According to Korean media reports, Samsung Display and JDI are testing eLEAP technology that does not require FMM, and the results will be released next year. Samsung Display is showing interest in JDI's new technology ahead of the market launch of the eight-generation OLED for IT.

"Samsung Display and JDI are testing eLEAP technology and the results will be announced next year," Kang Min-soo, a senior researcher at the market research firm, said at the 2022 Korea Display Conference held in Seoul on Tuesday. Samsung Display is reportedly exploring various technologies, including FMM, to develop an eight-generation OLED technology for IT products.

In May this year, JDI announced eLEAP technology, which uses a semiconductor process without FMM. According to JDI, the opening rate of eLEAP will be two times larger, the peak brightness will be two times higher, and the lifetime will be three times higher than using FMM. JDI also stressed that the FMM can be used up to the 6th generation line, but the eLEAP can be used up to the 8th generation line. The industry believes that it will take time for eLEAP technology to be commercialized.

Kang also said, eLEAP is an interesting technology, but we need to consider the cost. "eLEAP replaces FMM with an optical mask, which has obvious advantages such as increasing the size of subpixels and pixels, increasing the brightness and extending the life span," he said. Kang added, FMM can be removed after adding pixels, but eLEAP requires a polishing process for each pixel, which increases the investment cost. "In theory, it's an interesting technology, but whether there's merit in terms of practicality and expense is a matter of practice." In the first three quarters of this year, Samsung Display executives visited the headquarters of Applied Materials (AMAT), a U.S. semiconductor and display equipment company, to discuss JDI's eLEAP technology and microdisplay technology. At that time, the industry thought that it would be difficult for Samsung Display to directly consult its rival JDI, so it indirectly asked its equipment partner AMAT for eLEAP. AMAT delivers equipment such as vertical evaporation machines to JDI and may therefore have access to eLEAP technical assessment materials. The FMM is technically difficult because its weight makes the center sag and it needs to be reused hundreds of times. The market is controlled by Japan's DNP. The eighth-generation OLED for IT that Samsung Display and other companies are developing also has a problem with FMM. Samsung Display is expected to be the first among domestic and foreign panel makers to invest in the eighth-generation OLED for IT. As early as this year, the company plans to purchase an eighth-generation line for single-layer OLED production, followed by an eighth-generation line for double-layer OLED production.

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