poly tronic s

Upload: syed-sharukh

Post on 07-Jul-2018

223 views

Category:

Documents


0 download

TRANSCRIPT

  • 8/18/2019 Poly Tronic s

    1/27

      -AN EMERGING FUTURE

    BY

     

    V.Thamothiran

      V.Jagadesan

      Prefina EEE

    [email protected]

    [email protected]

      JAYAM COLLEGE OF ENGG & TECH

     NALLANUR,DHARMAPURI.

    mailto:[email protected]:[email protected]

  • 8/18/2019 Poly Tronic s

    2/27

  • 8/18/2019 Poly Tronic s

    3/27

      ABSTRA T

    “Existence of every thing is felt with new innovations and

    inventions”. Thus to relace silicon a alternate technology to meet our 

     resent day needs so that the roduction cost could reduce to handsome

    amount! consume less ower and overall ma"e thing easy is this

    technology “#$%&T'$()*+”.

    #$%&T'$()*+ is an emerging advancement in the

    materialistic world which has enormous alications to change the

    existing conditions to a dramatic extent. The researches ,rought a,out

    innovative ideas on integrate lastics into mainstream electronics.

    -iewing of world could change through flat anel dislays. Transistor 

    could ,e made just li"e in"jet rinting on aers. /atteries could ,e

    made using lastics. -ery soon we could see eaers which could ,e

    continuously udated via the internet. The age of olymer electronics

    has ,egun and could revolutioni0e this world.

  • 8/18/2019 Poly Tronic s

    4/27

    INTRODU TION

    +ilicon considered as the ,est semiconductor and "nown to ,e “"ith

    and "in “ of electronics has largely influenced the electronic industry and would

    continue to do so over a eriod of time. owever we are loo"ing for a relacement

    or an alternative that could meet our needs. 2e "now retty well the rover,

    “(ecessity is the mother of invention”3 exactly the same is this case too.

    Today most of the electronic circuits are integrated

    circuits4semiconductor chis fa,ricated out of silicon. #roducing these circuits

    involves huge investments "nown to ,e in millions of dollars. +o we are coming

    out with a new technology "nown as #$%&T'$()*+ which would ,e a,le to

     roduce these circuits on lastics which are flexi,le enough to ,e easily rolled u

    have dislay screens that can ,e continuously udated with shar images consume

    less ower and a,ove all can ,e manufactured at a fraction of the cost involved in

    ma"ing semiconductor chis.

    Thus #olymer Electronics a,,reviated as #$%&T'$()*+ is a

    com,ination of two different terminologies meaning electronics using olymers or 

    simly lastics.

    ere5s a loo" into how lastics could revolutioni0e the world of 

    electronics! what changes on existing things it could ma"e! what new things it

    could ,ring a,out in detail in our aer.

  • 8/18/2019 Poly Tronic s

    5/27

    What is a POLYMER?

      #olymers are nothing ,ut macromolecules ,uilt ,y reeated chain of 

    monomers ,y the rocess of olymeri0ation. These olymers are formed ,ecause

    of dou,le and trile ,onds ,etween monomer to form a rigid structure and uni6uechemical and hysical characteristics. There are many such olymers li"e

     olyethylene 7olethene! olyactelyene! olyvinylchloride 7#-* and so on.

    )n case of olyactelyene! which ossesses conjugated dou,le ,onds  is

    as shown in fig.

     

    /ased on their ultimate form and use a olymer can ,e classified as

     lastics! elastomer! fi,re or resin. 2hen a olymer is shaed into hard and tough

    utility they are termed as lastics. s we "now olymers or simly lastics are the

    extensively used in this materialistic world. Their uses and alications range right

    from your tooth ,rush till your clothing and containers. They are used to coat metal

    wires to revent electric shoc"s. +uch is the usage of olymers in this day today

    life.

    http://www.chm.bris.ac.uk/webprojects2001/parrott/pages/conjugated_double_bonds.htmhttp://www.chm.bris.ac.uk/webprojects2001/parrott/pages/conjugated_double_bonds.htm

  • 8/18/2019 Poly Tronic s

    6/27

  • 8/18/2019 Poly Tronic s

    7/27

    doing 7adding imurities to ma"e them conducting. #entacene! oligothioenes!

     olyacetelyene!etc!. are found to the ,est examles.

