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[Press Release] AMOLED sales to reach USD 32.2 billion in 2019, up 13.8% from 2018

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UBI Research (CEO, Yi, Choonghoon) published the annual OLED report in 2019.

According to the report, the OLED market is expected to reach $ 32.2 billion in 2019 and 13.8% market growth. The market growth is due to the launch of a variety of applications in 2019. Foldable OLED will accelerate the growth of the flexible OLED market as a convergence product that fuses smartphones and tablet PCs, and 8K OLEDs and rollable OLEDs to be launched from 2H 2019 will further solidly support the premium OLED TV market. In addition, an increase in flexible OLED shipments due to improved yields by Chinese panel makers will support growth in the Chinese OLED market.

AMOLED revenue in the fourth quarter of 2018 was $ 7.9 billion, down 3.7% from $ 8.2 billion in the third quarter and down 10.4% from $ 8.8 billion in the fourth quarter of 2017. The quarterly OLED market was highly volatile due to sales fluctuations at Samsung Display.

Revenue in 2018 was $ 28.3 billion, up 7.1% from $ 26.4 billion in 2017. The growth slowed suddenly compared to growth of 58.7% in 2017. The sluggish growth is attributable to the sluggish OLED smartphone market, which drove the OLED market up until now. The OLED market for smartphones, which was worth $ 24.2 billion in 2017, was only $ 24.5 billion in 2018.

Flexible OLED panels are not being adopted in mid-end smartphones due to the high cost of manufacturing flexible OLED panels for smartphones. As a result, the oversupply will continue due to lack of demand compared to the 6G flexible OLED investment. In the fourth quarter of 2018, there was an oversupply of 31%. In the first quarter of 2019, oversupply will increase to 39% by overlapping seasonal demand decline.

LG Display “OLED TV will account for more than 20% in total TV sales revenue.”

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LG Display OLED TV maintained sales revenue, it through conference call, stated it recorded annual sales revenue of 24.3 trillion won and 92.9 billion won operating profit in year of 2018.

LG Display despite of heightened global competition and downward panel price made an operating profit thanks to OLED TV, super large size TV and high resolution products.

Especially large size OLED TV maintained stable productivity and enlarged consumer bracket which enabled 2.9 million shipment on a yearly basis. It recorded gross profit within 5 years of product introduction which resulted in more than 20% in total sales revenue.

4th quarter 2018 revenue of LG display marked 6.95 trillion won TV panels accounts for 36%, mobile panels 28%, notebook and tablet panels 22% and 14% for monitor panels.

Operating profit recorded 279 billion won, 528% increase compared to the same quarter last year, 99% hike compared to last quarter thanks to high priced IT products, new introductions of small and medium size products and high added value products. LG Display aims to focus on OLED business reconstruction Seo Donghee CFO of the company said, “the ratio of OLED revenue was almost nothing 5years ago, now it is 30% this year and we estimate it is going to reach 50% of the total business.”

He also said “we will put in all assets to create new values focusing on OLED business.”

He replied to the question of large size QD-OLED of competitor, it will strengthen ecosystem and overall OLED industry. To the question of 8K and over 70inch large size OLED mass production, he replied that 8K technology is already secured as exhibited at CES2019 and said that large size OLED mass production will utilize the existing know-how of LCD production. In 2019, LG Display’s OLED demand outlook question suggests that demand for more than 14% of all flexible OLED smartphones is expected.

Regarding the large-area OLED and p OLED capacity in 2019, LGD said that the large-area OLED capacity will be completed at 70K per month in Paju and 60K in Q3 in Guangzhou, China and the pOLED capacity is expected to add 30K to the domestic 45K in 2020.

He announced that capex is estimated 8trillion won in 2019 and 4trillion won in 2020, a half of this year. 60% will be for large size OLED and 40% for pOLED. And he said pOLED mass production is currently concentrated on smart phone and cars. He expects good news from car pOLED by end of this year. He also targets over 3.8 million units large size OLED production this year.

 

CES2019, the biggest issue of TV is LG Electronics OLED TV R

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Reporter : Daejeong Yoon

The CES, held in early January of each year, is the most important event to understand all of the consumer electronics trends of the year. This year, TV makers from all over the world exhibited a variety of products to attract spectators to the event.

When OLED TV occupied more than 50% of the premium TV market with more than $ 2,000, the LCD TV industry sought to prevent the OLED TV market from expanding by exhibiting 8K LCD TVs to CES. However, the attention and admiration of the spectators were poured into OLED TV R.

The 8K TV market began to open slightly from last year, in preparation for the 8K broadcast starting from the Tokyo Olympics in 2020. LCD TV companies displayed 8K LCD TVs of various sizes to preoccupy the market with the keyword of 8K. LCD TV, however, has not been recognized by viewers as a new TV product since Sharp has already exhibited steadily.

