Glass-free organic LCD has ultra-narrow border

FlexEnable has developed an Organic Ultra Narrow Border LCD (OLCD). Taking advantage of the truly flexible nature of the organic thin-film transistors (OTFTs) on which OLCD is based, it is now possible to fold the boundaries behind the screen.

This big step gives you a whole new approach to bezel-less displays that can’t be achieved with glass screens.

OLCD offers the same quality and performance as traditional glass LCDs and can bring unique benefits to laptops, tablets, TVs and monitors, responding to the growing demand for larger, smaller and borderless displays. The frame size allowed by organic LCDs does not depend on screen size or resolution, and OLCD technology itself is cost-effective to scale up to large screen sizes. What’s more, OLCD can make your laptop up to 100g lighter and 0.5mm thinner.

Chuck Milligan, CEO of FlexEnable, said: “By exploiting the unique properties of FlexEnable’s organic transistors platform, we have proven that it can also provide a route to borderless displays and thus further expand the applications of thin, light and conformable OLCDs. For example, removing the borders of the display allows a larger screen to fit into the same size notebook. This breakthrough enables us to address a multi-billion display market for notebooks, tablets, monitors and TVs as well as surface-integrated displays for automotive interiors.”

OLCD can be easily curved and shaped to enable new form factors in a wide range of products including consumer electronics, smart home devices, automotive displays and beyond. The technology is being implemented into existing manufacturing lines in Asia and is expected to be in production in 2020.

FlexEnable’s award-winning organic electronics platform enables glass-free flexible displays, sensors and optics that can be applied to almost any surface. The company has developed and industrialised a complete low-temperature manufacturing process for small and large-area electronics on ultra-thin plastic substrates. This low cost technology platform is compatible with existing flat panel display production lines utilising most of the established infrastructure and providing an optimal route to manufacture. FlexEnable’s conformable, ultra-thin, ultra-light and shatterproof displays and sensors bring game-changing capabilities to products across consumer electronics, automotive, smart home devices, digital signage and beyond. 

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