Universal Display Announces All-Phosphorescent White OLED Llghting Panel with 58 Lumens Per Watt, 30,000 Hours of Operating Lifetime at 2011 SID

Universal Display Corporation announced record-breaking performance of the company’s white OLED lighting technology at the 2011 Society for Information Display (SID) International Symposium, Seminar, and Exhibition.

The company has developed a warm-white, all-phosphorescent OLED lighting panel with a power efficacy of 58 lumens per watt (lm/W) and a record-breaking 30,000 hours of operating lifetime (to 70 percent of initial luminance). Based, in part, on the company’s new light blue UniversalPHOLED materials system, this represents a three times improvement in operating lifetime over results presented this time last year.

The company is also exhibiting a series of white OLED lighting panel designs at booth 1212 at the Los Angeles Convention Center in Los Angeles, CA from May 17-19. The panels illustrate a number of novel design elements, including transparency and flexibility, for white OLED lighting products.

“The advances made by our team further demonstrate the potential for Universal Display’s OLED technologies and materials to deliver the performance required for energy-efficient OLED lighting,” said Steven V. Abramson, president and CEO of Universal Display. “We’ve made significant advances in our light blue PHOLED materials system, which has enhanced the white OLED lighting performance we are introducing this week at SID. Our team has also developed a number of innovative design concepts to inspire the imaginations of lighting designers around the world.”

Dr. Peter A. Levermore, research scientist at Universal Display, will present the advances in a paper titled, “Phosphorescent OLEDs: Enabling Solid-State Lighting with Lower Temperature and Longer Lifetime.”