      )t is well "nown that grahite is a good conductor! reviously it was

    thought that olymers which su,stitute a car,on 7e.g. adding hydrogen=s to ma"e

    hydrocar,ons for another atom could not conduct! however our greater "nowledge

    of conjugated systems has ena,led the discovery of conducting olymers. s in a

    conjugated system the electrons are only loosely ,ound! electron flow may ,e

     ossi,le. owever as the olymers are covalently ,onded the material needs to ,e

    doed for electron flow to occur. >oing is either the addition of electrons

    7reduction reaction or the removal of electrons 7oxidation reaction from the

     olymer. $nce doing has occurred! the electrons in the i,onds are a,le to

  • 8/18/2019 Poly Tronic s

    8/27

    well in trans undoed olyacetelyene n oxidation doing 7removal of electrons

    can ,e done using iodine. The iodine attracts an electron from the olymer from

    one of the i ,onds. Thus the remaining electron can move along the chain. 

    APPLI ATIONS

      &

      RE ENT TRENDS

      s we "now the area of alications and usages of olymers are

    wide sread in electronics. Aost imortantly the relacement of silica to fa,ricate a

    microchi could ,ring a,out dramatic changes as ,ecause the cost will reduce to

    hand some amount and roduction too ,ecomes easier.

      *onducting olymers have many uses. The most documented are as

    followsB

    • *orrosion )nhi,itors

    • *omact *aacitors

    • nti +tatic *oating

    • Electromagnetic shielding for comuters

    second generation of conducting olymers have ,een develoed these

    have industrial uses li"e!

    • The recent develoment allows thinfilm transistors and even microchis to

     ,e made entirely of organic conductors.

  • 8/18/2019 Poly Tronic s

    9/27

    • >islay Technology to develo lightemitting olymers for use in the

    flat anel dislays.

    • %ight Emitting >iodes 7#$%& %E>5s

    • n in"jetli"e techni6ue for roducing lastic transistors.

    • +olar cells.

    FLEXONI S

    lthough current silicon chi technology has had a huge imact on

    western lifestyles and the erformance of chis is continually ,eing imroved! the

    silicon electronics industry is an industry facing limitations. *urrent methods of 

    silicon chi roduction are very caital intensive! re6uiring huge lants and large

    num,ers of chis roduced at any one time to give small returns on large

    investments. )n addition! the turnaround times are lengthy and mista"es are hugely

    exensive. ;urthermore! suly and demand are far from sta,le and the rocess of 

     roducing chis is energy intensive! re6uires high temeratures and vacuum

     rocessing! and in the case of hotolithograhic methods! a lot of ure water. There

    is! however! a rocess that romises chea circuits! tailor made for individual

    alications roduced locally as they are needed.

    ;a,rication of microelectronic comonents lastic su,strate instead of 

    silicon would allow manufacturing of comlete gadgets through just rinting

     rocess in the near future. This technology would focus on ,uilding any electronic

    device from ,ottom u gradually! so instead of ,uilding a device ,y adding new

    comonents through the regular Cassem,le and ,uild5 techni6ue! the entire roduct

    would come out of the rinter comlete with electronic circuitry em,edded in the

  • 8/18/2019 Poly Tronic s

    10/27

     roduct. The technology of roducing such em,edded electronic circuitry of lastic

    wafers is “;%ED$()*+”.

    The rinciles that aly to rinting on olymer are similar to those

    used in industrial in" jet rinting. lthough lastic semiconductors are not yet

    "ings of erformance 7lastic inhi,its electron mo,ility! the technology could

    drastically reduce roduction costs! ,ecause it is much less volatile than silicon. )t

    could hel usher in lowcost smart aliances. /ut it is found a way to rint clever 

    materials in such a way that we can ma"e ractical.

    The new technology will have the most immediate imact on varioustyes of dislays! including mo,ilehone screens! flatscreen comuter monitors!

    and televisions. The inclusion of lastic chis could mean that manufacturers of 

    T;T 7thinfilm transistor flatanel screens and televisions! which currently use a

    traditional silicon,ased transistor for each ixel! would ,e a,le to switch to much

    cheaer chis. The manufacturing rocess is simler! ,ecause it doesn5t re6uire

    vacuum rocessing or high temeratures. +o facilities will cost a fraction of that

     rice.

