Philips unveils first mains-powered white-light OLED module

Philips unveils first mains-powered white-light OLED module September 08, 2010

Philips unveils first mains-powered white-light OLED module Scientists from Philips Research have developed what they claim to be the first-ever organic light emitting diode (OLED) module that can be powered directly from a mains electricity supply. The prototype opens the door to OLED systems that can be directly plugged into standard power outlets without the need for bulky power management circuitry.

This will reduce the bill of materials and simplify luminaire design for future OLED-based systems aimed at mass-market general illumination applications.

OLEDs offer a completely new vision of lighting. Like LEDs, OLEDs are solid-state lighting devices that are extremely efficient light emitters ? thus helping reduce the financial and environmental costs of lighting. Next to LEDs offering very high brightness in a compact shape, OLEDs emit light over an extended area. The illumination they produce is ?calm?, glowing and diffuse, and non-glaring. The thin, flat nature of OLEDs makes it possible to create light sources of a wide variety of shapes and sizes.

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Philips Research have developed what they

be powered directly from a mains

directly plugged into standard power

OLED-based systems aimed at mass-market

solid-state lighting devices that are extremely

environmental costs of lighting. Next to LEDs offering

area. The illumination they produce is

OLEDs makes it possible to create light sources

They still have lifetime issues?

Tad expensive yet:

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Nice though, glowing patterns.

Grant.

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