According to foreign media reports, there is news that Samsung Display (Samsung Display) began mass production to allow smart phones to present full-screen, flexible OLED OLED panels without borders, will be used for Samsung listed in early 2019 Samsung Electronics Galaxy S10 series mobile phone.
According to the Korean media ET News, Samsung is mass producing HIAA (Hole in Active Area) flexible OLED OLEDs for the 6th generation line (A3), which will be used by Samsung's next new mobile phone. Samsung cooperated with laser equipment manufacturers such as SFA and Philoptics to complete the transformation of the production line before the end of October to ensure smooth production.
This time, Samsung did not purchase new machinery and equipment, and modified existing machines to mass-produce open-hole panels. The industry believes that the notch panel is only about a year old in the smartphone market. At this moment, Samsung is renovating old equipment instead of buying new ones to reduce the investment burden.
In addition, it is not easy to add a machine to the A3 origin line, and in order to ensure production efficiency, a certain space needs to be reserved inside the factory. These are the reasons why Samsung decided to transform the machine for production.
After the laser is drilled on the panel with a laser, the organic material is vapor-deposited and film-coated for the opening. In order to ensure the best performance of the display, the Samsung monitor determines the extremely narrow border between the hole and the hole after a long evaluation. the distance. Samsung Electronics named the panel Infinity-O.
In the short term, Samsung should use the Infinity-O display as a unique differentiated design for Samsung mobile phones. Just like the previous Edge display with curved curves on the left and right sides, Infinity-O has become an innovative selling point for the Galaxy series.
HIAA structure is more difficult than profile cutting. Samsung display only uses HIAA structure to open the flexible OLED OLED panel, so the smart OLED smartphone can't imitate the design. As for the LCD panel, because it can not be separated from the backlight module, it is even more difficult to adopt the HIAA structure.
Foreign media said that if other customers use hard OLED openings, the final effect will be quite different from that of flexible OLED OLEDs. If you invest in a new Flexible OLED OLED at this time, the production time will be delayed. Drilled OLED panels may shine in the next 2-3 years, bringing Samsung a profitable and innovative selling point.