    The huge cost of massmanufacturing silicon microchis is due

    largely to the comlex rocesses involved. #hotolithograhic techni6ues are used

    to attern wafers with micro circuitry! which is grown in owerful vacuums while

    the wafers are ,a"ed at temeratures of several hundred degrees *elsius. +ilicon

    foundries tyically use wafers of only one si0e! each fa,ricated as a discrete unit infacilities that cost ,illions of dollars to design and ,uild. There could ,e a

    continuous roduction line of lastic circuits rinted on a lastic su,strate and then

    cut into individual units. The su,strate may erhas ,e made of the same acetate

    material as transarent -ugrah sheets.

  • 8/18/2019 Poly Tronic s

    11/27

      The whole thing wor"s at am,ient ressure! doing away with many of 

    the costly vacuum stes needed for silicon. The rinting of circuits on a scale far 

    larger than is ossi,le with silicon is also in view and of great imortance for the

    develoment of large flatscreen dislays. The #lastic %ogic rinter resem,les any

    home office in"jet rinter. ie0oelectric material exands when a voltage is

     assed across it! ressing on a reservoir of fluid and sending drolets flying out

    onto the su,strate.

    The water,ased drolets contain an organic conductoroly 7!

    ethylenedioxythiohene doed with solution of olystyrene sulfonic acid!

    otherwise "nown as #E>$T4#++. s the drolets dry! they ,ecome a conducting

    layer and form the source and drain of a transistor. These are then coated with a

    layer of a semiconducting olymer 79!9dioctylfluoreneco,ithiohene! followed

     ,y a dielectric layer of olyvinyl henol. ;inally! the gate is rinted! creating a so

    called to gate transistor.

      The net result is lastic circuits whose advantages over their silicon

    counterarts include low caital investment! a large area caa,ility! the a,ility to ,e

     rinted on flexi,le su,strates! an environmentally friendly roduction rocess!

    transarency! ease of customisation! 6uic" cycle and turnaround times! ro,ustness!

    light weight! and thinness.

      The molecular chains must line u in a way that ma"es it easy for electrons

    to ho from one chain to another. /ut olymers tend to form into disorderedmicrostructures that reduce electronchargethe ,light of earlier attemts to

     roduce organic transistors efficiently.

  • 8/18/2019 Poly Tronic s

    12/27

      owever it is discovered that a careful choice of olymers would yield

    selforgani0ed chains that achieved charge mo,ilities of u to ?.1 cmF4-4s. ll of a

    sudden! thin film transistors could match at least some of the roerties of their 

    silicon cousins.

    2e have also had to overcome some in"jet rinting limitations! nota,ly a

    maximum resolution of around G?? dots er s6uare inch 79?4cm F arising from

    natural variations in the drolets= flight aths. This translates into a feature si0e of 

    around H? Im. (ow the smaller the transistor! the shorter the distances electrons

    must travel within it! and the faster the device can ,e switched on and off.

    Jnfortunately! this H?Im limit falls short of the 1?Im si0es needed for fast

    circuits.

    +o the resolution has to ,e increased. ;or now! they do it hoto

    lithograhically ,y coating the glass su,strate with a hydroho,ic film of 

     olyimide in a attern that defines transistor dimensions. 2hen the water,ased

    drolets fall on the surface! they are forced away from the hydroho,ic regions in

    the re6uired attern. +o far! single transistors and simle logic circuits have ,een

     roduced with a feature length of as little as H Im. This should lead to circuits with

    the switching seeds of a few tens of "ilohert0 needed for dislay alications and

    smart tags.

    )t is ,elieved that hotolithograhy can ,e relaced ,y other techni6ues!

    such as hoto atterning! in which having ultraviolet light shone on it atterns asingle hydrohilic layer. Thus the circuit could still ,e fa,ricated in successive

    stes of coating and rinting. Jsing hotolithograhy now is an o,vious

    shortcoming of initial demonstrations! ,ut it won5t ,e a ro,lem in the long term.

