• 한국정보통신학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국정보통신학회 2022년도 춘계학술대회
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• pp.550-551
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• 2022

In the present study, flexible display technology, which has attracted significant attention in recent years, is discussed. The technology has been widely applied to various devices, such as foldable smartphones and rollable TVs. Notably, different flexible display types from LCD to OLED and E-paper have been employed to implement such devices in practice. Among them, the OLED technology has thus far led the flexible display market. In the present study, the concept and current application fields of the technology are analyzed, and further its potential applications are discussed.

• 한국정보디스플레이학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국정보디스플레이학회 2009년도 9th International Meeting on Information Display
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• pp.998-1001
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• 2009

A new flexible TFT backplane structure with improved mechanical reliability is proposed. Amorphous indium-gallium-zinc-oxide (a-IGZO) thin film transistors based on this structure have been fabricated on a polyimide substrate, and the resultant mechanical durability has been evaluated in a cyclic bending test. The panel can withstand 10,000 bending cycles at a bending radius of 5 mm without any noticeable TFT degradation. After 10K bending cycles, the change of threshold voltage, mobility, sub-threshold slope, and gate leakage current were only -0.22V, -0.13$cm^2$/V-s, -0.05V/decade, and $-3.05{\times}10^{-13}A$, respectively.

• 한국정보디스플레이학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국정보디스플레이학회 2009년도 9th International Meeting on Information Display
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• pp.211-214
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• 2009

In this paper we will outline the opportunities for flexible OLED devices, both for display and solid-state lighting applications. We will present our recent data, and discuss future challenges, for low power consumption phosphorescent OLED technology fabricated on flexible substrates to enable a new generation of energy efficient electronic devices.

• 반도체디스플레이기술학회지
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• 제19권1호
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• pp.93-96
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• 2020

Polyimide thin film was prepared by annealing the polyamic acid that was synthesized through co-deposition of diamine and dianhydride. The polyamic acid and polyimide thin film were characterized with FT-IR and HR FE-SEM. The average roughness of the film surface, evaluated with AFM, were 0.385 nm and 0.299 nm after co-deposition, and annealing at 120 ℃ respectively. OLED was passivated with the polyimide layer of 200 nm thickness. While the inorganic passivation layer enhances the WVTR of OLED, the organic passivation layer gives flexibility to the OLED. The in-situ passivation of OLED with organic thin film layer provides the leading technique to develop flexible OLED Display.

• 한국전자통신학회논문지
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• 제14권1호
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• pp.87-96
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• 2019

유기 박막 트랜지스터 (OTFT) 백플레인을 이용한 유연한 유기 발광 다이오드 (OLED) 디스플레이가 연구되고 있다. OLED 디스플레이의 구동을 위해서 게이트 드라이버가 필요하다. 저온, 저비용 및 대 면적 인쇄 프로세스를 사용하는 디스플레이 패널의 내장형 게이트 드라이버는 제조비용을 줄이고 모듈 구조를 단순화한다. 이 논문에서는 유연한 OLED 디스플레이 패널의 내장형 게이트 드라이버 제작을 위하여 OTFT를 사용한 의사 CMOS (pseudo complementary metal oxide semiconductor) 로직 게이트를 구현한다. 잉크젯 인쇄형 OTFT 및 디스플레이와 동일한 프로세스를 사용하여 유연한 플라스틱 기판 상에 의사 CMOS 로직 게이트가 설계 및 제작되며, 논리 게이트의 동작은 측정 실험에 의해 확인된다. 최대 1 kHz의 입력 신호 주파수에서 의사 CMOS 인버터의 동작 결과를 통하여 내장형 게이트 드라이버의 구현 가능성을 확인하였다.

• 전기전자학회논문지
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• 제21권1호
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• pp.85-88
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• 2017

본 연구에서는 OLED 소자 및 패시베이션 박막을 하나의 시스템에서 동시에 제작하여 진행할 수 있는 in-situ passivation 클러스터 시스템을 개발하고 이러한 시스템을 이용하여 OLED 디스플레이 제작 및 특성을 연구함으로써 플렉시블 디스플레이에 적용할 수 있는 기술을 구현하였다. In-situ passivation을 이용한 OLED의 제작 및 특성 분석에 관하여 연구하여 다음과 같은 결과를 얻었다. 첫째, In-situ 시스템으로 OLED 소자 제작 및 박막 패시베이션 가능한 시스템을 자체적으로 구축하였으며, 패시베이션 박막을 제작하여 그 특성을 평가한 결과 본 시스템의 응용 가능성을 제시할 수 있었다. 둘째, $SiO_2$, SiNx 무기 박막을 PECVD 방법으로 제작하여 OLED 패시베이션 박막으로 적용 가능성을 확인하였다. 본 연구결과, in-situ passivation 시스템의 적용 가능성을 확인할 수 있었고, 플렉시블 디스플레이에 적합한 패시베이션 방법으로서의 구현 가능성을 제시하였다.

