One of the main features of OLED display is its thinness, many companies have shown OLEDs one tenth the thickness of any display technology used today. Earlier this year, Sony showed its prototype 0.3mm thick OLED screen at Display2008 in Tokyo. Now, Universal Display Corporation (UDC) has developed OLED display that is less than 50 micrometers thick. The new OLED display is not only super thin but also its super flexible and super durable.
To develop the new OLED display, UDC used thin metal foils as the base of the display, because they have great barrier properties and are flexible. Now the company had to develop a flexible “thin film permeation barrier” as the OLEDs can break down when they come in direct contact with water and air. Presently, glass is used, as the film barrier layer and it’s neither super thin nor highly flexible. UDC developed a new material that is both flexible and highly impermeable for the barrier layer.
The combination of all the above technology resulted is a super thin, super flexible and super stunning OLED display that is less that 50 micrometers thick. The technology is in prototype stage and UDC is not giving any expected release date for the new OLED display yet.
[Via OLED-Info]