EPIC Online Technology Meeting – Mini/Micro LED
Development of Micro LED Display and Future Opportunities
Falcon Liu Marketing Director PlayNitride Display Co., Ltd. Roadmap for display technology
emerging application MicroLED & ultimate performance
better picture quality OLED
LCD slimmer design PDP
larger screen Rear Projection
CRT
1990 2000 2010 2020
2 | © PlayNitride. All rights reserved. PixeLED MatrixTM tiling display technology
PixeLED MatrixTM is the only achievable © PlayNitride Inc. technology of MicroLED on PCB
PixeLED MatrixTM Applications • Consumer Product (ex. TV) • Commercial Product (ex. Digital Signage / Public Display) • Automotive Product (ex. Exterior Light / Smart Tail Light)
3 | © PlayNitride. All rights reserved. Flexible display announced in April 2020
2020
PlayNitride and AUO Team Up to Develop High Resolution Flexible MicroLED Display Technology
9.4" flexible MicroLED display © PlayNitride Inc. • more than 5.5 million MicroLED chips • less than 30µm MicroLED chip • LTPS plastic backplane • 228 ppi Development of MicroLED display is getting faster and faster! 4 | © PlayNitride. All rights reserved. Transparent & Wearable MicroLED displays
SID Display Week 2019 1.25" high chip density & Best New Display Technology Award with Tianma high brightness MicroLED display
© PlayNitride Inc.
© PlayNitride Inc.
7.56" high transparency & frameless MicroLED display
5 | © PlayNitride. All rights reserved. What is MicroLED display
from >1mm to <50µm
MicroLED
LED Chip
LED Chip MicroLED
6 | © PlayNitride. All rights reserved. (images from internet) Advantages of MicroLED display
Ultra-low Good Reliability Power Consumption 10% of LCD power consumption in theory As long as 100,000 hours of LEDs
High Brightness Fast Response
Readable under sunshine (>5000 nits) On/off switching within nano-seconds
Flexible Display Ultra-high Resolution with Any Shape
More than 2000 dpi with Si backplane Total thickness less than 30 micron 7 | © PlayNitride. All rights reserved. Simple is good !
LCD structure OLED structure MicroLED structure
Linear Polarizer Circular Polarizer CF Glass Encap Glass / TFE
TFT Backplane Glass TFT Backplane (Glass / PI) TFT Backplane (Glass / PI) Linear Polarizer OLED Materials MicroLEDs
Backlight
Simpler structure, more flexibility and higher transparency!!
8 | © PlayNitride. All rights reserved. Perfect for automotive applications
Excellent Reliability
High Transparency
New Era for Automotive Applications
9 | © PlayNitride. All rights reserved. About PlayNitride 錼創顯示科技 About PlayNitride
PlayNitride is a Taiwan-base company. Through the breakthrough innovations and diverse business models, PlayNitride has become a leading company of MicroLED technology
§ Founded in 2014
§ Office and fab in Hsinchu Science Park, Taiwan
§ More than 350 employees
§ Completed the first fab for MicroLED in mid-2019
11 | © PlayNitride. All rights reserved. Awards of PlayNitride
2020 2020 2020 2019 2018 Innovative SID Special Gold Panel Best New Display Best Prototype Product Award Recognition Awards Technology & Best Honoree Award Small Booth Award in SID Display Week of HSP 40 Year in SID Display Week in Touch Taiwan in SID Display Week
2020
12 | © PlayNitride. All rights reserved. Role of PlayNitride at MicroLED ecosystem
PlayNitride core technology Market available technology Chip Wafer Epitaxy PixeLED (chipProcess process) TransferMass ~ Display System TechnologyTechnology Module Tuning Active / Passive Matrix Backplane
Mass Mass Mass Mass Transfer Inspection Testing Repair
13 | © PlayNitride. All rights reserved. Summary
§ MicroLED provides ultimate visual experience
§ A great opportunity with new challenges
14 | © PlayNitride. All rights reserved.