(pressebox) Kyungki-do, Korea, 30.03.2009, InkTec Co., Ltd. ("InkTec") headquartered in Kyungki-do, Korea, a world-class research and manufacturing company in the field of Printed Electronics, and Thin Film Electronics ASA ("Thinfilm") of Oslo, Norway, announces today that they have produced fully functional printed memory products in a roll-to-roll ("R2R") high volume printing process.
A joint Thinfilm and InkTec project has been successfully completed to demonstrate fully R2R printed memories with a layout and device structure developed by Thinfilm, targeting applications such as game cards and toys. The work has been conducted under the Joint Development Agreement between Thinfilm and InkTec entered in June 2008.
The project has been a huge success with the realization of a R2R production worthy printing process capable of realizing printed memory cells with a yield in the 96-97 % range for the best device structure. Until now, several rolls, each with more than 100 meters of printed memory has been produced with a total of 5 printing steps.
A significant part of the work has been to develop inks suitable for the realization of the desired target. The ink compositions for the electrodes are based on InkTec’s proprietary non-particle based silver complex compound whereas the memory ink is based on a proprietary ferroelectric polymer jointly developed by Thinfilm and Solvay Solexis SA.
Johan Carlsson, CEO of Thinfilm stated; "This is to our knowledge one of the world first established R2R processes capable of producing electronic components other than conductors and antennas with high yield. This also confirms to us that InkTec’s new factory is ideally suited for volume production of our memories and that the InkTec’s staff has the right skills to achieve quality results. In addition, their market presence in more than 100 countries will help us in commercialising our technology on a broader scale."
InkTec’s CEO, Kwang-Choon Chung, said; "We are very proud of our unique Electronic Ink as well as our printing facilities in our 2nd factory in Pyungtaek-city where this work has been conducted. These results enable us to add yet another application to our successful Print Services business, as we now will be able to offer fully printed Thinfilm memories to our own, as well as Thinfilm’s customers". "In the future, we see Thinfilm’s memory technology as an important and integral part of printed Radio Frequency Identification ("RFID") products", added Dr. Kwang-Choon Chung.
Printed Electronics
Printed Electronics is a new, emerging industry that takes advantage of printing technologies to manufacture electronics with a wider variety of form factors, including thin, flexible substrates. Through the use of proprietary printing techniques, these electronic circuits can be manufactured at high efficiency and very high volumes when compared to traditional electronics. This enables electronic functionality in a whole new family of products such as medical and consumer disposables, cards, labels, RFID tags, toys and games.
Electronic Ink
Electronic Inks are used in industrial printing processes and are used in a variety of applications such as e.g., RFID, PCB and displays. InkTec’s advanced metal inks have excellent properties and show improved defect properties compared to other nano- and paste-inks. InkTec’s inks are transparent silver inks which are based on proprietary nonparticle based silver complex compound. The transparent silver inks are stable for longterm storage and are, because of the low sintering temperature, applicable to various substrates.
InkTec Corporation
InkTec is listed on the Korea Stock Exchange (http://eng.krx.co.kr/… Ticker: InkTec [ 049550 ]) and since its establishment in 1992, InkTec has enjoyed exceptional growth with international sales and distribution network in more than 120 countries. As a world-class leading ink manufacturer, InkTec proudly developed innovative transparent silver conductive inks for printed electronics and started to produce various optical/electronic materials by state-of-the-art printing facilities. InkTec offers customized printing services for customers’ products using superior facilities and extensive printing experience. All printed products can be produced using InkTec’s innovative conductive inks.
For more information on InkTec, visit www.InkTec.com.Über Thin Film Electronics AB
Thin Film Electronics, an Oslo, Norway-based Company with R&D facilities in Linkoping, Sweden, is the pioneer in the use of functional polymer materials for nonvolatile memory applications. Dense functional memories have been demonstrated using both traditional processing for silicon-based chips and more recently printing. Thinfilm delivers printed memory today and, with partners like InkTec, will deliver integrated printed electronics tomorrow. Thin Film Electronics ASA (Ticker: THIN http://www.osloaxess.no/… ) is listed on the Oslo Axess list at the Oslo stock exchange, Norway.
For more information on Thinfilm, visit www.thinfilm.se
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