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    Series: Flexible Displays -Toward a large-display TV that can be viewed anywhere

    Overview of Flexible Display Technology


    Hideo Fujikake, Senior Research Engineer, Display & Functional Devices Research
    Division

    A
    durable thin, lightweight, tions to be viewed in the home. 3) Manufacturing technology has
    and flexible display that However, the realization of to be developed for making
    could be rolled up would a flexible display will require precise fine pixels on a large-
    be a great advance as far as porta- advances in various elemental area low-thermal resistance,
    bility is concerned. Such a device technologies. At present, we are flexible plastic substrate.
    could also save space in homes. dealing with the following is-
    For instance, an ultra-large sues: Our focus with regard to the
    flexible screen bigger than 100 above issues is on the develop-
    inches could be moved through 1) The performance of organic ment of printing/coating meth-
    doorways simply by rolling it up light-emitting diodes and film ods to create patterned pixel
    like a carpet. Researchers at the liquid crystal devices will have components at low temperatures
    Science & Technology Research to be improved. as well as the development of
    Laboratories (STRL) are making 2) The thin-film transistors based suitable materials for this appli-
    advances in flexible display tech- on organic or oxide semiconduc- cation.
    nology, and our goal is to create tors, which supply the driving
    such a large-screen system for voltage for the devices, will have
    Super Hi-Vision (SHV) presenta- to be improved.

    Current prototype

    Future conceptual images

    travel guide

    Figure: New viewing styles made posible by flexible display systems

    18 Broadcast Technology No.44, Spring 2011 ● C NHK STRL


    Challenge

    Series: Flexible Displays -Toward a large-display TV that can be viewed anywhere

    Highly-efficient OLED Materials


    Takahisa Shimizu, Principal Research Engineer, Display & Functional Devices Research
    Division

    O
    rganic light emitting far use fluorescent or phospho- tial level of efficiency and device
    diode, or OLED, has rescent materials. While the lat- lifetime.
    become familiar term est fluorescent materials have an STRL is carrying out cutting-
    because the phenomenon is ex- adequate lifetime for use in tele- edge research on phosphorescent
    ploited to make brighter cellular vision, they need to have higher materials. Our goal is to design
    phone screens. Its properties light emitting efficiencies. On a suitable device structure and
    make it a promising technology the other hand, phosphorescent develop printable phosphores-
    for future generation large-screen materials are drawing a lot of cent materials, especially like a
    display systems that will be thin, interest from researchers because phosphorescnet polymer. The
    light-weight, and high contrast, of their ability to utilize thermal advent of a suitable polymer ma-
    and have a fast response. A lay- energy that does not normally terial will enable fabrication of an
    ered thin-film structure makes contribute to light emission. ink form of the material through
    it feasible to construct ultra-thin The theoretically attainable light some type of low-cost printing
    flexible displays that in compari- emitting efficiency of phospho- method (e.g., the inkjet method).
    son with today’s displays will be rescent devices is four times So far, we have attained the high-
    more convenient as far as trans- higher than that of fluorescent est level of external quantum effi-
    port, storage, and installation go. ones. However, it is not easy to ciency for a polymer (nearly 15%)
    An OLED device is a light- select a phosphorescent material and have fabricated a flexible
    emitting device composed of an for use as a light-emitting mate- OLED display using the inkjet
    organic thin-film placed between rial in a display device; there are printing method. This luminous
    electrodes. The application of a challenges involving the disper- efficiency is approximately three
    direct current recombines posi- sion of the phosphorescence, times that of the theoretical limit
    tive holes and electrons in the electron transport, and hole for fluorescent materials. We are
    emitting layer, and the result of transport that will likely require going to continue our research
    the recombination is light emis- the development of new material and development of materials to
    sion. The devices developed so technologies to reach the poten- be used in such a system.

    Hole-transport unit High-efficiency phosphorescent unit

    Metal negative electrode

    Electron
    Electron transport Fluorescent material
    layer
    Four times
    Light-emission Light the efficiency
    layer -emission
    DC
    3-5V Hole transport Phosphorescent material
    layer
    Positive hole Electron transport unit Polymeric backbone

    Figure2: Phosphorescent OLED polymer diagram


    Positive electrode
    Plastic substrate (transparent electrode)
    Table1: Phosphorescent OLED polymer performance
    Chromaticity External quantum efficiency %
    Light CIE (x, y)
    Light color Current 2008
    Red 0.68 0.32 14 11
    Green 0.34 0.61 15 13
    Figure1: Basic structure of OLED Blue 0.16 0.38 12 7

    Broadcast Technology No.44, Spring 2011 ● C NHK STRL 19

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