Early Printed Electronics Revisited
• Technology is matured and ready for mass production
• Transitioning from batch process to roll-to-roll manufacturing
• Multiple product lines positioned to enter into market
• eTablet product in market at present.
He noted that the flexible displays from Reflex are truly flexible--front and back planes are thin flexible plastic and new applications from Reflex displays and environmentally sound designs bring a new era in the display industry.
So some think the printed electronics market will involve copper conductors, silicon semiconductors and a display technology invented in Marie Curie's laboratory in Paris in 1936 - ac electroluminescence. They are right, but that is only part of the story, as the rest of the event testified.
For more, attend Printed Electronics & Photovoltaics USA 2010.