List of flat panel display manufacturers
Introduction Flat-panel displays are thin panels of glass or plastic used for electronically displaying text, images, or video. Liquid crystal displays (LCD), OLED (organic light emitting diode) and microLED displays are not quite the same; since LCD uses a liquid crystal that reacts to an electric current blocking light or allowing it to pass through the panel, whereas OLED/microLED displays consist of electroluminescent organic/inorganic materials that generate light when a current is passed through the material. LCD, OLED and microLED displays are driven using LTPS, IGZO, LTPO, and A-Si TFT transistor technologies as their backplane using ITO to supply current to the transistors and in turn to the liquid crystal or electroluminescent material. Segment and passive OLED and LC displays (LCDs) do not use a backplane but use indium tin oxide (ITO), a transparent conductive material, to pass current to the electroluminescent material or liquid crystal. In LCDs, there is an even layer of liquid crystal throughout the panel whereas an OLED display has the electroluminescent material only where it is meant to light up. OLEDs, LCDs and microLEDs can be made flexible and transparent, but LCDs require a backlight because they cannot emit light on their own like OLEDs and microLEDs.
LCD panel manufacturers Liquid-crystal display (or LCD) is a thin, flat panel used for electronically displaying information such as text, images, and moving pictures. They are usually made of glass but they can also be made out of plastic. Some manufacturers make transparent LCD panels and special sequential color segment LCDs that have higher than usual refresh rates and an RGB backlight. The backlight is synchronized with the display so that the colors will show up as needed. The list of LCD manufacturers:* AU Optronics* BOE (bought Hydis)* Casio (former)* ChiMei former, merged with Innolux)* Chunghwa Picture Tubes* East Rising* Topfoison* Giantplus technology* HannStar Display Corporation* HEM*/ Microtips Technology* Hitachi (former, merged with Japan Display alongside Sony and Toshiba)* HKC* InnoLux Corporation* Japan Display* Karson Ho -SHENZHEN GUOJIA* Kyocera* LG Display* LXD Incorporated* Maclight Display* Mitsubishi Electric* NEC Display Solutions (former, now Tianma)* New Vision Display* Newhaven Display*/ Orient Display* PalmTech* Panasonic Corporation (former)* Pioneer* Planar Systems (former)* Powertip Technology Corporation* Samsung Display (former, formerly / S-LCD, a then-joint venture between Samsung Electronics and Sony which Samsung Electronics subsequently bought out Sony's share)*/ Sakai display products (joint venture between Foxconn and Sharp Corporation)* Sharp Corporation* Sony (former, merged into Japan Display)* TCL (as CSOT)* Tianma* Toshiba (former, merged into Japan Display) * Toshiba Matsushita Display Technology (Dissolved in 2009, bought by Toshiba)* TOPWAY Display* Truly Semiconductors* Videocon* Winstar display* Yes Optoelectronics
OLED panel manufacturers Organic light emitting diode (or OLED displays) is a thin, flat panel made of glass or plastic used for electronically displaying information such as text, images, and moving pictures. OLED panels can also take the shape of a light panel, where red, green and blue light emitting materials are stacked to create a white light panel. OLED displays can also be made transparent and/or flexible and these transparent panels are available on the market and are widely used in smartphones with under-display optical fingerprint sensors. LCD and OLED displays are available in different shapes, the most prominent of which is a circular display, which is used in smartwatches. The list of OLED display manufacturers:* AU Optronics* BOE* China Star Optoelectronics Technology (CSOT)* Chunghwa Picture Tubes* EverDisplay Optronics* Futaba Corporation (former TDK)* InnoLux Corporation* LG Display* JOLED* Kyocera* LXD Incorporated* Newhaven Display* Pioneer Corporation* Planar Systems* Royole* Ritek (RiT Display)* Samsung Display* Sony* Sharp Corporation* Tianma* Truly Semiconductors* Visionox* WisechipBelow are some manufacturers that make OLED light panels:* LG Display* Lumiotec* OLEDworks* Osram* Panasonic (former)* Philips* Pioneer (former)
