OLED Microdisplays: learn more and find a supplier!
OLED is a next-generation display technology that is replacing LCD displays in several markets, such as small displays for mobile applications, TVs and microdisplays. OLEDs are made from thin films of organic light emitting materials that emit light when electricity is applied. OLEDs have a much simpler structure compared to LCDs and have several advantages over the incumbent technology.
OLED microdisplays
OLED microdisplays are considered to be the current state-of-the-art near-eye display technology. OLEDs offer many advantages over competing technologies:
- No backlight - a direct emissive display with high contrast and a wide color gamut
- Fast refresh rate
- Low power consumption (this depends on the image shown)
- Wide operation temperature range
OLEDs do suffer from lower lifetime, limited market capacity, high price. Many believe that microLEDs will offer the ultimate solution for microdisplays, with their inherent high brightness and efficiency, but these displays are not commercial yet.
The OLED Microdisplay industry
Several companies in the US, Europe and Asia are producing OLED microdisplays - including eMagin (acquired by Samsung in 2023), Sony, OLiGHTEK, Kopin, BOE and SeeYa. In addition, Samsung and LG are both gearing up towards OLED microdisplay production.
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Seeya starts listing at the STAR stock exchange, shares jump over 100% in first day of trading
OLED microdisplay developer Seeya Technology has successfully went public today, in an IPO at the Shanghai STAR Stock Exchange (ticker: 688781). The stock performed very well on the first day of trading, and jumped 102.82% to 46 RMB per share. Seeya filed for its IPO back in June 2025.
Seeya Technology was established in 2016, and is the first of the new range of OLED microdisplay companies in China that managed to achieve mass production of high-quality OLED microdisplays.
Sunic System to expand its OLED and perovskite equipment production plant, anticipates growing demand
Sunic System announced plans to expand its production capacity at its Plant B at the Pyeongtaek Brain City industrial complex, as it gets ready for increased orders for 8.6-Gen OLED production units, OLED microdisplay production systems - and perovskite solar panel deposition systems.
Sunic says that it will invest 15.2 billion Won (just over $10 million USD) in the new expansion project. This is in addition to its already announced plans to invest 19 billion Won ($12.5 million USD) to expand its capacity at its Plant A at in the same industrial complex.
You can now find microLED microdisplays at the OLED Marketplace
We are happy to announce that our popular OLED Marketplace is now offering microLED microdisplays. MicroLEDs, while still at an early technology and industry stage, offer extremely high brightness, which is useful for AR applications, and are now entering the market.
The first microLED that is on offer is a 0.12" VGA ultra-high-brightness monochrome display. It is available as either a display panel, or a complete display engine with optics (see image above).
Omdia details Meta's and Apple's VR and AR plans, sees dramatic growth in OLED microdisplay shipments
The Fraunhofer IPMS developed a 35,000 nits red OLED microdisplay
Researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Photonic Microsystems IPMS have developed a monochrome red OLED microdisplay that achieves an ultra-high brightness (35,000 nits) while still being highly efficient.
The microdisplay (that offers a resolution of 320x240), like all of the Fraunhofer IPMS' microdisplays, is based on standard CMOS semiconductor processes, with a silicon backplane. The researchers say that their ultra-low-power technology means that only the necessary pixels are changed for the next image instead of updating the entire image, which improves the efficiency dramatically. saves a tremendous amount of power.
Lumicore starts to construct a $390 million 12-inch OLED microdisplay fab in Nanjing
OLED microdisplay developer Lumicore announced that it has started to construct a 12-inch OLED microdisplay fab, in the Nanjing Jiangning Development Zone.
Total investment in the new will reach around 1.2 billion Yuan (around $390 million USD), and the project is scheduled to be ready by 2027 (to initiate early production). Lumicore says that at full capacity, the new fab will produce 60,000 12-inch wafers each month, equivalent to an annual production of approximately 80 million 0.13-inch microdisplays, or 4 million 1.32-inch microdisplays.
BCDTek progresses with the construction of its $140 million K3 OLED module line in Fengcheng
BCDTek says that it has successfully installed the first production equipment at its upcoming K3 OLED module production line in Fengcheng, Jiangxi Province. BCDTEK is now starting trail production at the K3 line, and will hopefully ramp up production in the near future.
The K3 line produces two kinds of OLED modules - flexible AMOLED displays for consumer electronics and automotive applications, and OLED microdisplays for VR/AR applications.
Sidtek completes the construction of the main building in its upcoming 12-inch OLED microdisplay fab in Miangyang
Sidtek held a ceremony yesterday, marking the topping-out of the main building in its upcoming 12-inch OLED microdisplay production hub in Mianyang, China.
Sidtek's new production fab will have a total construction area of about 60,000 sqm (this is likely to be just the first phase), and cover an area of 125 acres. Sidtek hopes to start producing the first panels by the end of 2026, and achieve early mass production in Q2 2027.
Seeya clears its last IPO hurdle, is now ready to go public soon
OLED microdisplay developer Seeya Technology is set to IPO soon at the Shanghai Stock Exchange, with plans to raise $285 million USD. The company filed for an IPO back in June 2025, and on December 24 it has successfully cleared the last review. The company is likely to IPO early in 2026.
Seeya Technology was established in 2016, and is the first of the new range of OLED microdisplay companies in China that managed to achieve mass production of high-quality OLED microdisplays. In April 2024, Seeya announced that it is starting to build its second OLED microdisplay production line, in Shanghai. The cost of the fab, which will have a monthly capacity of 9,000 300 mm substrates, is expected to reach 2 billion Yuan (around $275 million USD).
INT Tech developed a 100,000 nits full-color native RGB OLED microdisplay
Taiwan-based OLED microdisplay developer INT-Tech announced that it has developed a native RGB (direct-emission) OLED microdisplay, that achieves up to 100,000 nits of brightness, breaking its own record of a 60,000 nits microdisplay unveiled in April 2025.
INT Tech says that beyond this record-setting brightness (which is around 10X brighter compared to any commercial OLED microdisplay today), the new display offers excellent white balance, color gamut and power efficiency. We detail the technology and display specification below.