Japanese firms team up on energy-saving OLED panels
Friday, 11 July 2008
TOKYO, July 10, (AFP): A Japanese government body said today it would fund a joint project of leading firms to develop a key technology to produce large, energy- saving organic displays.
The organic light emitting diode (OLED) panel, which is self- luminescent and does not require a backlight, is seen as a promising next-generation display amid fierce competition in the sector.
Smaller OLED screens are used in cellphones and portable music players but no technology has yet been developed to produce large screens.
The project involves one laboratory and 10 companies including leading panel makers Sony Corp., Sharp Corp., and a joint venture between Toshiba Corp. and Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., as well as materials and devices makers.
The New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organisation (NEDO) will put up about 668 million yen (6.3 million dollars) to finance research and development in the first year of the project.
The project, which will run for five years until March 2013, is likely to cost 3.5 billion yen (32.8 million dollars) in total with NEDO planning to give roughly the same amount in the following four years, an official said.
NEDO said the project was aimed at developing a core technology to mass- produce 40-inch or larger OLED displays in the late 2010s.
The organic light emitting diode (OLED) panel, which is self- luminescent and does not require a backlight, is seen as a promising next-generation display amid fierce competition in the sector.
Smaller OLED screens are used in cellphones and portable music players but no technology has yet been developed to produce large screens.
The project involves one laboratory and 10 companies including leading panel makers Sony Corp., Sharp Corp., and a joint venture between Toshiba Corp. and Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., as well as materials and devices makers.
The New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organisation (NEDO) will put up about 668 million yen (6.3 million dollars) to finance research and development in the first year of the project.
The project, which will run for five years until March 2013, is likely to cost 3.5 billion yen (32.8 million dollars) in total with NEDO planning to give roughly the same amount in the following four years, an official said.
NEDO said the project was aimed at developing a core technology to mass- produce 40-inch or larger OLED displays in the late 2010s.