The project involves the development of a process to deposit high conductivity, very thin metal tracks onto glass and plastic substrates. The process, which is seen as an alternative to conventional inkjet printing methods, involves the use of lasers to expose selected material.
Flexible displays are expected to require a technology such as this for the formation of the TFT backplane, and the process under development would be applicable to plasma (PDP) and LCD displays and even organic photovoltaics as well as PLEDs.
CDT partners in the project are Conductive Inkjet Technology (CIT), a subsidiary of Carclo plc a specialist in technical plastic products, and Exitech, supplier of laser processing equipment.
Posted: Aug 24,2006 by Ron Mertens
