Tuesday 8 April 2014

OLED Lights Reach New Levels of Efficiency

Philips and Konica Minolta have both announced details of new super-efficient OLED lighting panels. Both are white light panels. This places them in a strong position for applications within the general lighting market.


Both Konica and Philips see a high brightness white OLED as a key product to enter mainstream lighting market - Source: Philips The Japanese firm's new unit is 1,500 mm2and has a light output of 131 lumens per watt (lm/W). This beats its previous best performing OLED panel which had an efficiency of 103lm/W. It employs internal quantum efficiency and light extraction efficiency technology.
Phillips will give more details on its new panel in a presentation scheduled to happen at the SID 2014 Display Week in June. The Philips unit just beats the Konica panel, by giving 132lm/W, due to advanced optical design.
Konica meanwhile has announced that in Q3 it will begin mass production of OLED panels at a new custom-build €72 million facility in Japan.

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