Flexible OLED displays target volume production in 2015
The newly formed FlexEnable will be a Cambridge-based company comprising of three IP partnership offerings. FabEnable is intended to allow fabs to be built or upgraded to make flexible electronics. ProductEnable is targeted at those looking to create flexible electronics, while MaterialsEnable will help developers to assess and qualify materials for flexible electronics including a graphene based display. FlexEnable is focusing on ensuring that flexible displays will be in volume production by the end of 2015. The technology will enable products to be made on substrates as thin as 25µm which can withstand a transistor bend radius of 0.25mm that will allow the creation of flexible and rollable displays.
Plastic Logic’s manufacturing plant in Dresden, Germany, which develops, manufactures and sells a range of flexible, electrophoretic displays (EPD), will operate independently under the name Plastic Logic Germany.
"FlexEnable has been created from Plastic Logic’s people and its technology assets in Cambridge, UK," explained Indro Mukerjee, Plastic Logic’s Chairman. "Based on Plastic Logic’s full technology and patent portfolio. FlexEnable will independently provide expertise, technology and products to system builders, device makers and product companies to enable innovative, volume products."
"I believe that the full potential of plastic electronics is now emerging as transformational developments in flexible transistor performance and bold, new concepts drive more and more applications," said Mukerjee. "This, combined with the proven manufacturability and scalability of our transistor technology platform, makes this a defining moment for the industry".
According to Mukerjee the capability has reached the point where it is possible to be able to manufacture arrays with millions of perfect flexible transistors across areas of any size and shape and in high volumes. The Plastic Logic flexible transistor platform has now been industrially proven to be able to form active backplanes for LCD, OLED, EPD and other display media and has been successfully broadened to be able to enable solutions for sensors and integrated systems on fully-flexible, plastic.
Being able to create flexible electronics on plastic will enable the technology to provide transformational benefits for product shape, weight, and durability and enables a path to low-cost solutions for high volumes which is perfectly suited to match the requirements of markets for wearables, new mobile devices and distributed, flexible sensors for IoT applications.
FlexEnable is offering a set of innovative processes to manufacture flexible organic thin film transistor (OTFT) devices and arrays which enables volume production of thin, lightweight and robust backplanes for flexible displays.
FlexEnable’s process is low temperature (<100°C) which opens up a host of manufacturing and cost benefits.
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