centre has recently demonstrated selective and high-throughput laser die transfer of 40 μm microcomponents and high-throughput printing of 30 μm dots of conductive adhesive. In this talk, we will explain how Holst Centre’s technologies are promising key enablers for microLED displays.

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In this talk we will review the tremendous progress made by phosphorescent OLED display technology and preview exciting new developments that will further expand market opportunities. UDC is constantly improving the performance of our phosphorescent technology with a focus on lifetime, efficiency and increasing the color gamut of OLED displays, and developing new technologies to grow the industry. We will also discuss our recent work to develop and commercialize a solvent-less, mask-less printing technology, organic vapor jet printing (OVJP) for depositing patterned small molecule organic materials to manufacture large area side by side R-G-B OLED TVs.

Mike Hack
VP Business Development @ Universal Display Corp

Bio

In this talk we will review the tremendous progress made by phosphorescent OLED display technology and preview exciting new developments that will further expand market opportunities. UDC is constantly improving the performance of our phosphorescent technology with a focus on lifetime, efficiency and increasing the color gamut of OLED displays, and developing new technologies to grow the industry. We will also discuss our recent work to develop and commercialize a solvent-less, mask-less printing technology, organic vapor jet printing (OVJP) for depositing patterned small molecule organic materials to manufacture large area side by side R-G-B OLED TVs.

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Ynvisible offers displays that are ultra-low power, thin and flexible and enables a relaxed and natural product user experience. Our displays enable new applications and can be used where conventional electronic displays have not been used before, such as packaging, retail, single-use products, medtech and various IoT-devices.
Ynvisible’s electrochromic displays can be activated using a variety of power sources including coin cell batteries, printed batteries, organic photovoltaics, and wireless charging with as little as 1.5V.
The Ynvisible displays are produced by screen-printing, which allow a high degree of customization that is not available from alternative display technologies. This creates an attractive appearance that is highly appreciated by both product designers and end-users.
The printing process also allow a cost-effective high-volume production. The low power consumption and easy integration of the display into a system, with no or little extra driver electronics will save cost on a system level.
The Ynvisible display is processable onto flexible substrates. This physical flexibility expands the range of surfaces and objects where interactive displays can be used.

Tommy Höglund
Ynvisible

Bio

Ynvisible offers displays that are ultra-low power, thin and flexible and enables a relaxed and natural product user experience. Our displays enable new applications and can be used where conventional electronic displays have not been used before, such as packaging, retail, single-use products, medtech and various IoT-devices.
Ynvisible’s electrochromic displays can be activated using a variety of power sources including coin cell batteries, printed batteries, organic photovoltaics, and wireless charging with as little as 1.5V.
The Ynvisible displays are produced by screen-printing, which allow a high degree of customization that is not available from alternative display technologies. This creates an attractive appearance that is highly appreciated by both product designers and end-users.
The printing process also allow a cost-effective high-volume production. The low power consumption and easy integration of the display into a system, with no or little extra driver electronics will save cost on a system level.
The Ynvisible display is processable onto flexible substrates. This physical flexibility expands the range of surfaces and objects where interactive displays can be used.

OLED was once thought to be a sure winner for the next generation of high-end TVs. However, LCD keeps improving and closing the performance gap. Quantum Dots, already widespread in high end TVs are spreading into mid-range models. New technologies are emerging: miniLED backlights are used by most TV makers in their 2021 flagship models and the first QD-OLED panels should be available later in 2021. In the longer term, microLED, nanorod LEDs and ElectroLuminescent Quantum Dots (EL-QD) are all promising alternatives to OLEDs for TV applications. The talk will provide an overview of emerging TV technologies and discuss adoption trends, roadmaps and remaining roadblocks for each technology as well as improvement paths for OLED.

Eric Virey
Senior Industry Analyst @ Yole Development

Bio

“OLED was once thought to be a sure winner for the next generation of high-end TVs. However, LCD keeps improving and closing the performance gap. Quantum Dots, already widespread in high end TVs are spreading into mid-range models. New technologies are emerging: miniLED backlights are used by most TV makers in their 2021 flagship models and the first QD-OLED panels should be available later in 2021. In the longer term, microLED, nanorod LEDs and ElectroLuminescent Quantum Dots (EL-QD) are all promising alternatives to OLEDs for TV applications. The talk will provide an overview of emerging TV technologies and discuss adoption trends, roadmaps and remaining roadblocks for each technology as well as improvement paths for OLED”.

In AR and VR applications the displays just don’t have enough brightness. For the next generation of computing AR/VR devices, high brightness, high speed nausea-free, high contrast and often high resolution microdisplays are sought by everyone from Consumer, Military, Medical and Industrial customers. The team at eMagin found the answer, we invented direct patterned OLED technology (dPd) that yields the highest brightness OLED microdisplays. We will combine dPd with additional structures to continue the improvement. These displays have been demonstrated, shipped in small volumes and will be designed into some of the most exciting AR/VR platforms. The speaker will discuss the journey, the results and the possibilities with this new technology, including its potential impact on today’s mobile devices.

Andrew G. Sculley
CEO @ eMagin Corporation
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In AR and VR applications the displays just don’t have enough brightness. For the next generation of computing AR/VR devices, high brightness, high speed nausea-free, high contrast and often high resolution microdisplays are sought by everyone from Consumer, Military, Medical and Industrial customers. The team at eMagin found the answer, we invented direct patterned OLED technology (dPd) that yields the highest brightness OLED microdisplays. We will combine dPd with additional structures to continue the improvement. These displays have been demonstrated, shipped in small volumes and will be designed into some of the most exciting AR/VR platforms. The speaker will discuss the journey, the results and the possibilities with this new technology, including its potential impact on today’s mobile devices.

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iBeam Materials is developing a revolutionary new technology to make paper-thin, ultra-flexible and robust microLED displays. The display products are enabled by the ability to make large area flexible sheets of LED epi at low cost. The sheets of LEDs, produced by roll-to-roll manufacturing, will allow large-area monolithic integration of LEDs and active transistor devices in a single device sheet. MicroLEDs made on these robust sheets of thin metal foil will enable super-bright and power efficient displays not achievable today.

Vladimir Matias
CEO @ iBeam Materials

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iBeam Materials is developing a revolutionary new technology to make paper-thin, ultra-flexible and robust microLED displays. The display products are enabled by the ability to make large area flexible sheets of LED epi at low cost. The sheets of LEDs, produced by roll-to-roll manufacturing, will allow large-area monolithic integration of LEDs and active transistor devices in a single device sheet. MicroLEDs made on these robust sheets of thin metal foil will enable super-bright and power efficient displays not achievable today.