Media Korea Selatan Thelec melaporkan pada 6 April, melalui sumber-sumber industri, China Boe berencana untuk membangun lini produksi lampu organik generasi 8,6 (2250x2600mm)-diode (OLED) untuk TI di pabrik B16 di Chengdu, provinsi Sichuan, dengan kapasitas bulanan 15,000 (15K) buah, ditetapkan untuk produksi massal pada akhir tahun 2024.
In response to investors' questions, BOE said today (April 6), "Our plan in this respect is based on full communication with customers on the basis of pre-research, the project team is currently carrying out strategic, market, technical, financial and other aspects of the evaluation, is still in active discussion. Also, the design capacity is definitely not 15K/ month, which is uneconomical."
Karena Apple berencana untuk menerapkan OLED ke produk TI seperti iPad (komputer tablet) dan MacBook (komputer laptop), teknologi OLED generasi ke-8-(8.5/8,6) untuk TI telah muncul sebagai{{6} berikutnya } medan pertempuran generasi. TI lebih ekonomis untuk memproduksi OLED IT 10 inci atau lebih besar dengan kabel 8G daripada kabel 6g (1500x1850mm) yang ada. Untuk panel 13,3 inci, generasi keenam dapat membuat 48 buah, tetapi generasi 8,5 (2200x2500mm) dapat membuat 96 buah, menggandakan kapasitas.
Samsung Display and LG Display are both currently planning to produce the first iPad OLED in the 6th generation line, but they are already working on the 8.5 generation OLED technology for Apple'S IT products, with mass production expected around 2024.
Boe berencana untuk menggunakan deposisi horizontal semi-potong sebagai teknologi deposisi OLED generasi 8.6, kata laporan itu. Teknologi OLED generasi ke-6 yang ada, yang terutama digunakan untuk produksi OLED ponsel cerdas, juga menggunakan metode pengendapan horizontal setengah-potong.
LG Display sedang mengembangkan teknologi deposisi horizontal 8.5-gen half-cut dan Samsung Display sedang mengembangkan teknologi deposisi 8.5-gen full-cut/vertikal, tetapi pengembangan teknologi deposisi half-cut/horizontal 8.5-gen sebagai teknologi dual-track lebih berpengaruh.
Boe is said to be in contact with Japan's Canon Tokki, but has not yet asked Cannon to secure slots for the evaporator. (Slot is a verbal request prior to the signing of a Letter of Intent to purchase (LOI) and a formal order (PO))
Boe plans to take the lead in testing OLED technologies for IT products in other production lines before building the 8.6 generation OLED line. For example, the realization of the "double stack series" structure is to stack the red (R) green (G) blue (B) luminous layer into two layers, compared with RGB luminous layer stacked in one layer of the "single stack" mode, two stack series makes the screen brightness increase twice, product life extension four times. Apple prefers two-layer oleds in series for IT.
Akhir tahun lalu, BOE mengubah aplikasi chongqing B12 plant fase III menjadi OLED untuk smartphone, IT dan kendaraan. Awalnya, seperti fase 1 dan 2, jalur produksi fase 3 bertujuan untuk memproduksi OLed fleksibel generasi ke-6, terutama untuk smartphone. Namun, untuk menghasilkan iPad OLED 10 inci, diperlukan teknologi yang berbeda dari iPhone OLED 6,1 inci yang ada, karena proses seperti pengendapan bahan organik pasti menjadi lebih sulit seiring bertambahnya area.
Power consumption can also be reduced by applying two-layer series OLED to smartphones. Boe also plans to produce dual-laminated series OLED for smartphones in the second half of the third year at its B7 plant in Chengdu, sources said. B7 used to produce OLED for Apple's iPhone, but utilization of B7 declined as BOE's B11 line in Mianyang, which had planned to be dedicated to the iPhone, began normal operation.
However, Samsung Display and LG Display are likely to build 8.5-generation OLED lines for IT as soon as possible. Samsung Display has been evaluating 8.5-generation full-cut vertical deposition with Japan's Ulvac last year, and LG Display has been evaluating 8.5-generation OLED deposition for IT since December at partner Sunic System's Paju plant in Gyeonggi Province.