Another reason is OLED TV R displayed by LG Electronics. In the main body with built-in speaker, OLED TV rises up and goes down again. A lot of people came to see OLED TV R to shoot.

 <LG Electronics, OLED TV R>

Last year, micro LED TVs became more prominent. In addition to Samsung Electronics, Sony, TCL and Hisense exhibited micro LED TVs this year. It seems that the gap of micro LED TV technology between Korean companies and Chinese companies is only about one year. In the micro LED TV market based on assembly technology that does not require special manufacturing technology, China, which is the world’s best LED industry and infrastructure, is expected to dominate the market soon.

However, as LG Display has a unique OLED TV manufacturing technology, which has a very complicated panel structure and manufacturing process, the technological gap between Korea and China is expected to be more than five years difference. In this situation, OLED TV R, released by LG Electronics, once again realizes that Korea’s OLED technology is the best in the world.

On the other hand, TV companies’ display of OLED TVs, except for LG Electronics, has stagnated. These companies are not yet receiving 8K OLED panels and rollable OLED panels from LG Display. Even Sony does not have any special features, only OLED TVs that are well known so far.

As a result, the CES TV show was notable only for LG Electronics.

It is judged that LCD TV using mini LED that TCL has released can compete with OLED TV in this exhibition. The contrast ratio is displayed as 1,000,000: 1 similar to OLED TV. Black is a very good product that has a vibrant color and contrast ratio similar to OLED TV. However, a holo-effect was found around the bright screen displayed on the black desktop. It is a phenomenon that the surroundings appear to spread brightly. As it is invisible to non-specialists, it is competitive in price and is a product that can compete well with OLED TVs.

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[28TH FINETECH JAPAN] JDI and JOLED, announced Strengthening Cooperation for Mid-sized OLED Market

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At the 28th FINETECH JAPAN held in Tokyo, Japan from December 5 to 7, 2018, JDI and JOLED announced that they would intensify their cooperation in order to target the middle-sized OLED market.

JDI announced that it will actively promote JOLED’s solution process OLED to medium-sized OLED markets such as industrial display markets or automotive display markets through its own design know-how, production infrastructure, and sales channels,.

In particular, JDI announced that it will provide new value to next-generation automotive fields along with JOLED such as support for safety such as electronic mirrors and displays for A/B pillars, new interface functions, movie appreciation using 4-8K displays, and the displays that are harmonized with interior design such as curved surfaces and big screens.

JDI and JOLED also shared booths for exhibition. JOLED introduced 21.6-inch FHD OLED monitors for e-sports and medical applications. In addition, it introduced a number of medium-sized OLEDs such as 12.3-inch HD OLED for automobiles, 12.2-inch FHD flexible OLED, 27-inch 4K OLED for home interior, and 21.6-inch 4K flexible OLED with cylindrical form. It also showcased large OLEDs such as 54.6 inch 4K OLED.

On the other hand, JOLED announced in July, 2018 that it would open its Nomi office for mass production of solution process OLED. Based on 5.5 generation glass substrates, Nomi has production capacity of 20,000 glass substrates per month and plans to mass-produce in 2020.

8K OLED TV、下半期には見られるのか？

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プレミアムTV市場の競争がさらに激しくなる見込みだ。SonyのOLED TV市場参入とLG Electronicsの攻撃的な価格下げによって、プレミアムTV市場でOLED TVのシェアは拡大している。しかし、LCD陣営では8Kの高解像度戦略で対応しており、プレミアムTV市場に広がるOLEDの勢いを止めることができるのかに注目が集まっている。

 

Sharpは既に昨年から8K LCD TVを世界で初めて販売し、Samsung Electronicsも今年始めのCESで8K TVを展示したことに続き、下半期には8K QLED（QD-LCD）製品を発売する予定だ。OLED陣営では、LG DisplayがCESで88型8K OLED TVを展示したが、8K OLED TVを下半期に発売できるのかはまだ分からない。

 

現在、量産が進んでいるOLED TVは、背面発光（Bottom emission）構造で、TFTを通して採光するため、ピクセルでTFTを除いた部分から光が放出される方式だ。そのため、同じサイズのTVでも、解像度が高くなるほどピクセルサイズは小さくなるものの、TFTサイズの減少には制約があるため、光が放出される範囲がさらに狭くなる。同じサイズで高解像度を実現するためには、開口率を最大限に高めるか、または発光材料の性能を改善する必要がある。

 

開口率を向上させる方法には、前面発光（Top emission）構造の採用がある。前面発光構造は、光がTFT方向ではなく、封止方向に放出されるため、背面発光構造より高い開口率を確保することができる。しかし、現在、不透明なメタルシートの封止を、透明な材料に変えなければならないことや、カラーフィルターを封止の上側に形成するために、工程を変更しなけらばならないという問題が生じる。

 

