Technology Advances in Flexible Displays and Substrates

Author

Janglin Chen ; Liu, C.T.

Author_Institution

Ind. Technol. Res. Inst., Hsinchu, Taiwan

Volume

1

fYear

2013

fDate

2013

Firstpage

150

Lastpage

158

Abstract

This paper reports the latest technological advances made by the Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) in flexible displays, especially the flexible substrate, thin-film transistor (TFT) backplane, and active matrix organic light-emitting diode display. Using the leading cholesteric liquid crystal technology of ITRI, we develop a rewritable, environmentally friendly thermal printable e-paper. The epaper, devised to reduce traditional paper consumption, achieves a high resolution of 300 dpi with a memory function. In addition, we report on the ITRI´s initial success in demonstrating a complete R2R process for multisensing touch panels on 100-μm thick flexible glass substrates provided by Corning.

Keywords

LED displays; cholesteric liquid crystals; electronic paper; flexible displays; organic light emitting diodes; printing; sensor fusion; tactile sensors; thin film transistors; ITRI; Industrial Technology Research Institute; R2R process; TFT; active matrix organic light-emitting diode display; cholesteric liquid crystal technology; environmentally friendly thermal printable E-paper; flexible display; flexible glass substrate; memory function; multisensing touch panel; paper consumption; size 100 mum; thin-film transistor backplane; Active matrix organic light emitting diodes; Consumer electronics; Flexible structures; Glass; Light emitting diodes; Organic light emitting diodes; Substrates; Thermal stability; Thin film transistors; Active matrix organic light-emitting diode display (AMOLED); cholesteric liquid crystal (ChLC); flexible substrate; roll-to-roll process; ultrathin flexible glass;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Access, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

2169-3536

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/ACCESS.2013.2260792

Filename

6514818