Plastic Electronics Market Development by Mr. Ed van den Kieboom Executive Board Member Plastic Electronics Foundation
Plastic Electronics Foundation Established April 2005 Private non profit organization Objective driven Funded by participation fees, sponsored projects, and value added services Serving worldwide community of 15.000 stakeholders
Plastic Electronics Foundation Objectives : Raising awareness of the opportunities & socio-economic impact of the PE technology; Fostering the establishment of a PE technology cluster network worldwide to enable collaborative R&D&E; Initiating the establishment of PE Industry Interest Groups to lead foster PE technology in vertical markets; Initiating a support structure to serving worldwide PE community of stakeholders
Plastic Electronics Value Proposition Plastic Electronics versatility Plastic electronics ubiquity New integrated applications Low cost, high volume solutions Plastic electronics complementary to CMOS Plastic Electronics is a worldwide game
Benefits of organic based devices Low cost : R2R printing Space efficient : Rollable, bendable Freedom of design Ruggedness Low weight and thickness Multi functional!
Executive Board of the Foundation Chairman Prof. Richard Friend UCAM, UK Dr. Karl Hahn SVP BASF, Germany Prof. Harri Kopola, VTT Finland Dr. David Fyfe, CDT, UK Prof. Michael Graetzel, EPFL, Switzerland Prof. Hiroyuki Nishide, Waseda Uni, Japan Prof. Mahabadi, XEROX XRCC, Canada Prof. Karl Leo, TUD, Germany Mr. Ed van den Kieboom, PEF, Netherlands Dr. Thomas Geelhaar, Merck, Germany Dr. HK Chung Samsung MDS, Korea Dr. Mike Hack, R&D UDC, USA
Printing in Plastic Electronics Why consider Printing? Technology Developments Applications & Products Market Potential Examples
Why Consider Printing Low cost, high volume precision application of specialist fluids Currently low performance vs silicon nano-technology inks Gravure, flexo and offset as web [rollto-roll)] Screen [silkscreen], offset and inkjet as sheet-fed Inkjet rapid prototyping and potentially high volume Precision printing and coating Rigid or flexible final products Performance continually improving, Changes the playing field!
Printing TechnologyDevelopments Gravure, Screen, Offset Litho, Inkjet, novel methods Great potential for Inkjet printing
TFT technology Thin Film Optics Organic Displays Encapsulation Organic Lighting Transparent Cathode Organic Materials Device Physics Organic solar cells Memory RF ID tags ICs Integrated Circuits Sensors
Inkjet Significant investment by HP, Xerox, FujiFilm, Epson, Xaar Jetting Speed growing rapidly Droplet size dropping Number of Nozzles growing HP Inkjet Press, 4-colour printing at 1200dpi, 74cm at 130m per min. It has 1,478,400 nozzles, and can deliver over 35 billion drops per second. 2,600 x A4 pages per minute in 4 colours, 680 square metres per minute Drop size variable from 2-9 pico litres, smaller drops can be printed New Kodak Stream (Prosper) significantly faster
Applications RFID tags and labels Circuits and memory OLED Displays Photovoltaics Novel Applications Sensors Drug delivery Nanosolar Solar Panels
Printed Electronics Products Huge Market Potential $2-5 billion in 2009 $500 billion projected by 2025
arket Estimates for Inkjet Electronics
Plastic Electronics Markets 2007-2012 2007 Source : Pira International 22012
Electronics Markets 2009-2020 Bn. US$ Electronics Market 250 200 Semiconductors 150 Flat Panel Displays 100 Organic and Printed Electronics 50 0 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 2010 2015 2020 OE-A 2009 Source: SEMI, WSTS, DisplaySearch, NanoMarkets, IDTechEx
Early Printed Examples Event Tickets with RFID Board Games and Trading Cards Ink Novelty Greeting Cards Packaging and Magazines Solarmer Solar Power PolyIC larmer Printed Systems
Plastic Electronics Applications
Conclusions Plastic Electronics versatility Plastic electronics ubiquity New integrated applications Low cost, high volume solutions Plastic electronics complementary to CMOS Plastic Electronics in Europe in pole position
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