発光材料に関しては、青色TADFや新しい青色材料の開発が積極的に行われている。LG Displayが公開した88型8K OLED TVには、背面発光構造が採用されているため、画面密度が約100 ppiとなり、現在販売されている55型4Kの80 ppiより20%高い。単純にディスプレイ全体のサイズとピクセルサイズを比較してみると、55型4Kのピクセルが88型8Kのピクセルより約40%ほど大きいという計算ができる。

 

つまり、55型4Kと同レベルの輝度と寿命を確保するためには、TFTの設計を最適化し、発光材料の性能を向上させ、40%小さくなるピクセルサイズをカバーしなければならない。

 

果たして8K OLED TVはこのような問題を全て解決し、今年の下半期に本格的な発売開始が予想される8K LCD TVに立ち向かい、無事に発売できるのか、業界の関心が寄せられている。

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8K OLED TV, Can we see it in the second half of the year?

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Competition in the premium TV market is expected to be cutthroat.

The market share of OLED TV is on the rise in the premium TV market due to Sony’s entry into the OLED TV market and LG Electronics’ aggressive price cuts. However, LCD camp is responding with 8K high-resolution strategy, and attention is focused on whether it can prevent the rise of OLED in the premium TV market.

Sharp has already started selling 8K LCD TVs for the first time in the world since last year. Samsung Electronics showcased 8K TV at CES earlier this year, and will launch 8 K QLED (QD-LCD) products in the second half of the year. In the OLED camp, LG Display exhibited 88inch 8K OLED TV at CES, but the launch of 8K OLED TV in the second half is still unknown.

OLED TVs, which are currently in mass production, are based on bottom emission type. Thus, the light is emitted from the remaining portion of the pixel except the TFT region since the light is emitted through the TFT. Therefore, in the same size TV, as the resolution increases, the pixel size becomes smaller, but the area where the size of the TFT is reduced is limited, so that the area where the light is emitted becomes narrower. Consequently, in order to realize a high resolution at the same size, it is necessary to broaden the aperture ratio as much as possible or improve the performance of the emitting materials.

 

As a way of increasing the aperture ratio, there is a method of applying a top emission structure. Since the top emission structure emits light in the encapsulation direction, not the TFT direction, it can secure a wider aperture ratio than the bottom emission. However, there are pending problems that the encapsulation using opaque metal sheet should be changed to a transparent material and the color filter should be formed above the encapsulation with the change of the process.

The development of TADF blue and new blue materials is actively underway in the emitting material side.

The 88inch 8K OLED TV released by LG Display is made with a bottom emission structure and its ppi is about 100, which is about 20% higher than 80 ppi of the 55inch 4K currently being sold. When the pixel size is compared with the whole display size, the 55 inch 4K pixel is calculated to be about 40% wider than the 88inch 8k pixel.

In order to achieve the same level of brightness and lifetime as 55inch 4K, it is necessary to optimize the TFT design and improve the performance of the emitting materials to make up for the 40% decrease in pixel size. The industry is paying attention to whether the 8K OLED TV will be launched, with resolving above-mentioned issues, against the 8K LCD TV, which is expected to be released in the second half of the year.

8K OLED TV, 하반기에 볼 수 있을까?

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프리미엄 TV시장 경쟁이 더욱 치열해질 전망이다. Sony의 OLED TV 시장 진입과 LG전자의 공격적인 가격 인하로 프리미엄 TV 시장에서 OLED TV의 점유율이 상승곡선을 그리고 있다. 하지만 LCD진영에서는 8K 고해상도 전략으로 대응하고 있는 추세로 프리미엄 TV시장에서 OLED의 상승세를 저지할 수 있을지 관심이 집중되고 있다.

샤프는 이미 지난해부터 8K LCD TV를 세계 최초로 판매하기 시작하였고, 삼성전자도 올 초 CES에서 8K TV를 전시한데 이어 올 하반기 8K QLED(QD-LCD) 제품을 출시할 예정이다. OLED 진영에서는 LG Display가 CES에서 88inch 8K OLED TV를 전시했지만 8K OLED TV의 하반기 출시 여부는 아직 미지수이다.

현재 양산되고 있는 OLED TV는 bottom emission 방식으로 빛이 TFT를 통과해서 나오기 때문에 pixel에서 TFT영역을 제외한 나머지 부분에서 빛이 나오는 방식이다. 따라서 동일 크기의 TV에서 해상도가 높아질수록 pixel size는 작아지지만 TFT의 크기가 작아지는 부분은 제약이 있기 때문에 빛이 나가는 영역이 더 좁아지게 된다. 따라서 동일 사이즈에서 고해상도 구현을 위해서는 개구율을 최대한 넓히거나 발광재료의 성능을 개선해야 된다.

개구율을 넓히는 방법으로는 top emission 구조를 적용하는 방법이 있다. Top emission구조는 빛이 TFT 방향이 아닌 encapsulation 방향으로 나오기 때문에 bottom emission 대비 더 넓은 개구율을 확보할 수 있다. 하지만 현재 불투명한 metal sheet를 사용하는 encapsulation이 투명한 소재로 바뀌어야 되는 점과 color filter가 encapsulation 위쪽으로 형성되어야 하며 공정이 바뀌는 문제가 있다.