    To overcome this ro,lem via a rocess of su,strate surface energy atterning! this

  • 8/18/2019 Poly Tronic s

    13/27

    directs the flow of the water,ased conducting olymer in"jet drolets. This in turn

    ena,les highresolution definition of channel lengths! down to lengths  of five

    microns and ,elow.

      Aore difficult will ,e ma"ing devices of greater comlexity. Aa"ing a

    single transistor is in some sense trivial. +caling u the technology is the difficult

    thing. )t is lanned to ,uild a more comlex rototye chi.

    THIN FILM TRANSISTORS

      &

      FLAT PANEL DISPLAY

    The technology develoed here ena,les the formation of a range of 

    devices re6uired in comlex integrated circuits. atented technology that allows

    manufacturers to rint lastic onto a olymer su,strate. The result is a lastic

     ,ased transistor that is inexensive and flexi,le. #articular exertise has ,een

    develoed in the creation of thin film transistors 7T;Ts! the "ey comonent of 

    digital circuits. Techni6ues have also ,een created to ena,le the construction of 

    other circuit elements including interconnects! resistors! caacitors! diodes and via

    holes.

      Thin ;ilm Transistor acts as a switch that can ,e controlled ,y the

    voltage ut on the three contacts. These three contacts are called the source! drain

    and the gate. The transistor consists of four layers. The thic"ness of each of the

    layers is less than 1?? nmB

  • 8/18/2019 Poly Tronic s

    14/27

     

    1. The first conducting! layer defines the gate contact .

      2. The second insulating! layer electrically searates the gate from the source

    drain layer.

      . The latter is the third conducting! layer.

      .$n to this the semiconducting layer is alied.

    How a TFT wors !

      *hanging the gate voltage will vary the conduction in the semi

    conducting layer. t negative gate voltages! ositive charges resent in the semi

    conductor will accumulate at the semiconductor insulator interface. 2hen in this

    case a voltage is alied at the drain contact 7the source is connected to earth a

    current will flow from the source to the drain electrode. The switch is on.

     

    'emoving the gate voltage! or alying a ositive gate voltage!

    will remove the ositive charges from the interface 7deletion! and no current will

    flow. The switch is off. The difference in current ,etween the on and off state 7the

    on4off ratio is a,out 1?G.

  • 8/18/2019 Poly Tronic s

    15/27

     

    The ste is to in"jet rint the transistor source and drain onto the

    energy atterned su,strate. The water,ased conductive olymer used! for examle

    #E>$T! is attracted to the hydrohilic surface! ,ut reelled ,y the hydroho,ic

    areas. This stos the conductive olymer sreading or slashing on the su,strate

    and gives rise to the very high resolution achieva,le. The transistor semiconductor!

    for instance >ow *hemical5s ;8TF! is then in" jetted into the ga ,efore the

    transistor gate dielectric layer is sin coated from solution across the entire area.

    Aetal is then deosited to form T;T gates and gate interconnects. The ,ac"lane is

    now comlete and ready for integration with a dislay effect! such as li6uid crystal

    or eaer.

      >evices are designed ,y way of *> software and created using

    advanced solution,ased rocessing techni6ues. The materials used are

    sohisticated semi conducting! insulating! and conducting olymers. dditionally!

    nanoarticle metals are utili0ed. #lastic electronics relicate many of the electrical

    functionalities of conventional silicon without comlex vacuum deosition! mas"

    alignment and high temerature manufacturing rocesses. The technology ena,les

     roduction of devices with consistent erformance and significant cost advantages.

    $ne of the challenges in develoing a manufacturing rocess

    that could change an entire industry is where to concentrate the technology first. )t

    has decided to initially turn to flat anel dislays 7;#>! and has done so for a

    coule of reason. ;irstly! technology can ,e used to manufacture active matrix

  • 8/18/2019 Poly Tronic s

    16/27

     ,ac"lanes and is comati,le with glass and flexi,le su,strates! as well as large

    area alications. +econdly! the technology can ,e tested and refined! with a ready

    mar"et to hand when erfected. (ew dislay effects! in articular ,ista,le dislays

    for electronic aer alications are ,eing ioneered.

