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OLEDs for the lighting systems market

Luminescent plastics approach market readiness

2009-Mar-16

OLEDs are very light, transparent, and extremely thin surface lighting luminaires. They consist of thin organic layers that light up when an electric current flows through them. Today, the most efficient white OLEDs consume one fifth of the energy needed with incandescent lamps. Because of their special properties, OLEDs make completely new types of lighting possible, including luminous wallpaper, windows that serve as light sources in the night, flexible displays, and lamps in entirely new shapes.

Lighting designer Ingo Maurer created the world’s first table lamp featuring an OLED. To allow OLEDs to conquer the mass market, researchers first have to improve their service life and develop processes for cost-efficient mass production. OSRAM Opto Semiconductors is investing heavily in the development of OLEDs and is extensively involved in German and European OLED support projects.

Reference Number: PN 2009.04

16 March 2009 | Conducting research for mass production of OLEDs

Cost-effective production processes are needed before OLEDs will be ready for the mass market. That’s why the EU is funding a research project called CombOLED, in which OSRAM Opto Semiconductors and Siemens Corporate Technology are taking part.

Reference number: PN200904-09

16 March 2009 | The first OLED lamp

OLEDs will revolutionize lamp design. Researchers at OSRAM have developed white OLEDs that are very bright, even though they consume little energy and have a service life of more than 5,000 hours. The new development marks the first time engineers have succeeded in enhancing robustness and luminosity at the same time.

Reference number: PN200904-08

16 March 2009 | The first OLED lamp

OLEDs will revolutionize lamp design. Researchers at OSRAM have developed white OLEDs that are very bright, even though they consume little energy and have a service life of more than 5,000 hours.

Reference number: PN200904-07

16 March 2009 | Large-area transparent lamps

Due to their transparency, OLEDs make completely new lighting solutions possible. In the future, for example, OLED-coated windows could provide light at night. This large-area transparent OLED was created by the lab at OSRAM Opto Semiconductors.

Reference number: PN200904-06

16 March 2009 | OLED research lab at OSRAM in Regensburg

Unlike LEDs and incandescent lamps, OLEDs are area lighting units. In addition to high-quality OLED displays, there will also be large-area OLED lamps in the future. These could take the form of luminous wallpaper, for example.

Reference number: PN200904-05

16 March 2009 | OLED research lab at OSRAM in Regensburg

Unlike LEDs and incandescent lamps, OLEDs are area lighting units. In addition to high-quality OLED displays, there will also be large-area OLED lamps in the future, and even flexible light panels that can be shaped as desired.

Reference number: PN200904-04

16 March 2009 | OLED research lab at OSRAM in Regensburg

An OLED is less than one half of one thousandth of a millimeter thick. Because OLEDs are so thin, it is possible to cover any type of surface with them. And OLEDs are transparent, so they could also be incorporated into windows in the future.

Reference number: PN200904-03

16 March 2009 | OLED research lab at OSRAM in Regensburg

An OLED is less than one half of one thousandth of a millimeter thick. Because OLEDs are so thin, it is possible to cover any type of surface with them. And OLEDs are transparent, so they also could be incorporated into windows in the future.

Reference number: PN200904-02

16 March 2009 | OLED research lab at OSRAM in Regensburg - Conducting research for mass production of OLEDs

Cost-effective production processes are needed before OLEDs will be ready for the mass market. That’s why the EU is funding a research project called CombOLED, in which OSRAM Opto Semiconductors and Siemens Corporate Technology are taking part.

Reference number: PN200904-01

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