발광재료 쪽에서는 TADF blue나 새로운 blue 재료에 대한 개발이 적극적으로 진행되고 있는 중이다.

LG Display에서 공개한 88inch 8K OLED TV는 bottom emission 구조로 만들어 졌으며 약 100 ppi로 현재 판매되고 있는 55inch 4K의 ppi인 80ppi 보다 20% 높은 수치이다. 단순 전체 display size 대비 pixel size를 비교해보면 55 inch 4K의 pixel이 88inch 8k의 pixel보다 약 40% 넓은 것으로 계산된다.

즉 55inch 4K와 동일 수준의 휘도와 수명을 확보하기 위해서는 TFT 설계를 최적화하고 발광재료 성능을 향상시켜 pixel 크기가 40% 감소한 부분을 만회해야 한다.

이러한 문제를 해결하고 하반기에 출시 본격화가 예상되는 8K LCD TV에 맞서 8K OLED TV가 출시 될 수 있을지 업계의 관심이 주목되고 있다.

 

 

TCL announced “Establishing large-area OLED panel production plant”, is solution processed RGB OLED mass production accelerated?

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China TCL will invest RMB 42.8 billion (US$ 6.71 billion) in Shenzhen to establish a factory for large-area OLED panel production. According to South China Morning Post, TCL recently announced that it will produce 90,000 units on the basis of 70-inch panel in the new production line of Gen 11 (3370 mm x 2940 mm) with the goal of mass production in March 2021 in the data submitted to the Shenzhen Stock Exchange. The main products are to be known as 65-inch and 75-inch OLED panels, and 65-inch, 70-inch and 75-inch display panels with 8K resolution.

TCL will form a partnership with the China Development Fund for the necessary financing and will set up a new production line at TCL’s semiconductor subsidiary with RMB 20.3 billion.

Large-area OLED to be produced by TCL is expected to adopt solution process RGB. At the ‘4th OLED Korea conference’ hosted by UBI Research in March, James Lee, deputy chief engineer of TCL mentioned about the development of next-generation premium TV with the screen size of 70-inch or more and 8K resolution, based on the solution process.

Lee said, “The price difference between OLED TV and premium LCD TV is estimated to be reduced to 1.4 times when the price of large-area OLED panel is lowered by the operation of LG Display’s Gen 10.5 plant in 2020. We are developing solution process technology for large area OLED and it will be applicable to Gen11 factory. ”

Gen 11 production line is capable of producing six sheets of 75-inch OLED panels, being able to achieve a yield three times higher than Gen 8.5 production line and a cutting efficiency of over 95%. In addition, it is possible to produce large-area OLED panels with a real RGB structure instead of the WRGB structure when solution process is applied. Based on this, TCL emphasized that the construction of the Gen 11 solution process OLED mass production line is essential. Meanwhile, TCL has jointly established JUHUA Printing Display Technology with Tianma, a Chinese company, in 2016 through CSOT, which is a subsidiary of TCL, and is continuously developing the inkjet printing process by a Gen 4.5 R&D pilot plant.

TCL “대면적 OLED panel 생산 공장 신설” 발표, solution process RGB OLED 양산 가속화 되나

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중국 TCL이 선전에 428억 위안(67억 1천만 달러)을 투자하여 대면적 OLED panel 생산을 위한 공장을 신설한다.

사우스차이닝모닝포스트에 의하면, TCL은 최근 선전 증권거래소에 제출한 자료에서 2021년 3월 양산을 목표로 Gen 11(3370 mm x 2940 mm) 신설 양산 라인에서 70 inch panel 기준으로 월 9만대를 생산한다고 밝혔다. 주력 제품은 65 inch와 75 inch OLED panel과 8K 해상도의 65 inch, 70 inch, 75 inch display panel 인 것으로 알려졌다.

TCL은 자금 조달을 위해 중국 지원 개발 기금과 파트너쉽을 맺을 것이며, TCL 반도체 자회사에서 203억 위안을 들어 새로운 생산 라인을 설립 할 것으로 알려졌다.

TCL이 생산 할 대면적 OLED는 solution process RGB 방식일 것으로 예상된다. 지난 3월 유비리서치가 주최한 ’4th OLED Korea conference’에서 TCL의 James Lee deputy chief engineer는 solution process를 기반으로 70 inch 이상의 대형 화면과 8K 해상도의 차세대 premium TV 개발을 언급한 바 있다.

Lee deputy chief engineer는 “2020년 LG Display의 Gen 10.5 공장이 가동되어 대면적 OLED panel의 가격이 하락하게 되면 OLED TV와 premium LCD TV의 가격 차이는 1.4배 수준까지 줄어들 것으로 예상된다”며, “TCL은 현재 대면적 OLED용 solution process 기술을 개발 중으로 Gen11 공장에 적용이 가능할 것”이라고 밝혔다.

