OLEDn.
/ˌəʊɛliːˈdiː/, /ˈəʊlɛd/, U.S. /ˌoʊˌɛlˌiˈdi/, /ˈoʊlɛd/ A light-emitting diode containing thin flexible sheets of an organic electroluminescent material, used for electronic visual displays.
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crystal rectifier1907
diode1919
varistor1937
photodiode1945
crystal diode1946
junction rectifier1951
junction diode1952
Zener diode1952
Zener1958
tunnel diode1959
light-emitting diode1962
Shockley diode1962
LED1968
Schottky diode1968
OLED1996
1996 Science 16 Aug. 886/1 Although the hermeticity requirement may be greater for organic LEDs (OLEDs), most other systems, including liquid crystals, require similar sealing.
1999 Light & Lighting Dec. 6/3 Osram is also ploughing r&d monies into organic LEDs, or OLEDs. These light-emitting plastic layers have a thickness of less than a micrometer.
2001 U.S. News & World Rep. 24 Dec. 56/1 This month Kodak and Sanyo Electric Co. announced a $350 million joint venture to make OLED products.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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