Samsung Display unveils touch-enabled OLED laptop PC screen
Ji-Eun Jeong
Jan 25, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
A South Korean company has developed an OLED laptop PC display with a touch function like a smartphone screen without needing a separate film attachment, with notebook PCs using this breakthrough set for release next month.
Samsung Display on Tuesday said it developed the world's first "large-size touch-integrated OLED" and will start full-scale production this month. This screen does not require a touch screen panel, or a separate film that recognizes touch, attached to the display surface.
"The new product uses no plastic touch film or adhesive," a company source said. "The simplified panel structure reduces thickness and weight and is eco-friendly."
Touch film accounts for 6%-11% of a display's thickness and thinning the latter improves the design scalability and portability of a laptop PC. Displays using this technology will be installed in select models of Samsung Electronics' next-generation Galaxy Book notebook PC series set for release next month.
In 2010, Samsung Display developed the world's first touch-integrated OLED technology. The use of technology applied to smartphones has been applied to OLED screens on laptop PCs. Implementing touch technology for a larger display is highly difficult because the number of touch sensors required rises with growth in the display area.
In 2010, Samsung Display developed the world's first touch-integrated OLED technology. The use of technology applied to smartphones has been applied to OLED screens on laptop PCs. Implementing touch technology for a larger display is highly difficult because the number of touch sensors required rises with growth in the display area.
"We achieved a natural and soft touch even in a large area thanks to our development of new materials and process technology,," said Lee Ho-jung, head of the Product Planning Team at Samsung Display's Small and Medium-sized Display Division.
Display pundits forecast that this product will quickly penetrate the market.
"Consumers nowadays want an ultra-high-definition display with the same convenient operation as a smartphone to realistically enjoy movies and games," an industry source said. "Touch-integrated OLED screen notebook PCs will become a mainstream item on the high-end product market."