ADVANCED OLED MANUFACTURING PATENT ISSUED FOR OVPD TECHNOLOGY.Universal Display Corporation (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on : PANL PANL Provincial Archives of Newfoundland and Labrador (Canada) ; PHLX PHLX See: Philadelphia Stock Exchange PHLX See Philadelphia Stock Exchange (PHLX). : PNL PNL Panel PNL Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (usually seen as PNNL; Richland, WA) PNL Partidul National Liberal (National Liberal Party, Romania) PNL Programación Neuro Lingüistica ), Ewing, N.J., a leading developer of flat panel display A thin display screen for computer and TV usage. The first flat panels appeared on laptop computers in the mid-1980s, and the LCD technology became the standard. Stand-alone LCD screens became available for desktop computers in the mid-1990s and exceeded sales of CRTs for the first time technology, has announced that its research partner, Princeton University, has been issued a new patent for an Organic Vapor Phase Deposition (OVPD OVPD Overpaid OVPD Organic Vapor Phase Deposition OVPD Oro Valley Police Department (Oro Valley, AZ) ) process that can provide substantial advantages for the manufacturing of Organic Light Emitting Diode See LED. (OLED (Organic Light Emitting Device, Organic Light Emitting Diode) A thin film light-emitting technology that is expected to compete with LCD and plasma TVs as well as LCD monitors and readouts. ) flat panel displays. UDC UDC abbr. universal decimal system UDC (Brit) n abbr (= Urban District Council) → Stadtverwaltung f has the exclusive, worldwide rights to this patent, titled, Low Pressure Vapor Phase Deposition of Organic Thin Films, U.S. patent number 6,337,102. The advantages of OVPD technology include higher materials utilization, increased control over the deposition process, higher potential throughput, yield and lower manufacturing costs. OVPD technology also provides a significant step toward Web-based continuous process fabrication for organic electronics, including OLEDs, being uniformly and efficiently deposited on thin, flexible surfaces. Specifically, Organic Vapor Phase Deposition involves the use of a carrier gas stream in a hot-walled reactor at low pressure to precisely deposit thin layers of organic electronic materials on to displays. The patented process can produce thin films having far superior surface properties when compared to traditional OLED processing. This advanced OLED manufacturing process should be a key element in bringing organic electronics into widespread use in the flat panel display industry. Aixtron AG, a leading German equipment manufacturer, will manufacture and sell OVPD equipment under exclusive license from UDC. After an 18 month joint development program, the preproduction OVPD fabrication equipment is currently being installed in UDC's expanded pilot line facility. UDC currently has exclusive rights to over 400 issued and pending patents worldwide for Organic Light Emitting Devices (OLEDs). These include approximately 200 patents from its seven-year Strategic Research Partnership with Princeton University and the University of Southern California The U.S. News & World Report ranked USC 27th among all universities in the United States in its 2008 ranking of "America's Best Colleges", also designating it as one of the "most selective universities" for admitting 8,634 of the almost 34,000 who applied for freshman admission as well as additional patents it received from Motorola, Inc., in exchange for Motorola's equity position in the company. In addition to the OVPD patent, they include key patents in a number of areas, such as flexible OLEDs (FOLEDsTM), high efficiency phosphorescent phos·pho·res·cence n. 1. Persistent emission of light following exposure to and removal of incident radiation. 2. Emission of light without burning or by very slow burning without appreciable heat, as from the slow oxidation of OLEDs (PHOLEDs TM) and transparent OLEDs (TOLEDs TM). Other recent patents provide exclusive worldwide rights for fabrication and color tuning technologies for OLEDs. These include the following: Method for Patterning Devices, U.S. patent number 6,294,398, issued September 25, 2001, is a significant step toward the accurate, low-cost method for the patterning of OLED devices over large areas in a Web-based manufacturing process through stamping or cold-welding the electrodes. Method for Deposition and Patterning of Organic Thin Film, U.S. patent number 6,297,516, issued October 2, 2001, is a new patent related to patterning small features in thin films using photolithographic patterning prior to organic film deposition. This patented process avoids exposing organic materials to photolithographic solvents that can be harmful to OLEDs. Color-Tunable Organic Light Emitting Devices, U.S. patent number 6,287,712, issued September 11, 2001, allows for tuning the wavelength of light emitted by an OLED to achieve the desired color, particularly in red OLEDs. About Universal Display Corporation Universal Display Corporation is a world leader in developing and commercializing innovative OLED technologies. It is collaborating with a network of world class organizations to penetrate the electronic flat panel display market, including a long-standing relationship for innovative OLED research with Princeton University and the University of Southern California; a joint development agreement with Sony Corporation for OLED television monitors; a joint development agreement with Samsung SDI (1) (Serial Digital Interface) A physical interface widely used for transmitting digital video in various formats. For electrical transmission, it uses a high grade of coaxial cable and a single BNC connector with Teflon insulation. focusing on portable OLED devices; a strategic relationship for the commercialization and production of its proprietary high efficiency OLED materials with PPG PPG Points Per Game (basketball player statistic) PPG Power Play Goals (hockey) PPG Planning Policy Guidance (UK) PPG Programmable Pulse Generator PPG Power Puff Girls , Inc. of Pittsburgh, PA USA; a partnership with Aixtron AG of Aachen Germany for the development and production of the next generation of OLED production equipment using Universal Display Corporation's proprietary organic vapor phase (OVPD) technology. Visit Universal Display Corporation on the Web at http://www.universaldisplay.com Universal Display Corporation is located in the Princeton Crossroads Corporate Center, Ewing, N.J., minutes away from its research partner at Princeton University. Its 21,000 sq. ft. facility includes a pilot production line, as well as technology development and technology transfer facilities. The state-of-the-art facility has been designed to further technology development, technology transfer to manufacturing partners and work with customers to develop products to meet their needs for electronic flat panel displays. For more information, call 800-599-4426 |
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