    The dislays roduced are! for the moment! constructed on su,strates

    of glass. Klass is used as it is easy to handle and its roerties are well "nown and

    understood. The su,strates are urchased reatterned with indium oxide doed

    with tin oxide! meaning the data lines and ixels are already ositioned. The lastic

    electronic thin film transistor 7T;T source! drain and channel are then defined ,y

    surface energy atterning. The su,strate is hydroho,ic 7water hating! ,ut the

    alied energy atterning is hydrohilic 7water loving so the techni6ue of energy

     atterning ena,les very high resolution to ,e achieved with channel length.

    OR"ANI LED#S

    >ue emergence of the resent technology we have develoed families

    of highly efficient $%E> materials. These materials emit light through the rocess

    of electro hoshorescence. )n traditional $%E>s! the light emission is ,ased on

    fluorescence! a transition from a singlet excited state of a material. ccording to

    theoretical and exerimental estimation! the uer limit of efficiency of an $%E>

    doed with fluorescent material! is aroximately FHL.

    2ith our electro hoshorescent materials used as a doant! which

    exloits ,oth singlet and trilet excited states3 this uer limit is virtually

    eliminated. E6uied with the otential of 1??L efficiency! the commerciali0ation

    of electro hoshorescent devices ,y otimi0ing the device efficiency! color urity

    and device storage and oeration dura,ilities.

  • 8/18/2019 Poly Tronic s

    17/27

    +uch a rocess is facilitated ,y the develoment and modification of 

    charge transort materials! charge ,loc"ing materials and luminescent materials!

    and their incororation into devices.

    TRANSPARENT ORGANIC LED$S'

    The Transarent $%E> 7T$%E> uses a rorietary transarent

    contact to create dislays that can ,e made to ,e toonly emitting! ,ottomonly

    emitting! or ,oth to and ,ottom emitting 7transarent. T$%E>s can greatly

    imrove contrast! ma"ing it much easier to view dislays in ,right sunlight.

    /ecause T$%E>s are M?L transarent when turned off! they may ,e integrated

    into car windshields! architectural windows! and eyewear. Their transarency

    ena,les T$%E>s to ,e used with metal! foils! silicon wafers and other oa6ue

    su,strates for toemitting devices. 

    TOLED C()*+) N)- D/0* O//(++)' 

    • D()+)6 +/ )7' /ecause T$%E>s have a transarent structure! they

    may ,e ,uilt on oa6ue surfaces to effect to emission. +imle T$%E>

  • 8/18/2019 Poly Tronic s

    18/27

    dislays have the otential to ,e directly integrated with future dynamic

    credit cards. T$%E> dislays may also ,e ,uilt on metal! e.g.! automotive

    comonents. To emitting T$%E>s also rovide an excellent way to achieve

     ,etter fill factor and characteristics in high resolution! highinformation

    content dislays using active matrix silicon ,ac"lanes.

    • T(*/*()'  T$%E> dislays can ,e nearly as clear as the glass or 

    su,strate they=re ,uilt on. This feature aves the way for T$%E>s to ,e ,uilt

    into alications that rely on maintaining vision area. Today!

  • 8/18/2019 Poly Tronic s

    19/27

    • M0+:+* dislay consists of an array of vertically stac"ed

    T$%E> su,ixels. To searately tune color and ,rightness! each of the red! green

    and ,lue 7'K/ su,ixel elements is individually controlled. /y adjusting theratio of currents in the three elements! color is tuned. /y varying the total current

    through the stac"! ,rightness is varied. /y modulating the ulse width! gray scale

    is achieved. 2ith this +$%E> architecture! each ixel can! in rincile! rovide

    full color. Jniversal >islay *ororation=s +$%E> technology may ,e the first

    demonstration of an verticallyintegrated structure where intensity! color and gray

    scale can ,e indeendently tuned to achieve highresolution fullcolor.

    PERFORMANCE ENHANCEMENT'

    The +$%E> architecture is a significant dearture from the traditional

    side,yside 7+x+ aroach used in *'Ts and %*>s today. *omared to +x+

    configurations! +$%E>s offer comelling erformance enhancementsB

    • F00:0( +*;0+' +$%E>s offer dynamic fullcolor tuna,ility for

  • 8/18/2019 Poly Tronic s

    20/27

    achieve the same. This is esecially advantageous when maximi0ing ixel

    density is imortant.

