Smartkem, which is seeking to change the world of electronics with a new class of transistor technology, today announced that it has received a UK patent for a new method for MicroLED display manufacturing, adding to its extensive IP portfolio. The new patent covers the patterning of an organic thin-film transistor (OTFT) backplane on top of, and selective removal of MicroLEDs from, a source wafer. Smartkem Chairman and CEO, Ian Jenks, comments, "Smartkem has a robust IP portfolio with 140 granted patents across 17 patent families, as well as 40 codified t...

Smartkem, which is seeking to change the world of electronics with a new class of transistor technology, will be exhibiting at Display Week 2025 a demonstration of a MicroLED Smart Backlight that has the potential to drive a new generation of Liquid Crystal Displays (LCDs) that could transform display technology in the automotive industry. Smartkem's Chairman and CEO Ian Jenks will be giving a presentation titled "Changing the World of Electronics: Unveiling a Breakthrough in Transistor Technology for the Future of MicroLED Displays" whic...

Smartkem, which is seeking to change the world of electronics using its disruptive organic thin-film transistors (OTFTs), announced that it has completed the first sale of its TRUFLEX® semiconductor materials to its joint development partner, Shanghai Chip Foundation Semiconductor Technology Co., Ltd. ("Chip Foundation"), a manufacturer of semiconductor and integrated circuit devices, for use by Chip Foundation in the co-development of a new generation of microLED-based backlight technology for Liquid Crystal Displays. Smartkem Chairman and CE...

MANCHESTER, England, Nov. 25, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Smartkem (NASDAQ: SMTK), positioned to power the next generation of displays using its disruptive organic thin-film transistors (OTFTs), has partnered with AUO, the largest display manufacturer in Taiwan, to jointly develop the world's first advanced rollable, transparent microLED display using Smartkem's technology. "We believe that collaborating with global display industry leader AUO to develop a novel microLED display puts Smartkem's technology on the frontier of microL...

MANCHESTER, England, Sept. 10, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Smartkem (Nasdaq: SMTK), a company that has the potential to power the next generation of displays using its disruptive organic thin-film transistors (OTFTs), today announced that it has entered into a joint development agreement with Shanghai Chip Foundation Semiconductor Technology Co., Ltd. ("Chip Foundation"), a manufacturer of semiconductor and integrated circuit devices, to co-develop a new generation of microLED-based backlight technology for Liquid Crystal Displays. The joint dev...

Smartkem, a company that makes semiconductor polymer transistors, has just debuted its first demo of a microLED display using its proprietary OTFT materials at Display Week 2024 in San Jose. Evident from the exhibitors at Display Week 2024 is that they recognise the inherent advantages and inevitability of microLED display mass adoption – high durability, extremely strong brightness, a de-coupled production process and high aperture ratio – all of which Smartkem’s OTFT technology can deliver at a much lower cost due to its low temperature processin...