Samsung Display aims to reduce power consumption by 50%

Energy-efficient OLED panels Samsung Display aims to reduce power consumption by 50 percent

2024-09-02 From Hendrik Härter | Translated by AI 2 min Reading Time

The Korean company Samsung Displays wants to launch energy-saving OLED panels on the market. Various technical developments are expected to reduce power consumption by more than 50 percent.

Samsung Display presents its OLED panels at trade fairs. The Korean company aims to reduce power consumption by 50 percent using various technologies.(Image: Samsung Display) — Samsung Display presents its OLED panels at trade fairs. The Korean company aims to reduce power consumption by 50 percent using various technologies.
(Image: Samsung Display)

The iMID (International Meeting on Information Display) is an annual conference and exhibition on display technologies. It is organized by the Korean Information Display Society (KIDS). At this event, Samsung Display presented its plans to reduce the power consumption of its OLED panels by over 50 percent. According to Yi Chung, Executive Vice President of Samsung Display, several technologies are to be developed and implemented in order to achieve this ambitious goal.

One of these is the elimination of polarization foils for OLEDs. This is because conventional polarization films reduce the light yield and increase power consumption. By eliminating these layers, OLED panels can work more efficiently and require less energy to achieve the same brightness. Another possibility is so-called multi-frequency driving (multi-frequency driving). This process has already been demonstrated by other OLED manufacturers. It adjusts the driving frequency of the OLEDs depending on the requirements profile of the content. Less demanding content can be displayed at a lower frequency. This reduces power consumption without compromising the quality of the content.

In the tandem OLED architecture, several OLED emission levels are stacked, which either increases the luminous efficacy for the same current or reduces the power consumption for a given brightness. Tandem OLEDs are particularly promising when both high brightness and low power consumption are required. Competitor LG Display is also working on improved OLED displays and they want to improve the performance by 20 percent. LG Display wants to install its OLED displays based on tandem stack technology primarily in automotive displays.

Finally, there are the highly efficient blue PHOLED emitters. These phosphorescent organic light-emitting diodes (PHOLEDs) are known for their higher efficiency compared to fluorescent emitters. However, the development of blue PHOLEDs is complicated due to their shorter lifetime. Their use could significantly improve the overall efficiency of OLED panels, as blue light is an essential component of white light. (heh)

This article was first published on our sister website www.elektronikpraxis.de (German language), Vogel Communications Group

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