{"title":"FlexEnable Bends OTFT Materials in Its Favor","authors":"Chris Boylan","doi":"10.1002/msid.1536","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/msid.1536","url":null,"abstract":"<p><b>FOUNDED IN 2015 AND BASED IN CAMBRIDGE, ENGLAND</b>, FlexEnable develops flexible organic electronic technologies, including liquid crystal (LC) optics and organic thin-film transistor (OTFT) materials. The company's focus is on replacing glass-based active optics and displays with flexible, conformable variants driven by OTFTs on flexible substrates. By using more flexible materials, the company enables optoelectronic modules that are ultrathin, ultralight, and robust and can be manufactured in existing display factories.</p><p>Rather than manufacturing consumer or commercial display products directly, FlexEnable partners with industry-leading display and device makers, bringing the company's OTFT materials, processes, and technology into existing facilities and fabrication. This allows display and device manufacturers to improve existing production processes and potentially tap into new markets.</p><p>FlexEnable's “secret sauce” is their ability to fabricate OTFTs at low temperatures, generally below 100°C (212°F). This allows for the use of lower-cost, commonly available, and optically ideal plastic and bioplastic substrates, such as triacetyl cellulose (TAC), which have excellent optical properties. The company says its OTFTs can bend to a radius of 0.1 mm thousands of times without affecting performance. This makes their technology a good choice for curved ePaper and organic LCD (OLCD) displays.</p><p>Beginning at Cavendish Labs at Cambridge University in 2000 as Plastic Logic, the company spun off as FlexEnable in 2015 with a vision to “bring surfaces to life” by seamlessly incorporating electronics into everyday objects that often do not have flat surfaces. This allows these objects to come alive with visual information, sensors, or other electronic functions, enhancing objects’ utility and appeal. With approximately 70 employees, the team is dedicated to developing OTFTs and brought the technology into mass production in 2024. It holds (or has applied for) around 500 patents.</p><p>While the company's initial focus was OTFT backplanes, its technology also has been used to develop biaxially formable LC cells on plastic using a low-temperature process. This has expanded the company's target markets by adding potential applications, such as lenses and ambient dimmers for augmented (AR) and virtual reality (VR) glasses (<b>Fig</b>. 1), ePrivacy screens for notebooks and mobile devices, and smart windows for cars.</p><p>“A big breakthrough for us that led to the formation of FlexEnable was to develop organic transistors that surpass the performance of amorphous silicon when manufactured in standard display fabs,” said Mike Banach, technical director. “Today, FlexEnable's OTFTs on plastic have mobility that is four times higher than that of amorphous silicon on glass as well as much lower electrical leakage. This has allowed us to work on product innovations in the areas of displays and optics and collaborate with world-leading companies.","PeriodicalId":52450,"journal":{"name":"Information Display","volume":"40 6","pages":"29-32"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-11-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/msid.1536","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142641295","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"OLED's Advantages Provide Alternative Applications","authors":"Bob O'Brien","doi":"10.1002/msid.1533","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/msid.1533","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>LEDs continue to deliver better performance using less energy and enabling new features in displays.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":52450,"journal":{"name":"Information Display","volume":"40 6","pages":"15-19"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-11-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/msid.1533","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142641266","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"What Color Is That Red Dress?","authors":"Jeremy Hochman, Brad Koerner","doi":"10.1002/msid.1515","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/msid.1515","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Now it is possible to apply color space and visual accuracy workflow advancements—from virtual production to post-production to architectural-scale signage applications.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":52450,"journal":{"name":"Information Display","volume":"40 5","pages":"11-14"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-09-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/msid.1515","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142234793","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Vuereal Ushers in Next-Generation Microled Displays with Microsolid Printing","authors":"Chris Boylan","doi":"10.1002/msid.1524","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/msid.1524","url":null,"abstract":"<p><b>FOUNDED IN 2016, VUEREAL HAS ESTABLISHED ITSELF</b> as a leader in microLED and microsensor fabrication technology by focusing on straightforward goals: improve the yield, efficiency, reliability, and cost of microLED and micro semiconductor manufacturing, and the market will expand into previously unimagined applications.</p><p>Reza Chaji, CEO and cofounder, has a background in OLED and backplanes and wanted to explore the possibilities of microLED. One of the major issues involved transfer, so Chaji and his team looked at the backplane as a way to help. Initially, they called it “backplane-assisted transfer” and later changed the name to MicroSolid Printing. They developed features on the backplane that enabled higher yield and throughput and made improvements on the LED side, which resulted in the origin of VueReal.</p><p>As a self-funded startup, the company began by nurturing and “owning” an idea through hardship and resourcefulness. “You must question everything, and this in turn drives focus. Focus is essential,” said Chaji.</p><p>In the early days, the team used a facility at the University of Waterloo to investigate solutions and ideas. “At some point, we needed special tools, so we had to go to different universities before we had our own facility. We would travel to places like Cornell University at 4 am,” said Chaji. This led to them eventually building their own facility in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, which has grown to 60 employees (<b>Fig</b>. 1) with more than $60 million in funding and a portfolio of more than 300 patents (accepted or pending).