Display Tools — Universal Display and Vitex Systems

Need a more flexible yet protected OLED screen? Universal Display and Vitex Systems showcased the fruits of their joined labor at the Society for Information Display conference in Seattle in May. They created a flexible OLED (FOLED) built on metallic substrate. The 6"×6" icon-format OLED prototype was packaged using Vitex's Barix technology, a unique thin-film barrier encapsulation solution. Comprised of alternating layers of polymer and ceramic film applied in vacuum, the Barix coating has a total thickness of only about three microns, yet provides the moisture and oxygen protection needed by an OLED display. Flexible OLEDs on metallic substrates provide important performance features, in particular where extreme thermal and mechanical factors are key.

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Universal Display: Ewing, N.J.,
www.universaldisplay.com
Vitex Systems: San Jose, Calif.,
www.vitexsys.com