    • N)*(0 1 @00 @*+(' +$%E>s also maximi0e fill factor. ;or examle!

    when a fullcolor dislay calls for green! the red and ,lue ixels are turned

    off in the +x+ structure. /y comarison! all the ixels turn on green in a

    +$%E> under the same conditions. This means that +$%E> color definition

    and icture 6uality are suerior.

    • S*0*;0) + 0*(9) /)0 )' )n large screen dislays! individual ixels are

    fre6uently large enough to ,e seen ,y the eye at short range. 2ith the +x+

    format! the eye may erceive the individual red! green and ,lue instead of 

    the intended color mixture. 2ith a +$%E>! each ixel emits the desired

    color and! thus! is erceived correctly no matter what si0e it is and from

    where it is viewed.

    FLE!IBLE OLED$S'

    ;$%E>s are organic light emitting devices ,uilt on flexi,le

    su,strates. ;lat anel dislays have traditionally ,een fa,ricated on glass su,strates

     ,ecause of structural and4or rocessing constraints. ;lexi,le materials have

    significant erformance advantages over traditional glass su,strates.

    FOLED O@@)( R)=0+*( F)*+() @( D/0*' 

    • F0);0+B ;or the first time! ;$%E>s may ,e made on a wide variety of 

    su,strates that range from oticallyclear lastic films to reflective metal

    foils. These materials rovide the a,ility to conform! ,end or roll a dislay

    into any shae. This means that a ;$%E> dislay may ,e laminated onto a

  • 8/18/2019 Poly Tronic s

    21/27

    helmet face shield! an aircraft coc"it instrument anel or an automotive

    windshield.

    • U0+(*:098+-)98+, +8 @(7B The use of thin lastic su,strates will also

    significantly reduce the weight of flat anel dislays in cell hones! orta,le

    comuters and! esecially! largearea televisionsonthewall. ;or examle!

    the weight of a dislay in a lato may ,e significantly reduced ,y using

    ;$%E> technology.

    • D(*;0+B ;$%E>s will also generally ,e less ,rea"a,le! more imact

    resistant and more dura,le comared to their glass,ased counterart.

    • C+:)@@)+=) /()9B $%E>s are rojected to have fullroduction

    level cost advantage over most flat anel dislays. 2ith the advent of 

    ;$%E> technology! the rosect of rolltoroll rocessing is created. To this

    end! our research artners have demonstrated a continuous organic vaor 

     hase deosition 7$-#>  rocess for largearea rolltoroll $%E>

     rocessing.

    H- PASSIE MATRI! WOR>S'

    #assive Aatrix dislays consist of an array of icture elements! or 

     ixels! deosited on a atterned su,strate in a matrix of rows and columns. )n an

    $%E> dislay! each ixel is an organic light emitting diode! formed at the

    intersection of each column and row line. The first $%E> dislays! li"e the first

    %*> 7%i6uid *rystal >islays! are addressed as a /*=) 7*+(. This means that

    to illuminate any articular ixel! electrical signals are alied to the row line and

    column line. The more current umed through each ixel diode! the ,righter the

     ixel loo"s to our eyes.

    H- ACTIE MATRI! WOR>S'

    http://www.universaldisplay.com/research.htmhttp://www.universaldisplay.com/research.htmhttp://www.universaldisplay.com/research.htmhttp://www.universaldisplay.com/research.htm

  • 8/18/2019 Poly Tronic s

    22/27

    )n an active matrix dislay! the array is still divided into a series of 

    row and column lines! with each ixel formed at the intersection of a row and

    column line. owever! each ixel now consists of an organic light emitting diode

    7$%E> in series with a thin film transistor 7T;T. The T;T is a switch that can

    control the amount of current flowing through the $%E>. )n an active matrix

    $%E> dislay 7A$%E>! information is sent to the transistor in each ixel!

    telling it how ,right the ixel should shine. The T;T then stores this information

    and continuously controls the current flowing through the $%E>. )n this way the

    $%E> is oerating all the time! avoiding the need for the very high currents

    necessary in a assive matrix dislay. $ur new high efficiency material systems are

    ideally suited for use in active matrix $%E> dislays! and their high efficiencies

    should result in greatly reduced ower consumtion. The T$%E> architecture

    ena,les the organic diode! which is laced in each ixel to emit its light uwards

    away from the su,strate. This means that the diode can ,e laced over the T;T

     ,ac"lane! resulting in a ,righter dislay.

