Samsung’s flexible OLED wins 41st IR52 award

Samsung Display has been honored with the 41st IR52 Jang Young-shil Award for its pioneering work in the field of foldable displays, particularly for the development of a revolutionary flexible OLED technology that eliminates the need for polarizer films.

The company’s award-winning product features a flexible OLED that eliminates the need for polarizer films. The removal of these films not only enhances energy efficiency by reducing power consumption by 52 percent compared to conventional displays but also achieves a higher transmittance rate.

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Samsung Display’s development team designed a novel layered structure optimized with materials tailored to each layer’s specific function, improving optical efficiency. The greatly enhanced light transmittance of the foldable display enables the implementation of Under Panel Camera (UPC) technology.

The development of a thinner layered structure also enables more efficient folding of the display. By applying high-performance adhesive to the newly introduced UTG, Samsung Display achieved a minimum folding radius of 1.4mm, creating the smallest folding curvature to date.

This breakthrough allows for over 30,000 folds at temperatures as low as -20 degrees Celsius and up to 200,000 folds at room temperature. Additionally, digitizer technology has been incorporated to support pen functionality, resulting in a completely new foldable display.