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Thermal transfer for flat‐panel‐display manufacturing
Author(s) -
Elizur Eran,
Gelbart Dan
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
journal of the society for information display
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.578
H-Index - 52
eISSN - 1938-3657
pISSN - 1071-0922
DOI - 10.1889/1.1831705
Subject(s) - liquid crystal display , flat panel , oled , photolithography , flat panel display , lithography , materials science , process (computing) , thermal , computer science , diode , optoelectronics , optics , computer graphics (images) , nanotechnology , physics , layer (electronics) , meteorology , operating system
— Photolithography is currently the predominant patterning method in the flat‐panel‐display (FPD) industry. Thermal lithography is a novel approach offering superior process control, a completely dry process, and considerable cost savings. Thermal imaging is now the dominant imaging method in computer‐to‐plate applications in the printing industry, with over 6000 installations world‐wide. Two applications, in which this technology could be applied in the FPD industry, will be discussed in detail: color filters for liquid‐crystal displays (LCDs) and barrier ribs for LCDs and organic light‐emitting‐diode (OLED) displays.