What is AMOLED Display?

AMOLED stands for Active Matrix Organic Light Emitting Diode. AMOLED is a OLED (Organic Light Emitting Diode) display technology. OLED is a solid device that consists of thin films. The films contain organic molecules that can produce light when electrified. OLED is used as a screen in a device with higher sharpness levels and relatively low power consumption. AMOLED was released by Samsung, one technology company based in South Korea (Seoul). As one of the largest technology companies in the world, Samsung was the pioneer of AMOLED-based technology in touch screen.

AMOLED is a form of development than the previous display technology, known as Thin Film Transistor (TFT). This technology is the result of a combination of active matrix OLED technology and conventional TFT LCDs. AMOLED is a form of development from ordinary passive OLED display, which can change every pixel with efficiently and directly. AMOLED technology has the function of touch (touchscreen) directly, not through the second layer on top of the screen. The new method is done through the addition of organic sensors on cells of the LEDs. Touch interface is able to increase the thickness of the screen reaches a thousandth of a millimeter, so it will not reduce the sharpness or dim the picture, as if mounted in two panels.

AMOLED screen has a high brightness level in appearance. AMOLED technology packed RGB adjustment feature, which can make a color photo or video is more stable, so it looks brighter and sharper. This technology has a low level of energy consumption, so only consume least power and battery can last long.

This technology can save 40 percent more power than others. Thinness level of the screen reached 0.001 mm. Also the screen is even claimed to be able to produce better black levels than others, although viewed from the sun directly, the display screen and the color still looks bright and clear. AMOLED screen also does not require backlighting which has the ability to regulate how much pixels, with lower power consumption, even in large sizes. In addition, this screen also has a deeper contrast ratio than most other LCD. The uniqueness of the AMOLED screen is a screen form is able to adjust the brightness on the screen automatically. AMOLED is making faster response time when the phone turns on and off.

Thinness and flexibility of materials used in this screen technology making factories can make the screen in varying sizes, from small to gigantic size though. For example, a plasma TV screen size of 150 inches to the size of the smallest on the phone. Also one other advantage of this technology compared to LCD technology is that at this AMOLED technology, to be seen by the human eye does not require additional backlight.