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A scalable manufacturing process for flexible active‐matrix e‐paper displays
Author(s) -
Burns S. E.,
Reynolds K.,
Reeves W.,
Banach M.,
Brown T.,
Chalmers K.,
Cousins N.,
Etchells M.,
Hayton C.,
Jacobs K.,
Me A.,
Siddique S.,
Too P.,
Ramsdale C.,
Watts J.,
Cain P.,
Werne T.,
Mills J.,
Curling C.,
Sirringhaus H.,
Amundson K.,
McCreary M. D.
Publication year - 2005
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 - 10.1889/1.2012644
Subject(s) - citation , computer science , scalability , matrix (chemical analysis) , information retrieval , world wide web , materials science , database , composite material
— A scalable manufacturing process for fabricating active‐matrix backplanes on low‐cost flexible substrates, a key enabler for electronic‐paper displays, is presented. This process is based on solution processing, ink‐jet printing, and laser patterning. A multilayer architecture is employed to enable high aperture ratio and array performance. These backplanes were combined with E Ink electrophoretic media to create high‐performance displays that have high contrast, are bistable, and can be flexed repeatedly to a radius of curvature of 5 mm.