Uusia joustavia tuote-innovaatioita perinteisen ja painettavan elektroniikan yhdistelmillä EEMELI Työpaja 23.05.2013 Dr. Kari Rönkä Printed Functional Solutions VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland
Uusia joustavia tuote-innovaatioita
perinteisen ja painettavan
elektroniikan yhdistelmillä
EEMELI Työpaja 23.05.2013
Dr. Kari Rönkä
Printed Functional Solutions
VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland
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VTT Printed Intelligence 2012 | For external use
Key Bottlenecks and
needed development themes
Printed and Flexible electronics opportunities
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Application landscape & Trends
Flexible electronics:
Partly of completely flexible
electronic devices; Manufacturing:
evaporation, MOCVD, printing etc.
Printed electronics:
Electronics devices using solution-
based manufacturing processes
Polytronics (or Printed Hybrid
Electronics):
Devices mixing printed electronics,
flexible electronics and inorganic
electronics (standard Si ICs, thin
film technology etc.)
Smart systems on foil with
potentially low cost enabling
larger visions e.g IoT
Main market drivers:
• Add new functionalities: conformability,
robustness etc.
• New applications: wearable electronics
Main market drivers:
• Cost reduction with high volume
(Roll-to-Roll) manufacturing
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Unique Finnish Research & Pilot infrastructure
Roll to Product
R2R Pilot production
Up-scale to R2R
R&D at the research
laboratories
VTT MEMSFAB Ltd
Small volume production
Micronova Pilot Plant
Centre for Micro and Nanotechnology Commercializing Printed Intelligence
R&D at the research
laboratories
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Printed Hybrid System Integration
Printing
• Roll-to-roll printing of wirings, active and passive components
Assembly and interconnection
• Moving from batch process to Roll form integration of chips
• Flex to flex integration
Over-molding
• IML (in mold labeling)
• IMD (in mold decoration)
Printed components
• OLEDs, printed solar cells
• Microfluidics, sensors
Flexible electronics
• Expanded performance with conventional microelectronics as a part of heterogeneous system
Plastic integrated systems
• 3D integrated devices
• Optics, mechanics and electronics integrated
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Printed & Flexible Electronics Opportunities
Buildings
Key features:
Easy integration
Invisible - Decorative
Distributed in large-area
Asset management with autonomous sensors in large-
area surfaces:
• Temperature, humidity, air flow &quality etc. Printed,
and/or Si, OFT switching
• Arbitrary shape and decorative energy harvesting
&storage with printing
• Zero-power electronics, wireless power
Energy efficiency and Comfort with Smart lighting:
• Thin, conformal, large-area illuminated surfaces
• Integrated smart control, wireless communication and
interoperability e.g. with 3D depth sensors
• Hidden configurable user interfaces and control panels is
walls, furniture
Smart windows and active facades:
• Controllable transmission windows with electrochromic
films
• Transparent User Interfaces
• Building integrated Photo Voltaic
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Printed & Flexible Electronics Opportunities
Automotive
Key features:
Reduced weight, volume and
cabling
Increased safety and comfort
Fuel savings and reduced
emissions
Conformal In-mould Interiors:
• Integrated lighting & overhead consoles
• Control panels for doors, armrests, pillars and
central console
• Printed Heaters for floors, seats
Conformal autonomous exteriors:
• Photovoltaic and batteries
• Tail lights
• Embedded climatic sensors
Vision enhancement & info availability:
• Transparent displays
• Head-up-display optical films
• Sun protection electrochromic films
Courtesy Fiat
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Printed & Flexible Electronics Opportunities
Personal Wellbeing
Key features:
Disposable
Easy to use
Low cost
Wellbeing:
• Detect volatiles in breath or food with printed sensors
• Detect volatiles or bacteria in food
• Disposable indicators for water quality
Cosmetics:
• Flexible solution for electrical and light-based skin
care with disposable batteries, LEDs
• Microfluidic solutions for liquid and fragrance delivery
Health:
• Printed medical diagnostics based on microfluidistics
• Flexible hybrid disposable healthcare sensors with
printable components such as sensors, displays and
batteries.
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Printed & Flexible Electronics Opportunities
Consumer Electronics & Accessories & Games
Key features:
Design Freedom
Conformal functional surfaces
Reduced complexity and
volume
Design Freedom :
• Arbitrary shape and decorative battery life
extension with printed photo voltaic
• Elimination of holes and interconnects with
printed touch controls
• Thin, flexible, light-weight and robust for wearable
electronics with elastomer over-moulding
Integrated signage and lighting:
• Conformal indicators and back-lighting with ultra-
small ILED and OLEDs
• Secondary displays with ILEDs, electrochromics
and electrophoretic displays
New user experience:
• Control by bending
• Touch controls
• Combining with graphical products
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Printed & Flexible Electronics Opportunities
Retail
Key features:
Eye-catching
Interactive
Productivity
Point-of-purchase:
• Attention and information
• User interface connecting physical and digital
world for new WEB services
• Interaction and cloud connection with NFC smart
phone
Interactive brand advertising:
• Blinking lights with ILEDs and OLEDs + wireless
power
• Changing images with active paper or
electrochromic displays
• Electronic shelf labels
Logistics:
• Logistic chain condition monitoring with printed
sensors, displays, memory, battery
• Active 2D&3D RFID tags for goods & container
tracking & history
• Stock management with force sensors
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Key challenges towards industrialization
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Printed Hybrid Electronics
Identified long-term development needs
1. Design Flow and Tool integration
2. Printed & Hybrid Integration Processes Maturity
3. Roll-to-Product Testing methods
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Theme 1: Design Flow and Tool integration
The main objectives:
Collection of existing compatible components to data-base
Modelling of printed components e.g. OTFT
Describe and verify FOLAE component data sheets
Integrate novel FOLAE-based components in existing EDA tools
Develop compatible Process Design Kits and Designer’s Handbook
Develop current microelectronics-based Design Flows and Tools
co-design capability for
new printed &flexible electronics heterogeneous systems
FOLAE = Flexible, organic/inorganic, Large-Area Electronics
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Theme 2: Printed & Hybrid Integration Processes Maturity
The main objectives:
Stabilizing and controlling R2R printing processes
Key performance parameters, tolerances, repeatability
On-line process control methods and instrumentation
Feedback loop from prototype manufacturing and testing
R2R assembly and interconnection processes on flexible substrates
based on conductive adhesives
New materials, Process optimization, reliability, manufacturability
feedback to component developers
Packaging methods: lamination, over-moulding
Systematically increase the printed electronics manufacturing
processes, including heterogeneous integration, maturity level
(TRL/MRL) from 3-4 to 5-7
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Theme 3: Roll-to-Product Testing methods
The main objectives:
Novel quality measurements for organic and inorganic thin/thick films
(thickness, roughness, uniformity etc)
Electrical and optoelectronic performance testing
Passive components on-line laser tuning
Printed Hybrid system functional testing
New innovative testing and quality control instruments and methods
Develop R2R on-line control and Roll-to-Product functional testing
methods, equipment, processes and Design-For-Testing methodology
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Summary
• Printed Hybrid electronics offers a lot of potential for new innovative
performance features and products
• Finland has in research organizations and in companies world-class
competence background, research results and piloting capability to
utilize this business opportunity
• Key bottlenecks needing long-term research and development actions:
1. Design Flow and Tool integration
2. Printed & Hybrid Integration Processes Maturity
3. Roll-to-Product Testing methods
Wireless power Printed electronics Embedded Electronics Embedded Software Hybrid Integration
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Kari Rönkä
Printed Functional Solutions
Tel. +358 40 774 9846