# LG Display unveils FLiPP, achieving dream next-generation OLED

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- Published: 2026-08-19T08:00:00+07:00
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SEOUL, South Korea, Aug. 19, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — LG Display, the world’s leading
innovator of display technologies, announced today that it has successfully developed
a dream OLED patterning method that is free from the conventional fine metal mask(
FMM) process, using its own proprietary technology. Its groundbreaking FMM-less 
method delivers much greater flexibility in mass production as well as brighter 
panels with longer lifespan and lower power consumption.

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LG Display unveils FLiPP, achieving dream next-generation OLED

The company will unveil FLiPP (FMM-Less innovative Pixel Patterning) for the first
time in the world at the International Meeting on Information Display (IMID) 2026
in Busan, where LG Display will host a dedicated exhibition hall for three days 
from Aug. 19.

Compared with panels produced using FMMs under identical conditions, FLiPP enables
displays to increase brightness by 1.6 times, extend lifespan by 2.4 times, and 
reduce power consumption by 13%. This is because FLiPP improves the aperture ratio—
the proportion of the total display area occupied by RGB pixels — by approximately
55%.

The FMM method adds to manufacturing costs as expensive new FMMs must be produced
whenever the panel size or resolution changes. In addition, due to the inherent 
properties of metal, large masks tend to sag in the center under their own weight,
causing misalignment and sometimes resulting in color-mixing defects.

FLiPP eliminates the disadvantages associated with the metal plates used in the 
FMM process that has been the mainstream OLED manufacturing method for over a decade.
The FMM process requires large mother glass substrates, such as 8.6^(th)-generation
or other 8^(th)-generation (2,200 × 2,500 mm) substrates, to be divided and processed
as half-cut substrates due to the limited size of FMM sticks.

After a year of concentrated R&D, LG Display came up with FLiPP as a new OLED manufacturing
paradigm. Unlike the FMM method, which may be compared to a stencil art technique
where red, green, and blue (RGB) organic materials are evaporated through tiny holes
in metal plates, FLiPP coats RGB pixels in order, secures them in precise positions,
and incorporates photolithography — employing precision UV light etching to erase
unnecessary areas during OLED pixel patterning.

Leveraging its existing large-sized Tandem WOLED production infrastructure and technical
expertise, FLiPP has allowed LG Display to become the first display company to manufacture
FMM-less OLEDs using 8.5^(th)-generation mother glass as a single whole piece. Compared
to the production of OLED laptop panels of the same size made using FMMs or other
FMM-less methods that require divided substrates, FLiPP delivers up to 64% higher
mother glass utilization efficiency. As a result, less substrate material is wasted
and FLiPP directly translates into higher productivity and lower manufacturing costs.

As the world’s only FMM-less manufacturing process for 8.5^(th)-generation OLED 
panels, LG Display has filed trademark applications for FLiPP in Korea and key global
markets.

The company is strengthening its OLED technology leadership by combining RGB OLED,
widely regarded as the most advanced OLED technology available today, with FLiPP,
its next-generation innovative manufacturing process, to maximize production flexibility
and efficiency.

One of FLiPP’s greatest advantages is that it is free from panel size and resolution
constraints. In theory, it can be used to produce displays ranging from 1 inch to
100 inches and can be applied not only to conventional panels but also to VR and
AR displays, making it a virtually universal, "ultimate technology."

Starting with IT applications such as tablets and monitors, it will expand its range
of FLiPP-manufactured panels to cover a range of products from 1-inch wearable devices
to ultra-large TVs — tailoring products to customer needs.

"We were able to successfully realize FLiPP, a next-generation OLED patterning technology
referred to as a ‘dream technology,’ by bringing together our proprietary WOLED 
technologies and know-how," said Choi Young-seok, CTO at LG Display. "Through our
participation in IMID, we will lead next-generation OLED technologies and accelerate
market differentiation."

Meanwhile, LG Display’s next-generation OLED TV panel driving technology, Hyper 
Double Scanning (HDS), has been recognized for its technological excellence by winning
the IMID "Display of the Year Award." The award is presented to the most outstanding
product among those commercialized each year. LG Display is currently mass-producing
its entire lineup of OLED TV panels with HDS and plans to continue leading the global
premium TV panel market. 

**About LG Display**

LG Display Co., Ltd. [NYSE: LPL, KRX: 034220] is the world’s leading innovator of
display technologies, including thin-film transistor liquid crystal and OLED displays.
The company manufactures display panels in a broad range of sizes and specifications
primarily for use in TVs, notebook computers, desktop monitors, automobiles, and
various other applications, including tablets and mobile devices. LG Display currently
operates manufacturing facilities in Korea and China, and back-end assembly facilities
in Korea, China, and Vietnam. The company has approximately 53,049 employees operating
worldwide. For more news and information about LG Display, please visit[ ](http://www.lgdisplay.com/)
[www.lgdisplay.com](http://www.lgdisplay.com/).

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