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Development of Samsung's Flexible AMOLED Technology from its Patent Portfolios

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Date: 26-Jan-2016
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After demonstrating its 6.5-inch flexible AMOLED product at FPD for the first time in 2008, Samsung announced plans to mass produce flexible AMOLED panels between 2012 and 2013. The goal was achieved in 2013 as Samsung presented the world’s first mass produced flexible AMOLED panel. However, Samsung’s commercialized flexible panels are only conformable, rather than truly flexible. Apparently, Samsung still needs to overcome several technology challenges. This report analyzes Samsung’s patents for flexible panel technologies with an observation on the company’s development of flexible AMOLED panel technologies in recent years to unveil its AMOLED development focuses and mass production plans.

List of Topics


  • Overview of Samsung's development of smartphones with flexible AMOLED panels, including Galaxy Round, Galaxy Note Edge, and Galaxy S6 Edge

  • Profile of Samsung's patent applications related to flexible AMOLED, touching on total number of applications, major inventors, and classes

  • Analysis of three of Samsung's most important flexible AMOLED patents: US20150048329A1, US20150034935A1, and US20140218321A1


Companies covered


  • Samsung

Development of Samsung's Flexible AMOLED Technology from its Patent Portfolios

Table of Contents

1. Commercialization of Samsung's Flexible AMOLED Products 4

2. Samsung Flexible AMOLED Patents 6
2.1 Sharp Rise in Patent Applications for Flexible Displays Since 2011 6
2.2 High Level of Distribution of Patent Inventors 7
2.3 Growing R&D Workforce for Flexible Displays 8
2.4 Patent Applications Covering a Wider Range of Classes 8

3. Analysis on Samsung's Top Three Flexible AMOLED Technologies by Patent Class 10
3.1 Class 257/040: Organic Semiconductor Material 10
3.2 Class 345/156: Display Peripheral Interface Input Device 12
3.3 Class 345/173: Touch panel 14
Conclusion 16
Increasing Curvature and Product Reliability as Key Technology Issues 16
Creating Added Value with Deformable Features 16
Appendix 17
Patent Search Criteria 17
Samsung's Definition of Flexible Displays and Deformation 17
Glossary of Terms 18
List of Companies 19

List of Tables

Table 1: Claimed Functions of Patent Applications in Class 257/040 12
Table 2: Claimed Functions of Patent Applications in Class 345/156 14

List of Figures

Figure 1: Samsung's Smartphones with Flexible Displays 4
Figure 2: Evolution of Radius of Curvature of Samsung's Flexible AMOLED Displays 5
Figure 3: Number of Samsung's Patent Applications for Flexible Displays 6
Figure 4: Number of Flexible Display Patent Applications Filed by Samsung's Top Ten Inventors 7
Figure 5: Number of Flexible Display Patent Applications Filed by Samsung's Top 20 Inventors by Year 8
Figure 6: Top 20 Classes of Flexible Display Patent Applications Filed by Samsung by Year 9
Figure 7: Top 3 Classes of Samsung's 279 Patent Applications Filed between 2013 and 2014 9
Figure 8: Crack Suppressing Layer Description in Class 257/040 (Application No. US20150048329A1) 10
Figure 9: Dummy Pattern Layer Description in Class 257/040 (Application No. US20150034935A1) 11
Figure 10: Screen Unlock Function Description in Class 345/156 (Application No. US20150034935A1) 13
Figure 11: Data Entry Method Description in Class 345/173 (Application No. US20140218321A1) 15

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