Flexing display muscles

摘要

High-volume display production revolves around large sheets of glass - Gen 10 manufacturing plants, the largest operational, are based on 2,880 x 3,130mm substrates, and Chinese panel maker BOE is currently building the world's largest TFT LCD fab, a Gen 10.5, with glass substrate sizes of 3,370 x 2,940mm - but what if you could print display electronics on drums in a continuous, low-cost process? This is the idea behind printed electronics, technology that could bring about the widespread adoption of flexible displays, whereby the display electronics are not deposited on a rigid glass substrate but on flexible foils.