IDTechEx recently visited Korea to learn more about the progress with Printed Electronics there. Japan is well know for its printed electronics activities, from electronics companies such as Sony and Panasonic to paper and electronic companies such as Toppan Forms and Dai Nippon Printing. Korea as well as having major conglomerates involved in printed electronics, such as Samsung and LG, also has many smaller and start-up companies involved in...read more »
Since thermal management is critical to heat sink performance, testing with Thermex® temperature distribution film has become a useful design and assembly quality control check. Thermex®, from Sensor Products Inc, is an economical thin sensor film that can be used in virtually any application to test and monitor heated contacting surfaces from 200° to 300°F (93° to 149°C). It can be used alone or in conjunction with Fuji Prescale®...read more »
Creative Materials, Inc., announces a new series of pressure sensitive tapes. This line of tapes is anisotropically conductive, available either as pressure sensitive double-sided tape or as adhesive-transfer film in thicknesses from 0.002” to 0.010”. These products are designed for many applications, some of which include use in the fabrication of solar cells and modules, and to replace solder and/or conductive adhesive connections. In addition, the tapes can be...read more »
A new material that could enable a special kind of mouldable plastic to create solid-state lighting has been developed by PureLux. The spin out company of Wake Forest University was founded in March 2007 to develop and commercialize advanced lighting technologies that offer exceptional brightness and efficiency through the use of nano-materials in thin film devices. The work is based on nano-technology research conducted at the Center for Nanotechnology...read more »
That material, the focus of the 2010 Nobel Prize in physics, is graphene — a fancy name for extremely thin layers of ordinary carbon atoms arranged in a “chicken-wire” lattice. These layers, sometimes just a single atom thick, conduct electricity with virtually no resistance, very little heat generation — and less power consumption than silicon. With silicon device fabrication approaching its physical limits, many researchers believe graphene can provide...read more »
Researchers at North Carolina State University have created the first coils of silicon nanowire on a substrate that can be stretched to more than double their original length, moving us closer to incorporating stretchable electronic devices into clothing, implantable health-monitoring devices, and a host of other applications. “In order to create stretchable electronics, you need to put electronics on a stretchable substrate, but electronic materials themselves tend to be...read more »
Printed electronics is now seeing a surge in transactions in the form of orders, government and industry-funded development programs, acquisitions and company fund raising. Printed electronics is now an everyday phrase encompassing printed and potentially printed electronics and electrics. Some of it goes back a long way but it is now at a tipping point because of a sharp improvement in performance, price and repertoire. For example, printed, light...read more »
Discover the Latest Innovations in Screen-Print & Inkjet Technology SGIA focuses on expanding printed electronics market at 2011 Symposium Fairfax, Virginia — Learn about the latest applications in printed electronics for screen print and inkjet at SGIA’s 2011 Printed Electronics and Membrane Switch Symposium (San Jose, California; June 14–16). The highly anticipated event will explore new production processes and market trends that are driving this technical segment of the...read more »
SensTouch, Membrane Switch Technology, gives you the feel of a capacitive switch at a fraction of the cost. For Remote Controls, Household Appliances, Industrial Controls, Medical, Automotive and more. MaxTech Circuit, the membrane switch innovators, is pleased to introduce SensTouch Technology, a unique switch array that mimics a the feel of a capacitive touch switch. SensTouch utilizes a patented membrane switch technology to revolutionize the way traditional membrane switches...read more »
