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Philips rolls rollable-displays forward
Jan. 27, 2004

Philips reports that it has developed prototypes of ultrathin, large-area, rollable, organics-based displays, and has begun to move the technology toward an "industrially feasible" production process. The displays combine active-matrix polymer driving electronics with a reflective "electronic ink" front plane on an extremely thin sheet of plastic. To advance the process of productizing the technology, Philips has formed an internal venture group named "Polymer Vision" within its Philips Technology Incubator.

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According to Philips, the lightweight, large-area, flexible displays can be rolled into small-sized housings, making them ideal for mobile applications such as PDAs and mobile phones, automotive devices, and electronic books. Someday, Philips says, the displays may even become sufficiently flexible to be integrated into everyday objects such as pens.

World's thinnest flexible active-matrix display?

Philips says Polymer Vision has produced prototypes of an organics-based 5-inch diagonal QVGA (320x240 pixels) active matrix display with a bending radius of 2 cm (shown in photo at right -- click photo to enlarge). Philips claims this display is the thinnest and most flexible active-matrix display ever made, and that it also represents the largest organics-based display to date.

The display combines a 25 micron thick active-matrix backplane with a 200 micron frontplane of reflective "electronic ink" developed by E Ink Corporation. Electronic ink based displays are thin and flexible by construction because they do not require cell gap control, and they are ideal for reading-intensive applications because of their excellent, paper-like readability and extremely low power consumption (the display image persists in the absence of power).

Polymer Vision says it is currently seeking technology partners and lead customers to further the development and use of its flexible, organics-based display technologies.

An interview with Bas van Rens, General Manager of Polymer Vision, is available here: (Requires Windows Media Player)



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