organic semiconductor
analyst direct
Vol 4, Issue 2 Monday, 16 January 2006

In this week's issue:

UDC reveals advances in blue phosphorescent OLED technology

UDC announced last week that its new blue PHOLED™ system with a sky blue colour of CIE (0.16, 0.37) offers:

This follows UDC's announcement in June 2005 of a sky blue PHOLED with over 15,000 hours at 200 cd/m2.

UDC also demonstrated a new deeper blue PHOLED of CIE (0.16, 0.29) which offers:

This corresponds to over 3,000 hours at 500 cd/m2 which is a target luminance for commercial applications.

Sidney Rosenblatt, Chief Financial Officer, said, "Now that we have cracked the code on creating long-lived blue PHOLEDs, the pace of advancement in our labs has been remarkable. In the six months since announcing a sky blue PHOLED, we have increased lifetimes by a factor of more than six, and are also making important strides with deeper blue emission and record-breaking efficiencies toward meeting our customers' commercial requirements."

www.universaldisplay.com    


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Osram announces new 2.7-inch OLED display with 55,000 hours lifetime

Osram Opto Semiconductors has developed a new addition to its Pictiva™ line of OLED graphic display products.

The specifications of the new display are:

Osram claims that pricing for the Pictiva OLED display is comparable with LCD screens, yet Pictiva OLED displays offer increased performance, enhanced features and a long life.

John Cramer, product marketing manager, said, "Increases in display size and lifetime of our OLED products are enabling us to address a much broader market in a wide range of consumer and industrial applications."

www.osram-os.com    


Plextronics awarded $1 million for solar cell acceleration

The Pennsylvania Energy Development Authority (PEDA) has awarded Plextronics $1 million in a grant/loan combination to accelerate the development of its Plexcore PV semiconductor.

Plexcore PV is a semiconductive polymer that can strongly absorb the sun's light and generate the electric charges required to function as a solar cell. Product development efforts are focused on increasing both the efficiency and lifetime of the solar cell device.

This is the company's second award from PEDA.

Andrew Hannah, CEO, said, "Solar energy has an opportunity to reduce energy costs, extend access to the millions of households presently without electricity, reduce reliance on fossil fuels and help meet environmental objectives. Pennsylvania is joining other leading states such as California and Massachusetts at the forefront of renewable energy innovation. We are excited that the Commonwealth has taken such a proactive position to develop new and innovative alternative energy resources. In addition, as we work toward this ambitious - yet achievable - goal of cost-effective solar energy, consumers will benefit in the short run from the low cost, flexible and light weight solar cells that will enable a new generation of mobile products."

www.plextronics.com    


UDC wins US Army contract to develop infrared PH-OLED display

Universal Display Corp. (UDC) has been awarded a two-year, $730,000 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II contract by the US Army Communication Electronics Research and Development Engineering Centre.

Under the terms of the contract, UDC will develop an active-matrix, flexible PHOLED™ (phosphorescent-OLED) display containing infrared (IR)-emitting PHOLED pixels in addition to visible spectrum PHOLED pixels. The IR-emission OLED technology will only be visible through night vision goggles. The aim is to create a display architecture to meet the Army's requirement for a single, high-information-content display that works in high, low and no light conditions.

The active-matrix PHOLED display, enabled by UDC's proprietary flexible OLED and top-emission OLED technologies, will be built on flexible metal foil using poly-silicon backplane technology from Palo Alto Research Center (PARC) to provide flexibility, light weight and ruggedness. As a continuation from the Phase I programme, the University of Southern California will develop novel PHOLED materials for evaluation in the prototype.

Steven V Abramson, President and COO, said, "This contract continues a long standing commitment we've had with the US Army to develop applications that can benefit from our proprietary OLED technologies. Early on, the Army recognised that our proprietary PHOLED technology provides a number of compelling advantages for its application needs, including superior power efficiency and clarity, longer lifetimes, lighter weight and flexibility. The development of a phosphorescent IR-emission display for this portable military application is indicative of the wide-ranging possibilities for our proprietary phosphorescent OLED technology."

www.universaldisplay.com     www.monmouth.army.mil/CRDC     www.parc.com     www.usc.edu    


AU Optronics and Samsung sign patent cross licence agreement

AU Optronics (AUO) and Samsung Electronics have signed a broad patent cross-licence agreement to allow increased access to the patent portfolios each company holds. The agreement significantly expands on the companies' existing relationship to enhance the development and delivery of innovative digital consumer electronics products by sharing each other's respective technologies.

