LG Display Develops Gen-6 HMO OLED Backplane for Apple, Targeting 30-50 cm2/Vs Mobility
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Updated · 디일렉(THE ELEC 영문판) · Jun 2
LG Display Develops Gen-6 HMO OLED Backplane for Apple, Targeting 30-50 cm2/Vs Mobility
3 articles · Updated · 디일렉(THE ELEC 영문판) · Jun 2
Gen-6 OLED lines at LG Display are now running HMO equipment for development and verification as Apple weighs the low-power backplane for next-generation devices.
30-50 cm2/Vs electron mobility is the industry's target for next-generation oxide TFTs, versus below 10 cm2/Vs in current mass-produced oxide panels, making performance gains the key hurdle.
Sputtering-based development could let LG Display reuse existing oxide production infrastructure more easily than newer deposition approaches, but uniformity, reliability, process temperature and yield still need mass-production validation.
Apple Watch panels are seen as the first likely use case, potentially as early as next year, fitting Apple's pattern of testing new display backplane technology with LG Display before broader mobile adoption.