The presentation of Marc Koetse (Holst Centre) during Media Future Week2013. More information on www.mediafutureweek.nl

2. Stretching the Limits of
Electronics
Printed flexible and stretchable electronics
Marc Koetse
Holst Centre
Integration technologies for flexible systems

3. Presentation
overview
Media Future Week, Almere, May 13, 2013
1. Who we are and what we do
2. Printed electronics for products for the future
3. Hybrid electronics for products for today and tomorrow

4. Holst Centre Fundamentals
• Independent, with reputed parents
 Founded by IMEC Belgium and TNO The
Netherlands
 Operational since 2006 (HTC, Eindhoven)
• Working with our partners
 Staff of 170 researchers
 Involving strong groups of mother
organisations
 70 resident researchers from industry and
universities
• Shared research on
Flexible electronics and
wireless transducer systems

5. Presentation
overview
Media Future Week, Almere, May 13, 2013
OLED Lighting
Rollable displays
Organic solar cells
Flexible smart devices
Source Carme, ipernity

6. Presentation
overview
Media Future Week, Almere, May 13, 2013
1. Who we are and what we do
2. Printed electronics for products of the future
3. Flexible Hybrid electronics for products for today and tomorrow

7. Presentation
overview
OLED lighting
Media Future Week, Almere, May 13, 2013

8. Presentation
overview
Lighting for healthcare
Media Future Week, Almere, May 13, 2013

9. Presentation
overview
30
lumen/Watt
4/6
layers R2R printed
30x30
cm2
Largest flexible OLED in the world
Media Future Week, Almere, May 13, 2013

10. Presentation
overview
Printed Organic Lighting & Signage
Thinnest semi-transparent flexible OLED in the world
40 µm
Media Future Week, Almere, May 13, 2013

11. Presentation
overview
Fastest OLED in the world © Holst Centre and HuntsmanMedia Future Week, Almere, May 13, 2013

12. Presentation
overview
Cost 10.000 €/m2
Rigid glass
100 €/m2
Flexible substrates
2016Now
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13. Presentation
overview
Low-cost solar cells
Media Future Week, Almere, May 13, 2013

14. Presentation
overview
© Konarka © Konarka
© Konarka© Solliance
low-cost solar cells, more than just energy
Media Future Week, Almere, May 13, 2013

15. Presentation
overview
Now 2016
2% Module efficiency
20€/Wp
Lifetime 2 years outdoor
8% Module efficiency
< 0,5€/Wp cost
> 5 years outdoor
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16. Vision on displays

17. Rollable lightweight displays © Polymer Vision and Holst Centre

18. From display to image sensor

19. 2014
Glass (rigid) Flexible substrates
Vacuum processes Direct printing or coating
Poly-Si backplane Printed oxide backplane
Now

20. Presentation
overview
Media Future Week, Almere, May 13, 2013
1. Who we are and what we do
2. Printed electronics for products of the future
3. Hybrid electronics for products of today and tomorrow

21. Presentation
overview
Smart Devices
Media Future Week, Almere, May 13, 2013
logic
sensing
radio
power
antenna

22. © Holst Centre
Sensor enabled RFID tags
Media Future Week, Almere, May 13, 2013
Identification
Wireless
Sensors Monitoring

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Trends in printed electronics
World’s first organic TFT microcontroller on a foil
(8 bit, 3000 transistors, running at 6 Hz) – ISSCC 2011
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25. © Holst Centre
But it will take quite some time until we can print this…
Si IC technology still the
most logical way to give
the large area flexible
electronics product its
intelligence
Texas Instruments
MSP430
microcontroller
16 bits, runs at 8 MHz, contains
clock, AD & DA convertors, memory,…
at a cost of down to <0.5 €
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26. Hybrid Electronics:
Make systems from components
Combined Copper and printed circuits
Printed batteries
Printed sensors
SMD components (01005)
Bare, thinned silicon dice

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Hybrid integration for compliance monitoring
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Keeping it thin and flexible
Courtesy IMS-chips

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Keeping it thin and flexible
Courtesy IMS-chips

30. Using the substrate as package

31. integrating LEDs with foil

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An easy route from flex to stretch
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what if ‘flexible’
is not good enough?

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41. from flexible to
stretchable
and wearable electronics

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Recent results on stretchable electronics
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• applied for a ‘conformable’
phototherapy device

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Stretching the limits of electronics
Media Future Week, Almere, May 13, 2013
Thank you for your attention!