Samsung applications
Samsung is the world's largest OLED manufacturer, producing 40% of the OLED displays made in the world. As of 2010, the company has a 98% share of the global AMOLED market.
The South Korea company is leading the world OLED industry, generating $100.2 million out of the total $475 million revenues in the global OLED market.
It helds more than 600 American patents and more than 2800 international patents, making it the largest owner of AMOLED technology patents.
Samsung SDI announced in 2005 the world's largest OLED TV at the time, at 53 cm. This OLED featured the highest resolution at the time, of 6.22 million pixels.
In addition, the company adopted active matrix based technology for its low power consumption and high-resolution qualities.
This was exceeded in January 2008, when Samsung showcased the world's largest and thinnest OLED TV at the time, at 31 inches and 4.3 mm.
In 2008, Samsung reveiled a thin 12.1 inch laptop OLED display concept, with a 1,280×768 resolution with infinite contrast ratio.
In the same year, Samsung presented the world's thinnest OLED display, also the first to be flappable and bendable. Measuring just 0.05 mm, it is thinner than paper.
The drive circuit was formed by low-temperature polysilicon TFTs. The pixel count of the display is 480 × 272. The contrast ratio was 100,000:1, and the luminance of 200 cd/m².
The colour reproduction range is 100% of the NTSC standard.
Samsung produced also the world's largest OLED Television at 40-inch with a Full HD resolution of 1920×1080 pixel. In the FPD International.
The panel had a contrast ratio of 1,000,000:1, a colour gamut of 107% NTSC, and a luminance of 200 cd/m² (peak luminance of 600 cd/m²).
In 2010, Samsung demonstrated a laptop computer with a large, transparent OLED display featuring up to 40% transparency and an animated OLED display in a photo ID card.
Samsung's latest AMOLED smartphones use their Super AMOLED trademark, with the Samsung Wave S8500 and Samsung i9000 Galaxy S being launched in June 2010.