Organic Displays Sputter to Life

John Burtis

The need for information has always driven scientific discovery in communication technologies. The introduction of the printing press enabled mass publishing and brought knowledge and entertainment directly to the general population. Radio instantaneously delivered news from around the world to the living room. The cathode-ray-tube-based television transmitted the full visual content of an event. The introduction of liquid crystal displays (LCDs) enabled portable information exchange.

Now the organic LED flat panel display romises to bring full imagery and graphical content to truly convergent products -- video, text and data…