According to a new report, Samsung has decided to make and use its own photomasks in order to increase the competitive edge of its OLED products. Even though the company's primary goal is to develop preceding technologies and use photomasks for the purpose of research and development, many believe that Samsung Display will ramp up the number of photomasks it produces in the future.
Samsung Display is believed to have finished making prototypes of photomasks for displays and even started production on a small scale. Photomasks are required in the designing of circuits during the production of displays and semiconductors, it's produced by carving a clean disk with electronic circuits after putting it into a stepper. It's only when light is penetrated through the photomask that's placed on top of a display board or semiconductor wafer that the pattern of electronic circuits is formed. Having the ability to mass produce your own photomasks gives a company like Samsung Display the ability to optimize technologies on photomasks and related processes. This will ultimately help the company increase its competitive edge in markets for small and medium OLED products.
