Printed Electronics Solving Problems in Various Industries

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Problems that Printed
Electronics is Solving
Raghu Das, CEO
IDTechEx.com / r.das@IDTechEx.com

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What is Printed, Flexible, Organic Electronics?
Enabling materials and
manufacturing
processes...
...creating these
devices...
...being exploited by
these industries…
…because benefits can
include…
• Metallic ink
• Organic semiconductors
• Inorganic semiconductors
• Dielectrics
• Carbon nanotubes, graphene
• Conductive polymers
• Glass, polymer, paper and
steel substrates
• Flexible barrier films,
adhesives, encapsulants
• Quantum dot materials
• Printing processes (inkjet,
gravure, flexo, screen, roto-
screen, dip pen
nanolithography, lithography)
• Vacuum deposition, spin
coating, ALD, CVD, sputtering
• Sintering, curing (photonic,
heat, UV, IR)
• Thin Film Transistor Circuits
(TFTs)
• Memory
• Displays (OLED, e-paper,
electrochromic,
electrowetting,
electroluminescent)
• Lighting (OLED, LED)
• Sensors (photo detectors,
temperature, pressure,
bioelectronic etc)
• Photovoltaics (CdTe, CIGS,
DSSC, OPV)
• Batteries, supercapacitors
• Transparent conductive films
• Actuators and haptics
• RFID
• New Products
• Stretchable electronics
• Touch screens
• Healthcare
• Consumer Goods
• Consumer Electronics
• Aerospace and Military
• Media & Advertising
• Architecture & the Built
Environment
• Transportation
Low
cost
NEW FORM
FACTORS
flexible, thin,
conformal,
transparent,
stretchable
TECHNICALLY
SUPERIOR
eg better displays,
readability in sunlight, PV
more efficient
in lower light levels,
bio-compatible
PRODUCTION
Larger areas,
faster production
and turn around

Fast Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG) brands
are loosing markets share to supermarket own
brands which legally copy with much
development or marketing costs.
Brands seek differentiation, customer loyalty
and protected uniques that are valued by
customers.
“Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG) shrinkage
is $60 billion yearly of $3 trillion turnover.” ECR
Europe
Problems in the Retail Industry
Stockouts at retailers cost six percent of sales. One third of these are items in the
retailer’s store.
Consumers and regulations increasingly demand more information printed on the
package – which instead needs to sell the product.
And… it has to sell the product! – be entertaining, etc

A glimpse how printed, flexible and large area
electronics is addressing these challenges
Thin Film Electronics

Two thirds of the people who have ever reached the age of 65 are alive today
Diagnose and treat yourself – not enough carers, doctors or nurses
Problems in Healthcare
Source : National Statistics
“Medication non-compliance costs
the US alone approximately $100
billion and 125,000 deaths yearly”
In the third world, 32 million children
under the age of five die every year
from food related illness. 20 million
die yearly of preventable diseases.
UN
“A high proportion of drugs in the US
military are unnecessarily trashed
because handling/ storage is not
monitored” US Military DOD Shelf
Life Extension Program SLEP

Today these are usually bulky, rigid devices where the user conforms to the device,
rather than the device conforms to the user
Many sectors will suffer from heavy commoditization
Largest challenges are in increasing sensor reliability, developing efficient energy
harvesting and storage systems for power-hungry components and making devices
increasingly invisible to the wearer.
Flexible electronics will provide a strong differentiator
Problems with Wearable Technology
Source: IDTechEx report “Wearable Technology 2015-2025” www.IDTechEx.com

Respiration sensors detecting changes in
dimensions of the conductive track induced
by breathing
Impact sensor
by BeBop. Here
6 layers of
various
stretchable inks
are printed
Activity tracking functionality
(HRM, EMG, etc) by Clothing+
and DuPont
Vista Medical
Rest Devices
BlueSpark

Weight of wiring, components etc which effects the fuel efficiency and
they cover relatively large areas
Moving from petrol to electric, requiring improvements in big
batteries, supercapacitors, thermal interface materials
Distributed sensors needed for autonomous vehicles
Progress towards totally energy independent vehicles
Problems with Vehicles

Boeing use a printed
electronics system for bird
strike detection
Increasingly,
supercapacitors are
being made by printing
to reduce cost
Mechanical
switches and
copper wiring
replaced by a
molded one
piece printed
system
Structural
electronics – the
boot lid is the
supercapacitor
(Volvo working
with Imperial
College)
T-ink

Large investments in Asia can disrupt industries globally, collapsing margin
for incumbents, such as the PV industry and LCD panel industry. Companies
have to innovate to differentiate products
Smart phones and tablets are beginning to saturate. Cash rich companies
seek new things
Consumers want higher degrees of customization. Smaller batches or a
higher number of product liens are being made and this trend will continue
Incremental desirable improvements are thinner devices, more robust
devices, smaller/no edge bezels around screens, longer battery life, ease of
charging…
Problems in Consumer Electronics, IoT etc

Apple watch has
an OLED
display in plastic
to be thinner,
and more robust
Samsung Galaxy Note Edge:
has a wrap-around OLED
display (rigid plastic) with a 7
mm bending radius at the
sharpest point.
KENT Displays
launch the
Boogie Board
enabling a
completely new
product
category

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