Title :
Printed electronics for low-cost electronic systems: Technology status and application development
Author :
Subramanian, Vivek ; Chang, Josephine B. ; de la Fuente Vornbrock, A. ; Huang, Daniel C. ; Jagannathan, Lakshmi ; Liao, Frank ; Mattis, Brian ; Molesa, Steven ; Redinger, David R. ; Soltman, Daniel ; Volkman, Steven K. ; Zhang, Qintao
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng. & Comput. Sci., Univ. of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA
Abstract :
In recent years, printing has received substantial interest as a technique for realizing low cost, large area electronic systems. Printing allows the use of purely additive processing, thus lowering process complexity and material usage. Coupled with the use of low-cost substrates such as plastic, metal foils, etc., it is expected that printed electronics will enable the realization of a wide range of easily deployable electronic systems, including displays, sensors, and RFID tags. We review our work on the development of technologies and applications for printed electronics. By combining synthetically derived inorganic nanoparticles and organic materials, we have realized a range of printable electronic ldquoinksrdquo, and used these to demonstrate printed passive components, multilayer interconnection, diodes, transistors, memories, batteries, and various types of gas and biosensors. By exploiting the ability of printing to cheaply allow for the integration of diverse functionalities and materials onto the same substrate, therefore, it is possible to realize printed systems that exploit the advantages of printing while working around the disadvantages of the same.
Keywords :
flexible electronics; integrated circuit design; integrated circuit manufacture; integrated circuit technology; printed circuits; low-cost electronic systems; printed electronics; Additives; Costs; Flat panel displays; Nanoparticles; Nonhomogeneous media; Organic materials; Plastics; Printing; RFID tags; Sensor systems;
Conference_Titel :
Solid-State Circuits Conference, 2008. ESSCIRC 2008. 34th European
Conference_Location :
Edinburgh
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2361-3
Electronic_ISBN :
1930-8833
DOI :
10.1109/ESSCIRC.2008.4681785