Lee Cheong, Samsung Display Vice President, Receives 'SID 2024' Service Award

'Special Recognition Award' Winner
Recognized for Development of High-Resolution OLED and Low-Power HOP Technology

Samsung Display announced on the 13th that Lee Cheong, Vice President and Head of the Small and Medium Display Division, has been selected as a recipient of the '2024 Special Recognition Award' presented by the Society for Information Display (SID).

The 'Special Recognition Award' is a commendation established in 1972 by SID to honor experts who have contributed to the advancement of display technology and the industry. Unlike other individual awards given by SID, this award can be received even by non-members. This year, a total of six recipients, including Vice President Lee Cheong, were selected for the 'Special Recognition Award.'

Lee Cheong, Vice President of Samsung Display, selected as the recipient of the SID Service Award.
[Photo by Samsung Display]

SID stated the reason for selecting Vice President Lee Cheong as an awardee was "his significant contributions to the development of high-resolution organic light-emitting diode (OLED) displays and 'HOP (Hybrid Oxide Poly-silicon)' technology, as well as his pivotal role in the premium OLED display sector."

HOP technology is a low-temperature polycrystalline oxide (LTPO) thin-film transistor (TFT) technology developed by Samsung Display that combines conventional low-temperature polysilicon (LTPS) and oxide semiconductors to greatly improve power efficiency, and it is applied in premium smartphone products.

Vice President Lee Cheong holds a Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from POSTECH and joined Samsung in 1992. At the end of 2012, he was promoted to an executive in panel development and contributed to the development of the Galaxy S series and flexible OLEDs. He also served as the head of the development PA (Process Architecture) team in 2016, contributing to the world's first development of the HIAA (Hole In Active Area) process, as well as the development of foldable OLEDs and UHD high-resolution laptops. Subsequently, he served as the Module Center Head of the Small and Medium Display Division in 2020 and as the Head of Development of the same division in 2021. Since 2023, he has been leading the Small and Medium Display Division, expanding the business scope beyond smartphone and IT OLEDs to automotive applications.

Meanwhile, the '2024 Special Recognition Award' ceremony is scheduled to take place during 'SID Display Week 2024,' held in San Jose, California, USA, until the 17th.

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