• 한국정보디스플레이학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국정보디스플레이학회 2005년도 International Meeting on Information Displayvol.I
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• pp.609-613
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• 2005

Advanced mobile communication devices require a bright, high information content display in a small, light-weight, low power consumption package. In this paper we will outline our progress towards developing such a low power consumption active-matrix flexible OLED ($FOLED^{TM}$) display. Our work in this area is focused on three critical enabling technologies. The first is the development of a high efficiency long-lived phosphorescent OLED ($PHOLED{TM}$) device technology, which has now proven itself to be capable of meeting the low power consumption performance requirements for mobile display applications. Secondly, is the development of flexible active matrix backplanes, and for this our team are employing poly-Si TFTs formed on metal foil substrates as this approach represents an attractive alternative to fabricating poly-Si TFTs on plastic for the realization of first generation flexible active matrix OLED displays. Unlike most plastics, metal foil substrates can withstand a large thermal load and do not require a moisture and oxygen permeation barrier. Thirdly, the key to reliable operation is to ensure that the organic materials are fully encapsulated in a package designed for repetitive flexing. We also present progress in operational lifetime of encapsulated T-PHOLED pixels on planarized metal foil and discuss PHOLED encapsulation strategy.

• 한국정보디스플레이학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국정보디스플레이학회 2006년도 6th International Meeting on Information Display
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• pp.305-308
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• 2006

Advanced mobile communication devices require a bright, high information content display in a small, light-weight, low power consumption package. For portable applications flexible (or conformable) and rugged displays will be the future. In this paper we outline our progress towards developing such a low power consumption active-matrix flexible OLED $(FOLED^{TM})$ display. We demonstrate full color 100 ppi QVGA active matrix OLED displays on flexible stainless steel substrates. Our work in this area is focused on integrating three critical enabling technologies. The first technology component is based on UDC's high efficiency long-lived phosphorescent OLED $(PHOLED^{TM})$ device technology, which has now been commercially demonstrated as meeting the low power consumption performance requirements for mobile display applications. Secondly, is the development of flexible active-matrix backplanes, and for this our team are employing PARC's Excimer Laser Annealed (ELA) poly-Si TFTs formed on metal foil substrates as this approach represents an attractive alternative to fabricating poly-Si TFTs on plastic for the realization of first generation flexible active matrix OLED displays. Unlike most plastics, metal foil substrates can withstand a large thermal load and do not require a moisture and oxygen permeation barrier. Thirdly, the key to reliable operation is to ensure that the organic materials are fully encapsulated in a package designed for repetitive flexing, and in this device we employ a multilayer thin film Barix encapsulation technology in collaboration with Vitex systems. Drive electronics and mechanical packaging are provided by L3 Displays.

• 한국정보디스플레이학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국정보디스플레이학회 2008년도 International Meeting on Information Display
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• pp.189-192
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• 2008

A 5.8-inch wide-QQVGA flexible full-color active-matrix OLED display was fabricated on a plastic substrate. Low-voltage-operation organic TFTs and high-efficiency phosphorescent OLEDs were used as the backplane and emissive pixels, respectively. The fabricated display clearly showed color moving images when the driving voltage was below 15 V.

• 산업과 과학
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• 1권1호
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• pp.16-22
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• 2022

디스플레이는 브라운관을 시작으로 PDP(Plasma Display Panel), LCD(Liquid Crystal Display) 이후 AMOLED(Active Marix Organic Light Emitting Diode) 순으로 시장을 형성하고 있다. 유기발광다이오드 OLED는 4차 산업혁명을 준비하는 각 국가들의 발전을 위한 핵심 분야로 인정받고 있는 기술이며, 특히 국내 최고업계 삼성 디스플레이, LG디스플레이는 OLED의 90%이상의 점유율로 시장을 주도하고 있다. 현재 AMOLED는 접거나 휠 수 있는 영역으로 옮겨왔으며, 이와 같은 기술이 가능한 이유는 플렉서블 기판상에 TFT(Thin Film Transistor)와 OLED가 형성가능하기 때문이다. 향후 스트레처블 디스플레이로 그 기술은 이동할 것이며, 이를 위해서는 늘어나는 기판 소재 개발이 우선 진행되고, 다음으로 TFT, OLED 소자 역시 늘어날 수 있는 재료로 구현되어야 할 것이다.