Toshiba Matushita Display Technology and Idemitsu Kosan announced yesterday a new small-molecule organic electroluminescent display technology that both companies are developing. The main focus of the new technology is to reduce power requirement and increase lifetime of the displays. Toshiba says that the new technology will enable displays with 30 times longer life span and 1/10th power requirement compared to current OLED display technologies.
The joint venture has developed a 2.2-inch display with QVGA resolution based on Organic Electroluminescent Displays technology. The new displays has a half life span of 60,000 hours and only uses 100mW of power making it ideal for use in mobile phones and portable media players. These displays can also realize high-speed motion on the screen without blur and with a wide viewing angle.
The companies used a proprietary low-temperature poly-silicon technology to manufacture the display. Toshiba will start volume production of small-to medium sized organic EL display panels for mobile equipment based on the technology soon.
[Via Toshiba Displays]