2010-05-27

Sony's Rollable OLED Display




Sony unveils super-thin OLED screen that can be rolled around a pencil

Sony has developed was it calls 'the world's first' flexible colour video screen, that is so sheer it can be rolled around a pencil.

The Japanese electronics giant created the 4.1" across prototype using an ultra-thin flexible material covered in organic semiconductors.

The ultra-thin screen continues to show a clear picture even when it is rolled


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Video: Sony’s new, super-thin OLED display wraps around a pencil



The display is just 80μm thick, offers 432 x 240 resolution (121 ppi), a contrast ratio of around 1,000:1, and produces 100 cd/m2 brightness. Sony says the OLED can be wrapped around a pencil with just a 4mm radius. And the OLED can actually continue to display images and video while being rolled up, which is (according to Sony) a world’s first.

Sony develops a rollable OLED screen



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May 26, 2010
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Sony Develops a "Rollable" OTFT*1-driven OLED Display that can wrap around a Pencil

-New developments with high performance organic thin-film transistors (OTFTs) with an original organic semiconductor enable roll-up capabilities-


Technology Features

1. High performance OTFT with originally developed high-mobility and highly-stable organic semiconductor materials, PXX derivatives
 [...]
 

 2. Integration of a flexible gate-driver circuit with OTFTs
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3. Enhancement of flexibility with all organic insulators in the OTFT and OLED integration circuit
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4. Achieved display capable of reproducing moving images while rolled-up around cylinder with 4mm radius
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Sources
Sony unveils super-thin OLED screen that can be rolled around a pencil | Mail Online
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1281620/Sony-unveils-super-OLED-screen-rolled-pencil.html?ito=feeds-newsxml
Video: Sony’s new, super-thin OLED display wraps around a pencil
http://www.crunchgear.com/2010/05/26/video-sonys-new-super-thin-oled-display-wraps-around-a-pencil/
YouTube - Sony develops a rollable OLED screen
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9OvTLg4i2_U
Sony Global - News Releases - Sony Develops a "Rollable" OTFT-driven OLED Display that can wrap around a Pencil
http://www.sony.net/SonyInfo/News/Press/201005/10-070E/index.html

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Amazing: Sony's paper-thin 'rollable' flexible OLED display | ZDNet
http://www.zdnet.com/blog/gadgetreviews/amazing-sonys-paper-thin-rollable-flexible-oled-display/15136
Sony unveils ultrathin rollable OLED | Crave - CNET
http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-20006000-1.html
Sony Shows Rollable OLED Display - PCWorld
http://www.pcworld.com/article/197182/sony_shows_rollable_oled_display.html
Sony Rollable OTFT-driven OLED Display - HiTech Review
http://www.hitechreview.com/tv/sony-rollable-otft-driven-oled-display/24861/
Sony's rollable OLED display can wrap around a pencil, our hearts (video) -- Engadget
http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/26/sonys-rollable-oled-display-can-wrap-around-a-pencil-our-heart/
Sony Rollable Colour OLED Display
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