SEMINAR ON

FLEXIBLE ELECTRONICS

Presented by:

YALAGOUDA PATIL
 OUTLINE

Introduction

Materials for flexible electronics

Technologies involved processing

Degree of flexibility

Applications

Advantages and Limitations

Conclusion
 INTRODUCTION

Ever evolving advances in thin-film

materials and devices have fueled
many of the developments in the
field of flexible electronics.
 MATERIALS FOR FLEXIBLE
ELECTRONICS

A generic large-area electronic

structure is composed of
Substrate
backplane electronics
Frontplane
encapsulation
 SUBSTRATES
Flexible substrates that are to serve as drop-in
replacements for plate glass substrates must
meet many requirements:

Optical properties
Surface roughness
Thermal and thermomechanical properties
Chemical properties
Mechanical properties
Electrical and magnetic properties
 BACKPLANE ELECTRONICS
Backplanes provide or collect power and signal to
or from frontplanes. Backplanes may be passive
or active.

Silicon Thin-Film Transistors

Organic Thin-Film Transistors
Materials for Interconnects and Contacts
BACKPLANE ELECTRONICS
 FRONT PLANE TECHNOLOGIES
Frontplanes carry the specific optoelectronic
application.

Liquid Crystal Displays

Electrophoretic Displays
Organic Light-Emitting Displays
Sensors
 TECHNOLOGIES AND
INTEGRATION PROCESSES
Any manufacturable device has four essential
characteristics:

Superior and pre-specified performance, with

reproducibility, uniformity, and reliability;
High yield to acceptable tolerance;
Simulations exist for both reverse engineering
during development and right-first-time design;
Proven adequate in-service lifetime.
 FABRICATION TECHNOLOGY
FOR FLEXIBLE ELECTRONICS

Fabrication on sheets by Batch Processing..

On a rigid carrier, facing up and loose;
In a tensioning frame, facing up or down;
In a frame, facing down and loose
Fabrication On Web by roll-to-roll Processing

Additive Printing
BATCH AND ROLL TO ROLL
FABRICATION
 DEGREE OF FLEXIBILITY
Flexibility can mean many different
properties to manufacturers and users.

Degree of flexibility is given by = d/2r.

bendable or rollable

permanently shaped

elastically stretchable
EXAMPLES
 APPLICATIONS
Holistic system design
 Health Care
 OTHER APPLICATIONS

Automotive Industries

Displays and Human- machine interaction

Energy management and mobile devices

Wireless systems

Electronics Embedded in the living environment

Electronics for hostile environment etc..,

 ADVANTAGES AND
LIMITATIONS
Advantages:
Size and weight

Increased circuitry density

Boundries of design and packaging

Shape or to flex during its use

Limitations:
Lifetime
Manufacturing
Water
Battery
 CONCLUSION

Based on the current socioeconomic trends, we

outlined some of the more likely technological
future needs and discussed the potential exploits
of thin-film flexible electronics in various market
sectors.