Ink-jet printing of polymer LED displays (Printed Electronics Europe 2005)

Since 1992, Philips has been developing polymer OLEDs resulting in a first commercial monochrome display just 10 years later. Philips is now focusing on the technology development required to mass-produce full-color polymer OLED displays, based on passive and active-matrix addressing. High precision inkjet printing has been chosen as the deposition technology for the OLED material. In this presentation, we give an overview of the activities of Philips in the area of OLED applications.

 

Eric Meulenkamp studied chemistry at Utrecht University, the Netherlands, where he also obtained a Ph.D. in 1993. Following a brief post-doctoral stay in the Bath, UK, he joined Philips Research Laboratories in Eindhoven, the Netherlands in 1995. His work was centred around electrochemistry and materials, and included topics such as quantum dots, electrodeposition and electrochromism. In 2000 he started working on polymer LEDs, and led the materials and device work from 2003. March 2005 he became head of the department "Photonic materials and devices".

Royal Philips Electronics of the Netherlands is one of the world's biggest electronics companies and Europe's largest, with sales of EUR 30.3 billion in 2004. With activities in the three interlocking domains of healthcare, lifestyle and technology and 161,500 employees in more than 60 countries, it has market leadership positions in medical diagnostic imaging and patient monitoring, color television sets, electric shavers, lighting and silicon system solutions.

Dr. Eric Meulenkamp has worked in various R&D and management roles in the corporate research organization of Philips Electronics, before joining the Philips Lighting Business Centre OLED Lighting in Aachen, Germany, in 2013 as R&D Manager. Since early 2015 he is the General Manager of OLEDWorks GmbH, following the acquisition of the Philips OLED business by OLEDWorks LLC.