LG Display wins top patent award for OLED TV tech that shrinks bezels by 34%

LG Display won Grand Prize in '2026 Patent Technology Awards' for OLED TV slim bezel circuit design A new trend of manufacturing which enables the slim screen without destabilizing display

LG Display's patent-winning circuit design shrinks OLED TV bezels by 34% and cuts transistor count by 74%.

For consumers who want ultra-thin displays, a certain solution was adopted as a unified standard to all the OLED TVs. The winning technology of Grand Prize is based on a highly integrated Gate In Panel (GIP) circuit design. In 2020, LG Display has applied for a patent in Korea, the US, Germany and China. Since 2022, LG has applied this circuit design to all models of OLED TVs from 42-inch to 97-inch.

• Bezel Reduction: Approx. 34% reduction (from 6.5mm to 4.3mm on 65-inch models)
• Transistor Count Reduction: 74% reduction
• Circuit Area Reduction: Approx. 40% reduction
• Cost Improvement: Approx. 385 billion KRW cumulative
• Cumulative Production: 28.3 million units

Compared to the previous technology, this new technology reduces transistors by 74% and circuit area by about 40%. In case of 65-inch, the width of bezel can be reduced by about 34% (from 6.5mm to 4.3mm). As explained in the patent, the highly integrated core makes it possible to stably secure the performance of the screen and reduce the area at the same time.

So far, the total number of panels produced with this technology is 28.3 million units and the accumulated cost-saving effect from efficiency improvement is about 385 billion KRW. In 2025, LG Display will apply this ultra-slim bezel technology to high performance gaming monitor for OLED.

Main inventor, Shin Hong-jae said, "We're going to form a moat of technology through continuous R&D. This is the direction we're heading to to create differentiation in the market." This win is also evidence of the commercial success of the circuit design, which is applied to millions of units.