Gen 11 생산 라인에서는 75 inch OLED panel이 6장 생산 가능하며, Gen 8.5 생산 라인 대비 3배 증가한 생산량과 95% 이상의 면취율 달성이 가능하다. 또한, solution process 적용 시 WRGB 구조가 아닌 real RGB 구조의 대면적 OLED panel 생산이 가능하다. TCL은 이를 바탕으로 Gen 11 solution process OLED 양산라인 건설이 필수 요소라고 강조한 바 있다.

한편, TCL은 산하 업체인 CSOT를 통해 2016년 중국 기업 Tianma와 함께 JUHUA Printing Display Technology라는 합작사를 설립, 4.5세대 R&D 파일럿 공장을 만들어 잉크젯 프린팅 공정을 지속적으로 개발하고 있다.

LG Display, showing next generation OLED technology at ‘CITE 2018’

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LG Display is showing OLEDs applied to various applications in the ‘China Information Technology Expo 2018’ held in Shenzhen, Guangdong, China from April 9 to 11, 2018.

 

CITE is the largest information/electronic exhibition in Asia hosted by China’s Ministry of Communications and the local government of Shenzhen, held every year recording more than 1,500 exhibitors participating and about 160,000 visitors attending.

 

Based on the slogan ‘OLED is already in the spotlight’, LG Display is demonstrating not only picture quality, but also the possibilities of OLED products in terms of application range and design.

 

OLED is widely regarded as the best display in the world in terms of brightness, color accuracy and viewing angle. In particular, large area OLED, has gained popularity in the premium market, which LG Display has developed uniquely and meets various consumer needs with different image quality and new design potential.

 

LG Display exhibited the world’s first 88-inch 8K OLED, which was unveiled earlier this year, attracting visitors. It is the largest of all existing OLED TV products and delivers four times (7680×4320 resolution) sharper picture quality than UHD (3840×2160 resolution). OLED is a self-luminous display, and is easy to realize high resolution 8K since there is no brightness drop due to the reduction of the aperture ratio. With LG Display’s innovative process/design and compensation technology added, OLEDs are expected to lead the ultra-large/ultra-high-definition market by realizing true 8K.

<The first 8K OLED TV in the world, source: LG Display>

LG Display also exhibited the 65-inch CSO (Crystal Sound OLED) with speakers, and won the CITE 2018 Technology Innovation Gold Award for the most innovative products. It is an innovative product that makes the sound system internal to the panel, bringing sound directly from the screen. Instead of listening to the sound coming from separate speakers, it matches the position of the screen and sound, maximizing the sense of presence and immersion.

<65 inch CSO (Crystal Sound OLED), source: LG Display>

In addition, it introduces various application possibilities while showcasing a 77-inch UHD wallpapers OLED, which can be closely adhered to the wall to enhance the interior effect of the living room, and a round shaped pillar product consisting of six 77-inch UHD OLEDs.

 

Meanwhile, LG Display showed OLED lighting in China for the first time in this exhibition. OLED lighting is environmentally friendly because it consumes less power and heat than conventional lightings, and is a premium light source that minimizes eye fatigue by being close to natural light. It is free to implement curved surfaces like OLED displays, and provide consistent light as a unique surface light source. OLED lighting panels are available in various shapes: circular, square, rectangular, and others.

 

Saying “OLEDs with the potential to expand into a variety of applications will provide differentiated value to consumers,” Yeo Sang-Duk, CMO (chief marketing officer) of LG Display commented “We will continue to lead the OLED market with Chinese customers in the Chinese market where the acceptance of new technologies and new products is the fastest in the world.”

 

According to the ‘2018 OLED Display Annual Industry Report’ published by UBI Research in February, the OLED market is predicted to grow at an annual average of 22% from US$35.7 billion in 2018 to US$ 78.2 billion in 2022.

LG디스플레이,‘CITE 2018’서 차세대 OLED 기술력 과시

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LG디스플레이가 4월 9일부터 11일까지 중국 광둥성 선전에서 열리는 ‘제6회 중국정보기술엑스포(China Information Technology Expo) 2018’에 참가, 다양한 어플리케이션에 적용된 OLED를 선보인다.

 

올해로 6회째를 맞는 ‘CITE 2018’은 중국 공신부와 선전 지방정부가 주최하는 아시아 최대 정보/전자 전시회로, 매년 1,600여 업체가 참여하고 16만명의 방문객이 참관한다.

 

LG디스플레이는 ‘OLED가 이미 대세다’라는 슬로건을 바탕으로 화질뿐만 아니라 응용 범위와 디자인 측면에서도 가능성이 무궁무진한 OLED 제품을 전시한다.

