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Applied Materials Advances OLED Display Manufacturing for Flexible Mobile Products, Curved TVs

New systems allow display makers to replace the rigid insulating front glass on the devices.

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By: DAVID SAVASTANO

Editor, Ink World Magazine

Applied Materials unveiled two new systems that enable the volume production of high-resolution, thin and lightweight flexible OLED displays for mobile products and TVs. The Applied AKT-20KTFE PECVD and Applied AKT-40KTFE PECVD tools deliver breakthroughs in materials engineering to deposit thin-film encapsulation barrier layers that are crucial for protecting extremely sensitive OLED devices. These systems allow display makers to replace the rigid insulating front glass on the devices and bring...

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