    OTHER POTENTIAL APPLI ATIONS OF

    POLYTRONI S

      s well as dislays! there is enormous otential for lastic electronics

    in relatively simle logic alications! once the technology ta"es hold. Jsing the

    same rocess that roduces electronic ,ac"lanes for dislays! entry into mar"ets

    such as electronic ,arcodes 7';)> tags and intelligent ac"aging! currently a

    J+NF,illion mar"et! are distinctly ro,a,le. )t is a ,oost to this emerging mar"et

    recently ,y ordering H?? million silicon,ased electronic tags for an initial ilot

  • 8/18/2019 Poly Tronic s

    23/27

     roject. #rinted electronics will ,e a "ey ena,ler of intelligent ac"aging and low

    cost electronic la,els.

      /eyond this! lastic electronics can add value in many diverse mar"ets!

     ,ut will only do so once the technology has matured. )n one sense the technology

    is comlementary to conventional silicon electronics! serving esta,lished ,illion

    dollar mar"ets such as electronic dislays and ena,ling new concets such as

    electronic la,els! intelligent ,iosensors! disosa,le electronics! flexi,le eaer 

    and electrotextiles! as well as novelty alications gadgets! gi0mos and games. )t

    is li"ely that the ,iggest alications for lastic electronics are yet to ,e

    discovered. )n addition we could see lastic ,atteries coming out for low ower 

    consumtion areas. These could even relace the solar cells the resent technology.

      ON LUSION

    The overall imact of this technology is li"ely to ,e huge. This is

    without dou,t a comletely disrutive technology. )n the same way that the steel

    industry moved from integrated wor"s to smaller facilities re6uiring lower caital

    intensity! so Cour in"jet rinting of lastic circuits will do the same to the

    electronics industry.5 The age of olymers has ,egun! where in the form factor!

    flexi,ility and low cost of roduction would result in constant innovation.

  • 8/18/2019 Poly Tronic s

    24/27

    T8) F+() @( P0*+ E0)+('

      The economics of direct writing lastic electronics will ensure that the

    technology will not end u centred in those countries that have very chea la,our 

    costs. CAini fa,rication centres will ,e sited next to the customer! as the initial cost

    of the rocess will ,e much lower ,y not re6uiting mas"s and ,ig lants5. s for 

    future there could ,e suly of a comlete lastic electronics ac"age! delivered

    through a set of standards! oerating rocedures and licences that ena,le direct

    writing of electronic circuits to ta"e lace whenever there is a need or alication

    for them. 2hen this comes to ass! there really will ,e chis with everything. %et5s

    wait for the cloc" to turn around to enjoy the ,eautiful and interesting alications

    of this technologyO.....

    BIBLIO"RAPHY

    1.www.olymervision.com

    F.www.,attcon.com

    .www.olytronics.org

    .www.olytronicseng.com

  • 8/18/2019 Poly Tronic s

    25/27

     

    REGISTRATION FORM

  • 8/18/2019 Poly Tronic s

    26/27

    N*7) @ +8) *+8( ' D.BHUANESWARI & R.>IRUTHIGA

    D)/*(+7)+ ' ECE

    Y)*( ' 3(6 )*(

    C+*+ A66() ' R7 .3#,

      L*6) H+)0,

      G=)(7)+ C00)9) @ E9))(9,

      S*0)7:11,

      T*70 N*6:311.

    M;0) ' %#%4%#45#2

    E:7*0 ' ;=6*IRUTHIGA,

  • 8/18/2019 Poly Tronic s

    27/27

    P():F*0 )*( ECE,

      G=)(7)+ C00)9) O@ E9))(9,

      S*0)7:311.

    'esected +ir4Aadam!

      s we wish to resent our aer on “ P0+( ” in your esteemed

    institution! we have su,mitted our aer for your "ind erusal.

      Than"ing &ou!

      &ours truly

     

    . D.BHUANESWARI

    &

    R.>IRUTHIGA