• Title/Summary/Keyword: Flexible Plastic substrates

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($LEXAN^{(R)}$ for Flexible OLED Display Technology

  • Yan, Min;Ezawa, Hiro
    • 한국정보디스플레이학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2005.07a
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    • pp.614-615
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    • 2005
  • The use of plastic substrates enables new applications, such as flexible display devices, and other flexible electronic devices, using low cost, roll-to-roll (R2R) fabrication technologies. One of the limitations of polymeric substrate in these applications is that oxygen and moisture rapidly diffuse through the material and subsequently degrade the electro-optical devices. GE Global Research (GEGR) has developed a plastic substrate technology comprised of a superior high-heat polycarbonate ($LEXAN^{(R)}$) substrate film and a unique transparent coating package that provides the ultrahigh barrier (UHB) to moisture and oxygen,chemical resistance to solvents used in device fabrications, and a high performance transparent conductor. This article describes the coating solutions for polycarbonate ($LEXAN^{(R)}$) films and its compatibility with OLED device fabrication processes.

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Flexible Ultra-high Gas Barrier Substrate for Organic Electronics

  • Yan, Min;Erlat, Ahmet Gun;Zhao, Ri-An;Scherer, Brian;Jones, Cheryl;Smith, David J.;McConnelee, Paul A.;Feist, Thomas;Duggal, Anil
    • 한국정보디스플레이학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2007.08a
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    • pp.445-446
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    • 2007
  • The use of plastic substrates enables new applications, such as flexible display devices, and other flexible electronic devices, using low cost, rollto-roll (R2R) fabrication technologies. One of the limitations of polymeric substrate in these applications is that oxygen and moisture rapidly diffuse through the material and subsequently degrade the electro-optical devices. GE Global Research (GEGR) has developed a plastic substrate technology comprised of a superior high-heat polycarbonate (LEXAN(R)) substrate film and a unique transparent coating package that provides the ultrahigh barrier (UHB) to moisture and oxygen, chemical resistance to solvents used in device fabrications, and a high performance transparent conductor. This article describes the coating solutions for polycarbonate (LEXAN(R)) films and its compatibility with OLED device fabrication processes.

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Fabrication and Characteristics of ZnO TFTs for Flexible Display using Low Temp Process (Flexible Display용 Low Temp Process를 이용한 ZnO TFT의 제작 및 특성 평가)

  • Kim, Young-Su;Kang, Min-Ho;Nam, Dong-Ho;Choi, Kang-Il;Oh, Jae-Sub;Song, Myung-Ho;Lee, Hi-Deok;Lee, Ga-Won
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers Conference
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    • 2009.06a
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    • pp.44-44
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    • 2009
  • Recently, transparent ZnO-based TFTs have attracted much attention for flexible displays because they can be fabricated on plastic substrates at low temperature. We report the fabrication and characteristics of ZnO channel layers(ZnO TFTs) having different channel thicknesses. The ZnO film were deposited as active channel layers on $Si_3N_4/Ti/SiO_2p$-Si substrates by rf magnetron sputtering at $100\;^{\circ}C$ without additional annealing. Also the Zno thin films deposited at oxygen partial pressures of 40%. ZnO TFTs using a bottom-gate configuration were investigated. The $Si_3N_4$ film were deposited as gate insulator by PE-CVD at $15\;^{\circ}C$. All Processes were processed below $150^{\circ}C$ which is optimal temperature for flexible display and were used dry etching method.

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Fabrication of a Flexible Cholesteric Liquid Crystal Display based on Pixel Isolation Method

  • Kwon, Ki-Sun;Kang, Dae-Seung
    • Journal of Information Display
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    • v.6 no.1
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    • pp.8-11
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    • 2005
  • A flexible reflective cholesteric liquid crystal display (ChLCD) is fabricated on plastic substrates by using the pixel isolation method. The polymer walls between pixels and the polymer layers in the pixels are formed by two-step UV irradiation. Electro-optical response of the ChLCD with polymer wall and layer is studied and compared with conventional bistable ChLCD cells.

Silicon Thin-film Transistors on Flexible Foil Substrates

  • Wagner, Sigurd;Gleskova, Helena
    • 한국정보디스플레이학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2002.08a
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    • pp.263-267
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    • 2002
  • We are standing at the beginning of the industrialization of flexible thin-film transistor backplanes. An important group of candidates is based on silicon thin films made on metal or plastic foils. The main features of amorphous, nanocrystalline and microcrystalline silicon films for TFTs are summarized, and their compatibility with foil substrate materials is discussed.

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Perspectives on Plastic Electronics Markets and Applications

  • Bardsley, J.Norman
    • 한국정보디스플레이학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2005.07a
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    • pp.231-233
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    • 2005
  • In this paper, we discuss the potential applications for electronic systems on flexible substrates. The barriers to the successful development of commercial markets are analyzed. For each promising application, the critical technical features are identified. Ways to bridge the gap between research and commercialization are suggested.

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Full Color Top Emission AMOLED Displays on Flexible Metal Foil

  • Hack, Michael;Hewitt, Richard;Urbanik, Ken;Chwang, Anna;Brown, Julie J.;Lu, Jeng Ping;Shih, Chinwen;Ho, Jackson;Street, Bob;Ramos, Teresa;Rutherford, Nicole;Tognoni, Keith;Anderson, Bob;Huffman, Dave
    • 한국정보디스플레이학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2006.08a
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    • pp.305-308
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    • 2006
  • Advanced mobile communication devices require a bright, high information content display in a small, light-weight, low power consumption package. For portable applications flexible (or conformable) and rugged displays will be the future. In this paper we outline our progress towards developing such a low power consumption active-matrix flexible OLED $(FOLED^{TM})$ display. We demonstrate full color 100 ppi QVGA active matrix OLED displays on flexible stainless steel substrates. Our work in this area is focused on integrating three critical enabling technologies. The first technology component is based on UDC's high efficiency long-lived phosphorescent OLED $(PHOLED^{TM})$ device technology, which has now been commercially demonstrated as meeting the low power consumption performance requirements for mobile display applications. Secondly, is the development of flexible active-matrix backplanes, and for this our team are employing PARC's Excimer Laser Annealed (ELA) poly-Si TFTs formed on metal foil substrates as this approach represents an attractive alternative to fabricating poly-Si TFTs on plastic for the realization of first generation flexible active matrix OLED displays. Unlike most plastics, metal foil substrates can withstand a large thermal load and do not require a moisture and oxygen permeation barrier. Thirdly, the key to reliable operation is to ensure that the organic materials are fully encapsulated in a package designed for repetitive flexing, and in this device we employ a multilayer thin film Barix encapsulation technology in collaboration with Vitex systems. Drive electronics and mechanical packaging are provided by L3 Displays.

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Low Temperature Processes of Poly-Si TFT Backplane for Flexible AM-OLEDs

  • Hong, Wan-Shick;Lee, Sung-Hyun;Cho, Chul-Lae;Lee, Kyung-Eun;Kim, Sae-Bum;Kim, Jong-Man;Kwon, Jang-Yeon;Noguchi, Takashi
    • 한국정보디스플레이학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2005.07a
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    • pp.785-789
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    • 2005
  • Low temperature deposition of silicon and silicon nitride films by catalytic CVD technique was studied for application to thin film transistors on plastic substrates for flexible AMOLEDs. The substrate temperature initially held at room temperature, and was controlled successfully below $150^{\circ}C$ during the entire deposition process. Amorphous silicon films having good adhesion, good surface morphology and sufficiently low content of atomic hydrogen were obtained and could be successfully crystallized using excimer laser without a prior dehydrogenation step. $SiN_x$ films showed a good refractive index, a high deposition rate, a moderate breakdown field and a dielectric constant. The Cat-CVD silicon and silicon nitride films can be good candidates for fabricating thin films transistors on plastic substrates to drive active-matrix organic light emitting display.

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Flexible Low Power Consumption Active-Matrix OLED Displays

  • Hack, Mike;Chwang, Anna;Hewitt, Richard;Brown, Julie;Lu, JengPing;Shih, ChinWen;Ho, JackSon;Street, R.A.
    • 한국정보디스플레이학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2005.07a
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    • pp.609-613
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    • 2005
  • Advanced mobile communication devices require a bright, high information content display in a small, light-weight, low power consumption package. In this paper we will outline our progress towards developing such a low power consumption active-matrix flexible OLED ($FOLED^{TM}$) display. Our work in this area is focused on three critical enabling technologies. The first is the development of a high efficiency long-lived phosphorescent OLED ($PHOLED{TM}$) device technology, which has now proven itself to be capable of meeting the low power consumption performance requirements for mobile display applications. Secondly, is the development of flexible active matrix backplanes, and for this our team are employing poly-Si TFTs formed on metal foil substrates as this approach represents an attractive alternative to fabricating poly-Si TFTs on plastic for the realization of first generation flexible active matrix OLED displays. Unlike most plastics, metal foil substrates can withstand a large thermal load and do not require a moisture and oxygen permeation barrier. Thirdly, the key to reliable operation is to ensure that the organic materials are fully encapsulated in a package designed for repetitive flexing. We also present progress in operational lifetime of encapsulated T-PHOLED pixels on planarized metal foil and discuss PHOLED encapsulation strategy.

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Innovations in Materials Deposition for Plastic Electronics

  • Creagh, Linda T.
    • 한국정보디스플레이학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2005.07a
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    • pp.673-675
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    • 2005
  • Ink jet printheads are now widely used in manufacturing processes that require precise dispensing of materials. Today, Dimatix manufactures a variety of drop-on-demand ink jet printheads for the industrial printing market, but emerging opportunities present fresh challenges to our technology. In response to requirements for digitally printing on flexible substrates and dispensing novel electronic fluids, we are developing next generation jetting technology based on our three-dimensional silicon MEMS technology with a piezo-driven pumping chamber integrated into the chip structure. This presentation will address the functional and physical design features and properties of Dimatix's MEMS process, its characteristics, reliability and usability. Examples of opportunities and applications for digitally printing electronic fluids on flexible substrates with MEMS-based ink jet technology will be presented.

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