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Methods and Development Status of Equipment for Printed Electronics

인쇄전자 기술 및 장비개발 현황

  • Shin, Dong-Youn (Dept. of Graphic Arts Information Engineering, Pukyong Nat'l Univ.)
  • 신동윤 (부경대학교 인쇄정보공학과)
  • Received : 2016.01.26
  • Accepted : 2016.03.30
  • Published : 2017.03.01
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Abstract

Printed Electronics is a relatively new subject where electronics and display appliances are mass-produced by employing low-cost printing techniques with electronic materials suspended in a liquid medium, and many efforts to develop materials, process and equipment to commercialize low-cost electronics and display parts have been made since 2007 in the Republic of Korea. In this work, the development status of printing equipment for printed electronics and display components in the size of a few micrometers and tens of micrometers is briefly introduced.

액상의 전자재료를 인쇄라는 저비용 패턴방식을 이용하여 전자 혹은 디스플레이 부품 및 제품을 대량 생산하는 것을 인쇄전자라고 하며, 2007 년을 전후하여 국내에서도 본격적으로 저비용 전자 및 디스플레이 부품 및 제품을 제조하기 위한 소재, 공정 및 장비에 대한 연구가 시작되었다. 본 연구에서는 수~수십 마이크로미터급의 해상도를 가지는 전자 혹은 디스플레이 부품 및 제품을 생산할 수 있는 초정밀 인쇄전자 장비들에 대해 소개하도록 한다.

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