OSC-08: Manufacturing Issues for Early Adopters of Printed Electronics



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Register to attend Call for papers Programme Speakers Exhibition Seminars Seminar 1a Seminar 1b Seminar 2a Seminar 2b Seminar 3a Seminar 4a Seminar 4b Press Venue and travel About OSC-08 Resources Keep me posted cintelliq OSA Direct Research Consultancy	Seminar 4b: Manufacturing issues for early adopters of printed electronics Seminar leader: Dr J Devin MacKenzie, Add-Vision 15:30-17:00 Monday 29 September 2008 This seminar will outline a number of key issues facing technologists and strategic decisions makers interested in getting started in printed active electronics. It is intended to benefit newcomers to the field by helping them understand some of the opportunities and challenges and enable them to make a more informed decision about how to adopt this technology. The seminar will include a discussion of motivations, matching techniques, expectations and applications through to a few basic practical issues of making electronics with printing. We will wrap up with a discussion of entry level approaches with some example case studies. Topics to be covered include: Motivations Strengths and weaknesses Consideration of roll to roll and sheet based models Solution Based Processing Choice of Technique Comparisons with conventional thin film technology Special Challenges For Printed Electronics Materials: Substrates and Inks Process and Yield Practical Implementation and Hybrid Processes Early Adopter Case Studies: TFT, OLED	Gold sponsors: Silver sponsors: Bronze sponsors: Association sponsors: Media sponsors: