11:30 - 11:55"The Revolution Has Begun: Plastic Electronics Technology Is Poised to Propel New Frontiers in Consumer Electronics"
Plastic Electronics technology, pioneered by Plastic Logic and 10 years in the making, is poised to disintermediate the existing silicon based semiconductor process with a range of new products at substantially lower costs.
Discussion will include:
Overcoming the technical and commercial challenges for creating flexible plastic displays from lab to fab.
Opportunities and trends in market penetration for plastic electronics displays. First stop: The electronic reader category, which is on the verge of dramatic growth.
16:20 - 16:45"Ultrathin Flexible Rechargeable Micro Energy Cell (MEC"TM") for embedding in Printed Electronics Applications"
Infinite Power Solutions is supplying a postage stamp sized energy storage device to makers of thin-film and Organic PhotoVoltaic cell arrays, with efficient acceptance and storage of PV generated currents even down to room lighting levels;
Perfectly suited for harvesting of RF, Heat, Light, or Kinetic Energy, in any combination, the cell essentially lasts forever;
The cell is packaged to be compatible with any attachment or lamination process, and permanently embedded into any autonomous managed energy platform.
16:45 - 17:10"Emerging technologies and market opportunities in thin-film batteries"
The increasing prevalence of smart cards, RF devices, remote sensors and implantable medical devices is driving demand for smaller, flexible energy storage technologies.
Different battery types, such as primary zinc/manganese dioxide and primary and secondary lithium chemistries, are battling to find niches which suit their cost and performance profiles.
The micro power market is unlike any other battery market, characterized by huge unit shipments in the billions each year, but at tiny unit prices measured in cents instead of dollars - this talk will delve into the key aspects of what it will take to be successful in this space.
16:45 - 17:10"Interfacing thin-film electronics with the human body"
Stretchable Bio-Electronics are electronic interfaces designed to undergo extreme and multi-directional deformation,
provide reliable electrical functionality, and be biocompatible.
Fabricating such interfaces require a unique set of design and fabrication rules. Our approach is to use low process temperature, thin-film technology, and elastomeric substrates. Challenges and technological solutions will be highlighted with two examples (prosthetic skin and implants for nerve repair).
11:00 - 11:25"Popcorn-Style Dye Sensitized Solar Cells"
Formation of microsized aggregates of ZnO nanocrystallites or TiO2 nanotubes by means of solution processing.
Significant enhancement of power conversion efficiency (~300%) through effective light scattering by microsized aggregates while retaining desired specific surface area for dye molecule adsorption.
Power conversion efficiency higher than 11% is anticipated when the popcorn structure and surface chemistry is successfully optimized.
11:50 - 12:15"Rapid Fabrication of CIGS Solar Cells by the FASST(R) Printing Process"
CIGS offers some inherent cost advantages in thin film solar cells (e.g., high efficiency, low energy needs), and some technology-dependent cost advantages (e.g., monolithic integration, rapid printing)
CIGS films printed with HelioVolt's FASST(R) process have high quality grain structure and produce high performance solar cells
FASST(R) printing, especially combined with the use of liquid precursors, provides a long-term technology-based cost advantage
16:00 - 16:25"Printed electronics and secure tags: the key to affordable RFID privacy and security in item-level tagging"
Item-level tagging with RFID tags is currently hindered by cost, privacy and security issues.
Our patent-protected Privacy and security Ensuring Affordable RFID System (PEARS) allows the use of secure passive tags in all item-level applications. These tags are particularly good at anti-counterfeiting and security applications; and also protect consumer privacy without the need for deactivation at the point of sale.
Our secure passive tags are very simple and suitable for printing with Printed Electronics. The market for these tags is enormous and we are looking for partners to develop them and make the most of the market opportunity.
12:15 - 12:40"Smart solution through the printed electronics for Indusries ; Practice & Achievements"
FPD manufacturers have tried to make silmplify their process especially mask-patterning related.
Conventional patterning methods are based on subtractive process-removes unwanted areas after whole area coating and at least 70% or more of materials are wasted.
Novel patterning of silver electrode using gravure-offset reduces the number of processing steps and provides the potential in the patterning of complex applications.
At present SSCP Corp. have supplied not only the offset printable silver paste for electode but also the printed mesh filter to FPD manufacturer.
14:25 - 14:50"Metamaterials - for Super-Lenses and Invisibility Cloaks from DC to Optics"
Metamaterials are artificial materials that can be designed to have electromagnetic properties (permittivity and permeability) that were hitherto unobtainable.
They can manipulate electromagnetic waves to provide novel functions such as sub-wavelength focussing and invisibility cloaks.
Their potential application areas range from DC to optical frequencies, and provide challenges of optimization and fabrication.
14:50 - 15:15"CLEVIOS(TM); P [PEDOT/PSS] for the Production of Highly Conductive Transparent Films and Oligothiophene Semiconductors for Organic Transistors"
Polyethylenedioxythiophene-polystyrenesulfonate (PEDOT/PSS, CLEVIOS(TM) P) is a versatile inherently conductive polymer and a solution-processable alternative to ITO in Transparent Conductor applications
The basic structural properties of the PEDOT/PSS polymer and its chemical and physical interactions with a variety of coating additives will be summarized. Easy-to-use coating formulations can be optimized for specific applications that require transparent conductive coatings.
Additional products in the portfolio for printed electronics will be discussed that include Oligothiophene Semiconductors, High Work Function HIL coatings, and new Highly Conductive PEDOT/PSS materials for the production of Organic Transistors.
08:30 - 08:55"A Practical View of Manufacturing in Printed Electronics"
There is now an established manufacturing element to the Printed Electronics (PE) industry resulting in part from the realization of the steps necessary to integrate individual technologies or devices into applications in which the proper value of these technologies can be expressed.
Manufacturing can be achieved now with sufficient volume, precision, and reliability to serve existing and developing markets in a commercially attractive way.
We will consider some existing and emerging applications in PE, including interface technologies, review the challenges in bringing technologies from the lab. into production, and discuss examples from revenue-producing products which indicate what can be achieved now.
12:15 - 12:40"New Technology Seeks New Applications: Advances in Printed Electronics Enabling Seamless Prototyping to High Volume Production of High-Detailed Patterned Circuits"
Rfidium's patent-pending design process enables it to generate multiple variations of a design for quick verification and validation tests, along with a specialized laser-based system for precision prototyping in combination with a thin film deposition system for high-volume production.
In this session, we will explore real-life case studies of how Rfidium's approach has been successfully applied in the RFID antenna/inlay marketplace.
Featuring a highly interactive Q&A session on Rfidium technology's potential applicability to other high-detail patterning needs in printed electronics.
16:00 - 16:25"Ultra Low Power Electrochromic Displays"
US based AJJER LLC is developing ultra low power electrochromic (EC) displays and indicators which will be able to operate in conjunction with passive RFID chips within their range of less than 5mW and typical voltage outputted lower than 2.4V.
The displays can be fully printed, and consist of three layers including the conductive layers. ECs are non emissive, allowing them to be read easily in bright light and providing wide viewing angles.
The company is focusing on developing monochrome EC displays initially, with versions which are bi stable (power is only needed to change the display) being stable for months; to a single switch version which once changed will not change back again, useful for threshold and warning indicators.
America's largest event on printed and thin film electronics. With over 80 exhibitors and more than 800 delegates anticipated - the whole industry will be at this event. Will you?