The coverage of the cross licence includes patents in the area of TFT-LCD and OLED, especially the technology for LCD TV applications. AUO and Samsung expect the agreement to boost the development and deployment of TFT-LCD technology in LCD TVs, and to strengthen the competitiveness of the two companies.

Both AUO and Samsung have invested heavily in research and development of flat panel display technology. AUO owns over 1,700 patents worldwide, with over 3,300 patent applications pending. AUO ranks as one of the top companies in the number of patent applications filed in Taiwan during the past few years.

www.auo.com     www.samsung.com    


Xaar releases preliminary results for 2005

Xaar's preliminary financial results for the full year ended 31 December 2005 show that trading remained strong during the second half of the year and the results for the 12 months ended 31 December 2005 were ahead of market expectations.

Reported under IFRS:

Xaar has selected a suitable building for a second manufacturing facility in the UK and is currently finalising the lease. The plant is scheduled to be operational by the end of 2006.

Detailed results for the year to 31 December 2005 will be released on Tuesday 14 March 2006.

www.xaar.co.uk    


Luxell reports first quarter fiscal 2006 financial results

Luxell Technologies has reported that for the three months ended 30 November 2005:

During the first quarter of fiscal 2006 Luxell completed customer qualification on two long-term development programmes. When these development programmes are converted into fully qualified production programmes, revenues and profitability are expected to increase significantly. In addition Luxell completed a tax-structured transaction that resulted in an investment of new equity in the company of $5 million. The order backlog continues to grow as Luxell positions itself as a niche player in the FPD industry.

John MacDonald, Chairman, commented, "Successful companies make money; the new Board is committed to executing a plan that will make Luxell a successful company. We qualified and booked two programmes during the first quarter that will represent approximately one-half of our projected fiscal year 2006 revenues. The work accomplished in the first quarter of building the order book, like the recent financing are indicators that Luxell will succeed."

www.luxell.com    


iTi opens European office and appoints VP of EMEA operations

imaging Technology international (iTi) has started the first stage of its international expansion with the opening of an office in Cambridge, UK and the appointment of Debbie Thorp as Vice President, EMEA Operations.

Ms. Thorp has worked in digital printing for 17 years, including more than ten years in senior positions at digital printing consultancies such as Pivotal Resources, CAP Ventures and IT Strategies. She has also held senior management positions at Xaar plc, and at AIP ltd where she led the business development function.

R Bruce Morgan, CEO, said, "Europe represents over 25 percent of our turnover so opening an office here is an essential move to support our growing customer base. Cambridge is an ideal location given its status as a centre of ink jet development and innovation in Europe, and the appointment of Debbie to our management team demonstrates our strong commitment to our international customers."

Nigel Berry, Finance Director and Deputy CEO of Xaar, commented "iTi is a strategic partner of Xaar in the area of industrial inkjet development, and having them as a neighbour will help strengthen our ties in core inkjet integration, development, and production markets."

 
About iTi
imaging Technology international Corporation (iTi), is an established leader in industrial inkjet integration, with a 14-year track record of engineering, developing, and manufacturing development tools and production systems for high-value production processes.

In addition to its standard products for ink jet development and production applications, iTi draws on its technical expertise in industrial ink jet integration to design specialized equipment to meet unique customer requirements.

Founded in 1992 by Dr Ross Mills, iTi is based in Boulder, Colorado.
www.iticorp.com    


Organic semiconductor industry market watch

Week ending 13 January 2006
Company Symbol Share
price		 Market
cap
(million)		 Stock Market Movement
Cambridge Display Technology OLED $10.38 $202.5 Nasdaq
Universal Display Corp. PANL $12.09 $349.7 Nasdaq
eMagin Corp. EMA $0.61 $60.8 Nasdaq
Aixtron AIXG $3.19 $286.5 Nasdaq -
MicroEmissive Displays * MED £0.94 £16.0 AIM
Luxell Technologies ** LUX $0.32 $14.1 Toronto
* based on 17,131,574 shares; ** Canadian Dollars

  www.nasdaq.com     www.londonstockexchange.com     www.tsx.com


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