 

OLED는 명암, 색정확도, 시야각 등 다방면에서 현존 최강 디스플레이로 평가 받고 있으며, 특히 LG디스플레이가 독보적으로 개발하고 있는 대형 OLED는 차원이 다른 화질과 새로운 디자인 잠재력으로 소비자의 다양한 니즈에 부합하며 프리미엄 시장에서 높은 인기를 얻고 있다.

 

LG디스플레이는 올해 초 공개한 세계 최초의 88인치 8K OLED를 전시해 관람객의 눈길을 끌었다. 이 제품은 현존하는 OLED TV 제품 중 가장 큰 사이즈로, UHD(3840×2160 해상도) 보다 4배(7680×4320 해상도) 더 선명한 화질을 구현한다. OLED는 자발광 디스플레이로서 개구율 감소로 인한 휘도 저하가 없기 때문에 8K 초고해상도 구현이 용이하다. 여기에 LG디스플레이만의 혁신적인 공정/설계 및 보상 기술이 더해져 진정한 8K을 구현함으로써 OLED가 초대형/초고해상도 시장을 지속적으로 선도할 것으로 기대된다.

<세계 최초의 8K OLED TV, 출처: LG디스플레이>

LG디스플레이는 스피커 기능을 탑재한 65인치 CSO(Crystal Sound OLED)도 전시해 가장 혁신적인 기술을 선보인 제품에게 주는 ‘CITE 2018 기술혁신 금상’을 수상했다. 이 제품은 사운드 시스템을 패널에 내재화해 화면에서 사운드가 직접 나오게 만든 혁신적인 제품이다. 별도의 스피커에서 나오는 소리를 듣는 것이 아니라 화면과 소리의 위치가 일치하기 때문에 현장감과 몰입도를 극대화 해준다.

<65인치 CSO(Crystal Sound OLED), 출처: LG디스플레이>

이 밖에도, 벽과 완전히 밀착시켜 거실의 인테리어 효과를 높일 수 있는 77인치 UHD 월페이퍼 OLED와 77인치 UHD OLED 6장으로 구성한 둥근 형태의 필라(Pillar, 기둥) 제품을 선보이며 OLED의 다양한 활용 가능성을 제시한다.

 

한편, 이번 전시회에서 LG디스플레이는 중국에서 최초로 OLED 조명을 선보였다. OLED 조명은 기존 광원보다 전력 소모와 발열이 적어 환경친화적이며, 자연광에 가까워 눈의 피로도를 최소화 시켜주는 프리미엄 광원이다. OLED 디스플레이와 같이 곡면 구현이 자유로울 뿐만 아니라 유일한 면광원으로 균일한 빛을 제공하며 광원 자체를 원형, 사각형 등 다양한 형태로 만들 수 있다.

 

LG디스플레이 여상덕 CMO(최고 마케팅 책임자)는 “다양한 어플리케이션으로 확장할 수 있는 잠재력을 가진 OLED가 소비자에게 차별화 된 가치를 제공할 것”이라며, “특히, 신기술과 신제품에 대한 수용도가 세계에서 가장 빠른 중국 시장에서 중국 고객과 함께 OLED 시장을 지속적으로 선도해 나갈 것”이라고 말했다.

 

한편, 유비리서치는 지난 2월 발간한 ‘2018 OLED Display 연간 산업 보고서’를 통해, OLED 시장은 2018년 357억 달러로 연평균 22%성장하여 2022년에는 782억 달러의 규모를 형성할 것이라 전망했다.

IoT Era – Smart interface focused on display

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With the Google’s comments in 2015 that the new IoT era is coming, the 13th China International Display Conference started with the presentation of BOE, a large Chinese display company, with the topic of the era of smart interfaces to be developed in the future.

Randy Chen (BOE, Sales Marketing Executive) shared the overall IT market trend as the first presentation and delivered the BOE’s strategy within it. At the heart of the IOT industry, which is expected to account for around $ 10 trillion in 2050, smart interfaces that link 5G communications and electronics to displays will play a big role and emphasized 8K and flexible display as BOE’s survival strategy. For this, he announced that they are working to build the 8K Industry Alliance and continuing to invest in the production of flexible displays starting with Chendu’s G6 Flexible Line. OLED panels produced in the Chendu B7 line, which began operating in the second half of this year, will be supplied to a smartphone maker in Shenzhen and expected to be seen in the market early next year.

Next, Xiuqi Huang (GVO, Vice President) of Visionox, who first started producing OLEDs starting with PMOLED, mentioned the change of smartphone trend and said that a mobile device with a foldable and rollable type using a flexible panel will be introduced in the future. He said that the technological development is required not only in design but also in related equipment and materials and Visionox has also been actively developing its technology.

CSOT, which produces QD-LCDs together with Samsung Display, mentioned the development potential of QLED and OLED TV and said that it was spurring technological development and investment as a latecomer. Especially, it was developing large-area inkjet printing technology that has advantages of relatively high material utilization rate and price competitiveness, on the other hand, it shared the goal of developing a smartphone panel that minimizes Bezel.

