GDesign Technology joins the LEP community

Cambridge Display Technology and GDesign Technology have signed a technology transfer agreement designed to advance the commercialisation of light emitting polymer displays.

Cambridge Display Technology and GDesign Technology have signed a technology transfer agreement designed to advance the commercialisation of light emitting polymer (LEP) displays.

Under the terms of the agreement, CDT will convey relevant knowhow on LEP materials performance and LEP device circuit models to GDesign.

Through the transfer, GDesign is expected to accelerate its development of low-cost next generation electronic driver device design for LEP displays and speed the commercialisation of ultra-thin, lightweight and low-power LEP displays for electronic products such as mobile phones, PDAs, and more.

"We are very pleased to have this agreement with GDesign as it represents a continuation of our efforts to grow a mature and robust supply chain to support the commercialisation of LEP displays", according to David Fyfe, CEO of CDT.

"GDesign is committed to developing a new generation of custom drivers to optimise the performance of LEP displays.

It is this commitment and GDesigns' established partnerships with leading semiconductor foundries in Asia that will help to ensure low cost drivers are available to serve the growing demand for LEP displays in a variety of applications".

George Tai, President of GDesign stated, "This agreement further evidences GDesign's strategic commitment to the LEP electronic device driver markets.

Our goal is to rapidly turn CDT's technology and know-how into a cost and performance advantage in the market.

LEP is the key emerging display technology and, as a result, is central to GDesign's growth strategy".

LEP technology uses organic materials to generate light with an applied electric current.

Because LEPs do not need ambient light to be viewable, they eliminate the cost, space, weight and power consumption associated with backlights needed by LCD displays.

The image produced by LEPs has a higher contrast than LCDs and offers a viewing angle of over 160 degrees.

LEP technology offers inherently superior performance, particularly for advanced portable applications that require full colour, fast switching speed, high contrast, and low-power consumption.

Overall, the agreement continues strong momentum for LEPs within the rapidly expanding organic light emitting diode (OLED) market, which is expected to grow to $2.8 billion (USD) in revenue by 2007.

The OLED display market consists of a wide range of electronics products that includes mobile phones, PDAs, digital cameras, camcorders, microdisplays, and eventually personal computers and other consumer products.

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