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Plastic‐film displays with NanoBlock IC drivers integrated by a fluidic self‐assembly process
Author(s) -
Drzaic Paul,
Chiang Anne,
Stewart Roger,
Hermanns Anno,
Shi Yijian,
Jacobsen Jeffrey
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 - 10.1889/1.1831724
Subject(s) - backplane , materials science , integrated circuit , fluidics , process (computing) , computer science , optoelectronics , computer hardware , electrical engineering , engineering , operating system
— High‐performance compact plastic displays have been built by integrating high‐quality crystalline‐Si NanoBlock IC drivers into plastic films using a fluidic self‐assembly (FSA) process. Plastic‐film‐based liquid‐crystal displays, only 500 μm thick, were integrated into smartcards using NanoBlock IC voltage drivers. In an additional demonstration, polymer‐LED displays were constructed using NanoBlock IC current drivers. FSA technology provides a cost‐effective means of packaging integrated circuits within plastic film, enabling high‐performance backplanes that can be combined with a variety of display media.