Following the presentation of representative panel companies in China, Lee Choong-hoon of Ubi Research, a global OLED research company, forecasted the market size of the OLED market, which is already leading the small-medium-sized panel market and the premium TV panel market and discussed why OLEDs have grown rapidly as a next-generation display. Ubi Research, as an OLED professional research company, is suggesting directions for future growth of OLED based on years of data and research experience.

In current display industry, major global smartphone makers such as Apple, Samsung and Huawei already have plans to apply OLED to all flagship models and TV companies such as LG Electronics and Sony have also shown that OLED TVs can only succeed in the premium market. This is why we expect the development of various types of panels and various applications that maximize the advantages of OLED forward.

IoT 시대 – 디스플레이를 중심으로 한 스마트 인터페이스

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새로운 IoT 시대가 온다는 2015년 Google의 말을 빌려 앞으로 진행될 스마트 인터페이스의 시대를 토픽으로 한 중국 대형 디스플레이업체인 BOE의 발표로 13회 China International Display Conference가 막을 올렸다.

Randy Chen(BOE, 영업마케팅 총괄)은 첫번째 발표답게 전체적인 IT시장의 흐름을 공유하며 그 안에서 BOE의 전략을 전달했다. 2050년 약 10 조 달러의 규모를 형성할 것으로 예측되는 IoT 산업의 중심에는 5G 통신과 전자기기를 디스플레이로 연결하는 스마트 인터페이스가 큰 역할을 할 것이며 BOE의 생존전략으로 8K와 플렉서블 디스플레이를 강조했다. 이를 위해 8K 산업연맹을 구축하기 위해 노력중이며 Chendu의 G6 플렉서블 라인을 시작으로 플렉서블 디스플레이 생산을 위한 지속적인 투자를 진행하고 있다고 발표 했다. 올해 하반기 가동을 시작한 Chendu B7 라인에서 생산되는 OLED 패널은 심천의 한 스마트폰 업체에 공급되어 내년 초 시장에서 볼 수 있을 것으로 기대된다.

이어 PMOLED를 시작으로 가장 먼저 OLED 생산을 시작한 Visionox의 Xiuqi Huang(GVO, Vice President)는 스마트폰 트렌드의 변화를 언급하며 앞으로 플렉서블 패널을 적용한 폴더블, 롤러블 형태의 모바일 기기가 등장할 것임을 얘기했다. 플렉서블 패널의 다양한 형태 변화를 통해 디자인 뿐만 아니라 관계된 장비와 소재들에도 기술 개발이 필요하며 Visionox 또한 기술개발을 활발히 진행중인 것으로 밝혔다.

삼성디스플레이와 함께 대표적으로 QD-LCD를 생산하고 있는 CSOT는 QLED와 OLED TV의 발전가능성을 함께 언급하며 후발주자로서 기술 개발과 투자에 박차를 가하고 있다고 전했다. 특히 상대적으로 높은 재료 사용률과 가격 경쟁력의 장점을 가지고 있는 대면적 잉크젯 프린팅 기술 개발에 힘쓰고 있으며 한편으론 Bezel을 최소한으로 줄이는 스마트폰용 패널 개발 목표에 대해서도 공유하였다.

중국 대표 패널회사들의 발표에 이어 글로벌 OLED 리서치회사 유비리서치의 이충훈 대표는 이미 중소형 패널 시장과 프리미엄 TV 패널 시장을 주도하고 있는 OLED 시장의 시장규모를 전망하고 OLED가 왜 차세대 디스플레이로서 빠른성장을 할 수 있었는지에 대해 논의하였다. 유비리서치는 OLED 전문 리서치 업체로서 수년간에 걸친 데이터와 리서치 경험을 토대로 OLED가 앞으로 성장할 방향을 제시하고 있다.

현재 디스플레이산업에서는 애플과 삼성, 화웨이 등 전세계 주요 스마트폰 업체들에서 이미 플래그십 모델을 모두 OLED를 적용하려는 계획을 가지고 있으며 LG전자와 소니 등 TV 업체들도 OLED TV가 프리미엄 시장에서 성공할 수 밖에 없다는 것을 보여주고 있다. 이는 앞으로 OLED가 가진 장점을 극대화한 다양한 형태의 패널과 다양한 어플리케이션의 발전이 기대되는 이유이다.

Zhaohong Zhang, BOE’s CEO, “Will Become 8K TV Market Pioneer”

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BOE’s CEO Emphasized They Will Lead 8K TV Market(Tokyo=OLEDNET)

Hyunjoo Kang / Reporter / jjoo@olednet.com

China’s TFT-LCD company, BOE, revealed ambition that it will lead the 8K market within the TV sector.

At the Technical Conference of FineTech Japan 2016 (April 6-8), BOE’s CEO Zhaohong Zhang gave a keynote speech titled Strategy of Adaptation and Innovation, and emphasized that the large size TV will notably grow, and BOE will lead the large size 8K TV market.

