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Samsung Display

Samsung Display is a science topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Samsung Display rather than just read about it. In short: Samsung Display Co., Ltd. (Korean: 삼성디스플레이) is a manufacturer of OLED and QD-OLED panels, and former manufacturer of liquid crystal displays (LCDs).

Key takeaways

Samsung Display belongs to science; place it in that map before memorising details.
Learn the definition first, then one example that makes the definition concrete.
Connect Samsung Display to a quantity you can measure, compute or draw — that is where exam questions come from.
Reproduce the core statement of Samsung Display from memory before moving on to harder problems.

Reference excerpt

Samsung Display Co., Ltd. (Korean: 삼성디스플레이) is a manufacturer of OLED and QD-OLED panels, and former manufacturer of liquid crystal displays (LCDs). Display markets include smartphones, TVs, laptops, computer monitors, smartwatches, virtual reality, handheld game consoles, and automotive applications. Headquartered in South Korea, Samsung Display has production plants in China, Vietnam, and India, and operates sales offices in six countries. Samsung Display enabled the first mass-production of OLED and quantum dot displays and aims to develop next-generation technology such as slidable, rollable and stretchable panels. The company was established as S-LCD Corporation in April 2004 in Chungcheongnam-do as a joint venture between Samsung Electronics (51% share) and Sony Corporation (49% share) to manufacture amorphous TFT LCD panels. As of April 2008 the company reported a monthly production capacity of 150,000 LCD panels, including 50,000 based on PVA technology, which were integrated into both Samsung and Sony LCD televisions. S-LCD originally had production facilities in both Japan and South Korea. Samsung later acquired all of Sony's shares in S-LCD in January 2012. Samsung Display Corporation was established on April 1, 2012. The company launched on July 1 by merging S-LCD Corporation and Samsung Mobile Display (Samsung's OLED manufacturing division), becoming the world's largest display company. Samsung Display ended its manufacturing of LCD panels in June 2022, becoming a manufacturer of solely OLED panels. As of 2025, Samsung Display held 68 million shares in Corning Inc., resulting from its CRT glass joint venture with the company in the past.

History timeline January 1991: Samsung Electronics launched TFT-LCD business. February 1995: Operated TFT-LCD line for the first time domestically November 2003: Invested for 4.5 generation AMOLED mass-production for the first time in the world July 2004: A joint venture S-LCD Corporation between Samsung Electronics and Sony Corporation was established. April 2005: S-LCD begins shipment of seventh-generation TFT LCD panels for LCD TVs. August 2007: S-LCD begins shipment of eighth-generation TFT LCD panels for LCD TVs. October 2007: Started to mass produce AMOLED for the first time in the world March 2009: Exceed production of AMOLED one million monthly December 26, 2011: The company's partners announce that Samsung will acquire Sony's entire stake in the joint venture, making S-LCD Corporation a wholly owned subsidiary of Samsung Electronics. January 19, 2012: Acquisition of Sony's shares completed for 1.07 trillion Korean won (72 billion Japanese yen) in cash. July 1, 2012: S-LCD and Samsung Mobile Display merge to create Samsung Display. August 2014: Samsung Display mass-produced the world’s first curved edge display panel, featured in the Galaxy Note Edge. September 2015: Mass-produced circular OLED for smartwatches July 2016: World’s first mass-production of embedded Y-OCTA April 2019: Samsung Display mass-produced and commercialized foldable displays. April 2021: Samsung Display's LCD factory in Suzhou, China, is sold to TCL Technology's China Star Optoelectronics Technology. November 2021: Samsung Display started to produce QD-OLED displays. January 4, 2022: Sony announces its A95K television that uses Samsung Display's QD-OLED panels. March 17, 2022: Samsung Electronics announces its S95B television that uses Samsung Display's QD-OLED panels. June 2022: Samsung Display terminates its LCD business. Samsung Display sold its LCD patents to TCL Technology's China Star Optoelectronics Technology.

Corporate governance As of September 2022.

Company agent

CEO Chung Yi (이청)

References

External links Official website

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Samsung Display

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Samsung Display claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In science, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Samsung Display before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Samsung Display ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Samsung Display

In research: Samsung Display appears in science research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Samsung Display in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Samsung Display is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics Display technology companies, Electronics companies of South Korea, Samsung subsidiaries, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Samsung Display outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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How to study Samsung Display in 20 minutes

Read the reference excerpt below once, without taking notes.
Close the page and write down what Samsung Display means in your own words.
Compare your version with the excerpt and mark what you missed.
Work through the three examples above with pen and paper.
Explain Samsung Display out loud to somebody else — or to Teacher Smith in the lgStudy chat.

Frequently asked questions

What is Samsung Display in simple terms?

Samsung Display Co., Ltd. (Korean: 삼성디스플레이) is a manufacturer of OLED and QD-OLED panels, and former manufacturer of liquid crystal displays (LCDs).

Why does Samsung Display matter?

Because it connects several science ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study Samsung Display?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

What does this page cover?

It gives you a compact reference excerpt plus original lgStudy explanations, examples, applications and study material on Samsung Display.