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Organic Light-Emitting Diode (OLED’s) is a new technology that is derived from layering a film of organic matter onto a solid state semiconductor, which when electricity is applied will produce light.

OLED’s organic properties produce there own light and have no need of a backlight source to eluminate the screen.

Some of the applications currently using OLED’s are screens on Laptop and PDA devices. OLED have the potential of replacing LCD screens with a thinner more efficient display thus reducing the energy costs of operating the device.

OLED’s have the potential of revolutionizing the TV industry with there superior displays that can be many times brighter with a greater viewing angle.

However their are problems that have yet to be overcome in bringing the technology to mass market.

• OLED’s are expensive to manufacture.
• OLED screens have a shorter lifespan than current LCD screens.(5,000-10.000 hrs) as apposed to LCD (20.000)
• Water has the potential to seriously damage the organic matter in OLED displays.

Great strides are being made in overcoming these obstacles and the hope is that consumers can someday benefit from this exciting new technology.

 Photo Source: Bilder Luna, Siemens

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