Zhang explained that he believes the enlargement will become the growth engine for the global display market. Accordingly, he estimates that the enlargement of monitor and TV among others will spread. He added that the display market will find it difficult to grow rapidly, and the display will become larger and mobile products of FHD 400 ppi or higher and TV products of UHD 4K or higher will expand.

Zhang emphasized that BOE became the victor by earning market opportunity through scale and value innovation, affirming the determination to lead the large size TV market. In terms of BOE’s innovation directions, Zhang suggested several keywords including ▲Picture ▲Power ▲Health ▲Price ▲Panel and ▲Pilot.

In particular, BOE’s policy is to make a winning move in large size display sector. Within the smartphone and tablet sectors, Zhang plans to place UHD 4K display at the front, and lead the 8K era within TV sector. He further emphasized that with the forecast of rapid growth of large size 8K TV market from 2018, BOE will become the pioneer in 8K technology and product. In future, BOE is planning to apply 8K to all panel series for TV.

Additionally, Zhang’s strategy includes low energy consumption actualization through backplane TFT semiconductor and high aperture ratio technology. Furthermore, he stressed that by developing display that lowers eye fatigue and corrects color, BOE is considering viewer’s health too. He revealed that in order to enter the new application sectors such as automotive, medical, AR, and VR, BOE will carry out development on high resolution, touch module, flexible panel, etc.

FineTech Japan 2016 (April 6-8) is a display technology related exhibition held in Tokyo Big Sight. The 26th annual event is participated by approximately 260 companies including Samsung Display, BOE, and Japan Display.

BOE 짜오홍 짱 CEO “8K TV 시장 선구자 될 것”

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BOE CEO가 “8K TV 시장을 선도하겠다”고 강조했다.

강현주 기자 / jjoo@olednet.com

중국의 TFT-LCD 업체 BOE가 TV 분야에서 8K 시장을 선도하겠다는 야심을 내보였다.

OLEDNET이 다녀온 26회 ‘파인테크 재팬’에서 열린 기술 컨퍼런스에서 BOE의 짜오홍 짱(Zhaohong Zhang) CEO는 “Strategy of Adaptation & Innovation”이라는 제목의 기조연설을 통해 “대화면 TV 시장이 크게 성장할 것이며 BOE는 대화면 8K TV 시장을 선도하겠다”고 강조했다.

짜오홍 짱 CEO는 전세계 디스플레이 시장은 ‘대형화’가 성장동력이 될 것으로 내다봤다. 이에 따라 모니터, TV 등의 대형화가 확산될 것이라는 게 그의 설명이다.

짜오홍 짱 CEO는 “디스플레이 시장은 고성장을 이루기 어려울 것이며 대형화가 진행돼 모바일은 FHD 400ppi 이상, TV는 UHD 4K 이상의 제품이 확산될 것”이라고 설명했다.

그는 “BOE는 ‘스케일’을 장점으로 시장에서 기회를 얻고 가치혁신을 통해 승자가 됐다”고 강조하며 대화면 TV 시장을 이끌겠다는 의지를 확고히 했다.

짜오홍 짱 CEO는 BOE의 혁신 방향으로 ▲Picture ▲Power ▲Health ▲Price ▲Panel ▲Pilot 등의 키워드를 제시했다.

특히 대화면 디스플레이 부문에서 승부수를 띄운다는 방침이다. 스마트폰, 태블릿 부문은 UHD 4K화질의 디스플레이를 내세우고 TV 부문에서는 8K 시대를 이끌겠다는 게 짜오홍 CEO의 계획이다.

그는 “2018년부터 대화면 8K TV 시장이 급속히 성장할 것으로 예상됨에 따라 BOE는 8K 기술과 제품에서 선구자가 되겠다”고 강조했다. 향후 모든 TV용 패널 시리즈에 8K를 적용할 방침이다.

짜오홍 짱 CEO는 이와 함께 백플레인 TFT 반도체 및 고개구율(aperture ratio) 기술을 활용해 저전력을 구현한다는 전략이다. 또 눈의 피로를 낮추고 색을 보정하는 디스플레이를 개발함으로써 사용자의 건강까지 생각한다는 점을 강조했다.

그는 “BOE는 앞으로 자동차, 의료, 증강현실(AR), 가상현실(VR) 등 새로운 애플리케이션 분야로의 진출을 위해 고해상도 구현, 터치 모듈 개발, 플렉서블 패널 개발 등을 진행할 것”이라고 밝혔다.

한편 올해로 26회째를 맞는 ‘파인테크 재팬’은 4월 6일부터 8일까지 도쿄 빅사이트에서 진행된 디스플레이 기술 관련 전시회다. 이번 행사에서는 SDC, LGD, BOE, JDI, JOLED 등 약 260여 업체가 참여했다.