Emerging Display

Touch panel technology captures the imagination, allowing the user to create customized and interactive experiences with the screen. Applied Materials technologies are increasing access and the diversity of applications to this technology.

Applied Materials Roll-to-Roll substrate manufacturing equipment provides customers with a high-performance, thin-film deposition technology that can be used with a wide range of substrates – from metal foils to thin plastics. Its ultra-high productivity addresses large-scale manufacturing needs, while delivering lightweight durable coated substrates customized to fit a variety of emerging applications.

Applied Materials offers systems for manufacturing high performance active matrix OLED and TFT-LCD displays used in the most advanced mobile devices.

Applied Materials is also exploring other potential uses for its OLED technology, especially for lighting applications. Lighting is one of the most inefficient forms of electricity used in the world today. A typical incandescent lamp uses less than 10 percent of the energy it consumes to produce light, and compact fluorescent lamps waste 75 percent of the energy consumed. OLEDs can be made on a number of substrates including flexible materials and generate light up to 10 times more efficiently than conventional bulbs.