Caledon Controls announced a new transparent conductive PET film which can be an alternative to ITO in OLED displays (and other applications such as solar cells, RFID, touch panels, etc). The new film uses the PDIM (Pre-Deposited Images in Metal) metal deposition techniques which was developed by Vast Films.
PDIM is a PET based film available in thicknesses ranging from .0005 to .010 with electrically conductive graphic or circuit images deposited onto its surface. PDIM offers fine line resolution - and allows for conductor traces down to 10um in width to be laid into a grid pattern allowing over 90% clarity.
Available conductors are aluminum, copper, silver or nickel. Because of PDIM’s unique metal deposition technology, the ability to incorporate graphics or circuitry within or bordering the grid is possible. This negates the use of a separate circuit and its interconnection. Complexities can be additive.
