Philips FDS, DuPont to develop
plastic polymer-OLEDs
By Jack Robertson
Electronic Buyers' News
(03/22/00, 02:59:24 PM EST)
Philips Flat Display Systems and DuPont iTechnologies on
Wednesday agreed to jointly develop plastic polymer organic
light-emitting diode (poly-OLED) flat-panel displays.
The deal comes on the heels of DuPont's recent acquisition
of Uniax Corp., a poly-OLED company based in Santa
Barbara, Calif., which was partly owned by Philips FDS. As
part of the deal, Philips FDS sold its minority stake in Uniax
to DuPont, Research Triangle Park, N.C.
Although fully divested, Philips FDS will become a licensee
of DuPont iTechnologies' newly acquired poly-OLED
technology.
Philips manufactures poly-OLED displays at its own plant in
the Netherlands. The displays are targeted at the handheld
market.
Matt Medeiros, chairman of Philips FDS, San Jose, said
poly-OLED allows displays to be made using either glass or
plastic and other flexible substrates. He said the displays
consume less power than other FPDs, operate at a wide
range of temperatures (down to -40 degrees C), and cost
less to produce.
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