</p><p>VueReal has doubled its manufacturing space and introduced a production line capable of producing displays for customers and serving as a blueprint to be adopted in its partners’ facilities. The company has attracted well-known technology and display industry veterans to its board, including Tim Baxter, former president and CEO of Samsung Electronics North America (chairman), and Kevin Soukup, chief strategy officer at GlobalFoundries (board member). The company was voted to the Silicon Valley Top 100 startups worldwide and top 10 scale-ups in Canada.</p><p>“A big part of our growth is the team—everything falls into place with the right team,” said Chaji. “I learned that as the company faces change, you need to constantly look at the role of your team and how their roles will change. This includes the CEO role as well. This requires constant nurturing as you grow, and if you don't, the company will collapse. </p><p>“An asset to a startup is being agile and nimble, but your vision and mission always stay the same. Sometimes you may have to give up something in order to focus. A startup can do this quickly versus a big company where it can take years. It's important not to be afraid of making that call, to focus but remain true to the vision.” </p><p>VueReal's MicroSolid Printing technology is transforming how microLED displays and micro-semi-devices are produced across multiple i","PeriodicalId":52450,"journal":{"name":"Information Display","volume":"40 5","pages":"60-63"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-09-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/msid.1524","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142234736","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Ben Cope, Eshe Pickett, Felix Kleisen, Trey Harrison
{"title":"Keeping Professional Displays in Sync","authors":"Ben Cope, Eshe Pickett, Felix Kleisen, Trey Harrison","doi":"10.1002/msid.1516","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/msid.1516","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>With the high impact of video synchronization inaccuracies on the user experience, it is critical to optimize this aspect of the multi-media experience especially in multiple-tile, large-format displays.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":52450,"journal":{"name":"Information Display","volume":"40 5","pages":"15-19"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-09-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/msid.1516","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142234818","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Corporate Members and Index to Advertisers","authors":"","doi":"10.1002/msid.1527","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/msid.1527","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":52450,"journal":{"name":"Information Display","volume":"40 5","pages":"68"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-09-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/msid.1527","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142234708","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Stretching the Imagination with Conformal Displays","authors":"Stephen P. Atwood","doi":"10.1002/msid.1525","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/msid.1525","url":null,"abstract":"<p><b>FOR THIS “LOOKING BACK” FEATURE,</b> I decided to go back 10 years, close my eyes, and randomly click on the online library. I pulled up the January/February 2014 issue, with arguably one of the most unique covers we ever published (<b>Fig</b>. 1). It features the sepia apama, also called the Australian giant cuttlefish, which is one of many cephalopods that can change the appearance of its skin in an instant, creating one of nature's more intriguing displays. They can mimic the colors, patterns, and even textures of their environment to become essentially invisible to predators or put on luminous displays as a means of communication.</p><p>If you are having trouble visualizing this, imagine the well-known invisibility illusion where one side of a truck has a huge flat display on it and the other side has a camera. As the truck drives down the street, the camera looking out the far side of the truck captures an image that is then displayed on the near side, and like magic the vehicle is gone. In our example, it takes a huge display mounted on the side of the truck to achieve this effect. But for a cuttlefish, it only takes the action of millions of chromatophores, which are small, pigmented organs embedded in their skin. Lydia M. Mäthger and Roger T. Hanlon described how this works in their article, “Dynamic Displays in Nature” (<b>Fig</b>. 2).<span><sup>1</sup></span> What I found most interesting was how complex the optics, chemistry, and biology are to accomplish this in nature. Various display innovations, such as micro-electromechanical systems (MEMs) devices with diffractive and refractive optics, have tried to mimic these natural systems. Many things still can be learned from the natural world.</p><p>In our quest to make displays more ubiquitous and personal, we have been pursuing all manners of properties, such as flexibility and stretchability, to make them more skin-like. Efforts have brought forth contact lenses that contain entire microLED displays, small displays and sensors that can read our biology, and materials we can wrap around our shoes, clothing, and cars to change their appearance (<b>Fig</b>. 3).<span><sup>2</sup></span> Real products, such as rollable displays, are available now, and soon you might be able to adhere an entire flexible phone to your hand or arm. Imagine being able to change your entire appearance with just a tap on your smartwatch, or change from bright colors in the outdoors to conservative tones in the office just by walking in or out of the door?</p><p>I have seen more than one science fiction movie where the characters have computing devices on the backs of their hands that light up when needed and then fade to disappear when turned off. When on, they can form holographic images in space and transmit unimaginable amounts of data in an instant, even where no cell service exists. However, I have never seen an explanation for how or when they recharge those devices.</p><p>The team at UCLA created a t","PeriodicalId":52450,"journal":{"name":"Information Display","volume":"40 5","pages":"64-66"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-09-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/msid.1525","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142234710","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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