MicroLED panel manufacturers MicroLED displays is an emerging flat-panel display technology consisting of arrays of microscopic LEDs forming the individual pixel elements. Like OLED, microLED offers infinite contrast ratio, but unlike OLED, microLED is immune to screen burn-in, and consumes less power while having higher light output, as it uses LEDs instead of organic electroluminescent materials, The list of MicroLED display manufacturers:* Samsung* Sony* Konka* BOE Technology*/Leyard-Epistar Joint venture Sony produces and sells commercial MicroLED displays called CLEDIS (Crystal-LED Integrated Displays, also called Canvas-LED) in small quantities. Samsung sells a luxury and commercial product called "The Wall", which consists of several microLED display modules tiled together, like in most video walls.Below are some manufacturers that make MicroLED light panels:* Ostendo Technologies, Inc.* Luumii* Plessey Semiconductors Ltd
LCD panel fabrication plants This list lists current LCD fabrication facilities, former facilities are below this first table.LCDs are made in a glass substrate. For OLED, the substrate can also be plastic. The size of the substrates are specified in generations, with each generation using a larger substrate. For example, a 4th generation substrate is larger in size than a 3rd generation substrate. A larger substrate allows for more panels to be cut from a single substrate, or for larger panels to be made, akin to increasing wafer sizes in the semiconductor industry.Panel Inputs per month is how many substrates can a plant process per month.===Open=== Company Plant name Plant location Plant cost (in US$ billions) Started production Substrate panel size (in generations) Process technology (TFT, IPS, LTPS, IGZO, etc.) Panel inputs per monthSharpTaki MieJapan1995SharpKameyamaJapan2004gen 6, gen 8SharpSakaiJapan2016gen 1072,000AU OptronicsLongtanTaiwan2001, 2003, 2004gen 4, gen 5AU OptronicsLongkeTaiwan2005gen 6AU OptronicsGuishanTaiwan2001, 2003gen 3.5, gen 5Japan Display, JOLED, former PanasonicMobaraJapan, Mobara2006TFT Japan DisplayKaoshiungTaiwanIPSJapan DisplayTottoriJapanIPSJapan DisplayHigashiuraJapanIPSJapan DisplayIshikawaJapan 1.5 2016 IPSBOEHefeiChina6.952018gen 10.5TFT120,000BOEHefeiChinagen 8.5TFTBOEHefeiChinagen 6TFTBOEBeijingChinagen 5TFTBOEOrdosChinagen 5.5LTPSBOEBeijingChinagen 8.5TFTBOEChengduChinagen 4.5TFTBOEFuzhouChinagen 8.5TFTBOEChongqingChinagen 8.5TFTBOEFuqinChinagen 8.5TFTTCLShenzhenChina92019(planned)gen 11TFT, IGZO90,000TCLgen 8.5TFTTCLgen 6TFTMYIR Tech LimitedShenzhen, China2019TFTLG DisplaySouth Koreagen 10.5Chunghwa Picture TubesLongtanTaiwan2002gen 4.5, gen 6gen 4.5: 180,000, gen 6: 90,000Chunghwa Picture TubesYammeTaiwangen 4.5, gen 6Giantplus TechnologyBade PlantTaiwangen 3Giantplus TechnologyHsinchu PlantTaiwangen 3.5Giantplus TechnologyKunshan Giantplus Optronics Display Technology Co., LtdChinaGiantplus TechnologyShenzhen Giantplus Optoelectronics Display Co., Ltd.ChinaHannStar Display CorporationNanjing Hannstar PlantTaiwanHannStar Display CorporationNanjing Hannspree PlantTaiwanHKCChina1.72017gen 8.6a-Si70,000InnoLux CorporationTaiwanSakai Display ProductsJapan2009gen 1072,000China Star Optoelectronics Technology (CSOT, also known as Shenzhen Huaxing Photoelectric Technology)Chinagen 10.5China Star Optoelectronics TechnologyChina3.52010TFT140,000China Star Optoelectronics TechnologyChina3.52015a-Si TFT100,000China Star Optoelectronics Technologyg11 project, t7China6.52019gen 10.5 (gen 11)a-Si TFT90,000China Star Optoelectronics Technologyt6China7.252019gen 10.5 (gen 11)a-Si TFT90,000WinstarTaiwan===Former=== Company Plant name Plant location Plant cost (in US$ billions) Started production Substrate panel size (in generations) Process technology (TFT, IPS, LTPS, IGZO, etc.) Panel inputs per month Ceased ProductionSamsung, former S-LCDAsanSouth Korea2005, 2007gen 7, gen 8362,000Late 2016, turned into amoled productionChunghwa Picture TubesTaoyuanTaiwan1973 (as CRT display factory), 1995 (gen 3), 1997 (gen 4)gen 3, gen 4TFTgen 3: 40,000, gen4: 72,6002015, sold to giantplus and tce photomasks, gen 3 still operated by giantplus, gen 4 line sold to giantplus, equipment sold and line demolished, remainder operated by tcePanasonicHimejiJapan, Himeji2010gen 8TFT2017, now makes Li-ion batteries
OLED fabrication plants Only actual plants are listed, former plants should be placed on a table below this one. Company Plant name Plant location Plant cost (in US$ billions) Started production Substate panel size (in generations) Process technology (TFT, LTPS, IGZO, LTPO, etc.) Panel inputs per monthAU OptronicsSingaporeSingapore2013gen 4.5Royolequasi-G6 mass production campusChina, Shenzhen2018gen 6SamsungGiheungSouth Korea, Gyeonggi-do, YonginSamsungChungcheongnamdo, CheonanSouth KoreaSamsungSamsung Display VietnamVietnamSamsungSamsung Display Tianjin (SDT)China, TianjinSamsungSamsung Display Dongguan (SDD)China, GuangdongSamsungSamsung Suzhou LCD (SSL), Module (SSM)China, Jiangsu Province, Suzhou Industry Park, Fengli StreetSamsungSouth Korea, Asan2018 (planned)SamsungA3South Korea, Asan?135,000SamsungA5South Korea, Cheonan?180,000–270,000SamsungA4South Korea, Asan?45,000 (planned, by the end of 2018)SamsungA1South Korea, Asan55,000SamsungA2South Korea, Asan180,000SamsungSouth Chungcheong siteSouth Korea, South Chungcheong12.6Japan DisplayHakusanJapan Sony Higashiura Japan, AichiLG DisplayPaju Display ClusterSouth Korea, Paju-si, Gyeonggi-do6.9200470,000LG DisplayP9LG DisplayE61.782013gen 6LG DisplayE22013gen 4.5LG DisplayP108.712018 (planned)gen 6LG DisplayE5South Korea, Gumi2013gen 67,500LG DisplayGuangzhouChina, Guangzhou4.22019gen 8.560,000OLEDWorksUSA, NY, RochesterOLEDWorksGermany, AachenWisechip SemiconductorTaiwan, Hsinchu2008TCLChina, Shenzhen90,000TCLChinaBOEOrdosChina, Ordosgen 5.5BOEChengduChina, Chengdu2018gen 6BOESichuanChina, SichuanBOEHefeiChina, Hefeigen 8BOEMianyangChina, Mianyanggen 6BOEChongqingChina$1.5gen 8China Star Optoelectronics Technology (CSOT, also known as Shenzhen Huaxing Photoelectric Technology)WuhanChina$5.08gen 6LTPS AMOLED45,000China Star Optoelectronics Technology (CSOT)ShenzhenChina$6.72021 (planned)gen 11Truly SemiconductorsTruly Industrial AreaChinaJOLEDJapan, Nomigen 4.5Printed OLEDJOLEDJapan, Nomigen 5.5Printed OLEDEverDisplay OptronicsChina2014gen 4.520,000EverDisplay OptronicsShanghaiChina$4.12018gen 630,000TianmaChinagen 5.5TianmaWuhanChina2017gen 6TianmaXiamenChinagen 630,000VisionoxHebeiChina$4.52018gen 630,000VisionoxGuangzhouChina$6.3gen 630,000
MicroLED fabrication plants Only actual plants are listed, former plants should be placed on a table below this one. Company Plant name Plant location Plant cost (in US$ billions) Started production Substrate panel size (in generations) Process technology (TFT, LTPS, IGZO, LTPO, etc.) Panel inputs per monthLuumiiSuzhouSuzhou, China201940,000 (increasing to 100,000 by the end of 2019)Leyard-EpistarWuxi, China0.1432023(under construction)Plessey Semiconductors LtdPlessey Semiconductors LtdRoborough, Plymouth, United Kingdom2018
See also *Liquid-crystal display (LCD)**TFT LCD**LED-backlit Display**Mini LED Display*Organic Light-Emitting Diode (OLED)**AMOLED*MicroLED
References
External links *   Animated tutorial of LCD technology by 3M*  History and Physical Properties of Liquid Crystals by Nobelprize.org*  Introduction to liquid crystals from the Liquid Crystal Technology Group, Oxford University*  electrical control panel manufacturer