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OLED it shine Fraunhofer
SUNIC SYSTEM, a producer of vacuum of small molecule organic devices. It is
gets strong on
deposition equipment for OLED, one of the worldwide first pilot
announced to start a strategic co- production systems for OLED lighting
OLEDs and PV
operation with the Fraunhofer Institute devices and organic solar cells.
for Photonic Microsystems (IPMS) in “The co-operation with the Fraunhofer THE FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR
Dresden, Germany, a research centre for IPMS allows us the more rapid PHOTONIC MICROSYSTEMS (IPMS),
organic materials based technology development of innovative tool concepts and Plasma Technology (FEP), working
research, in the field of deposition tool to support the lighting and solar cell in the field of large area vacuum
technologies for organic light emitting industry of the future,” says Dr. Hoon deposition on flexible substrates, have
diodes (OLED) and organic solar cells Lim, CEO of Sunic Systems. joined forces in the development of a
(OSC). “The OLED lighting and organic technology for an organic devices roll to
To address a large market segment for photovoltaic industries will progress only roll production process. Organic
OLED lighting, the fabrication technology if the manufacturing cost and fabrication semiconductors are the technological
and fabrication tools have to be improved yield will be drastically improved. The basis for a multitude of innovative
in terms of fabrication yield and cost. close link between technology and tool products, such as organic light emitting
Sunic System and Fraunhofer IPMS development is essential for a future diodes, solar cells, and many other
want to bring together their expertise to success of these novel markets. Dresden applications.
improve current fabrication systems to be is the largest centre in the world for the However, the establishment of a
ready for future demands. The development of these technologies” says powerful European industry for these
development will be based on the pilot Prof. Karl Leo, director of the products can only succeed if industry
production system which will be installed Fraunhofer IPMS. and research institutions not only work
at the Fraunhofer IPMS in the next OLEDs are considered as the solid on technology and design, but also
months. This tool is designed for efficient state lighting technology for new flat, manufacture.
material usage and organic stack large area, and efficient lighting solutions The FraunhoferGesellschaft realised
flexibility at high throughput. in the future, opening a window for this and established the Centre for
It will be the core fabrication tool of rapidly growing and large markets. In Organic Materials and Electronic
the Centre for Organic Materials and the mid and long term future also Devices Dresden (COMEDD), a centre
Electronic Devices Dresden (COMEDD), organic based solar cells show a large for research, development and pilot
which started its work on September 10, market potential. production of organic devices in
2007. The German federal government, Such modules will be low cost, Europe. The co-operation of the two
the local government, as well as the EU, lightweight and flexible in shape. Due to Fraunhofer institutes is a significant
are investing Ä 25 million into COMEDD the low cost materials and close to room milestone for the COMEDD to extend
to establish the leading European temperature manufacturing processes, a its technology basis. The roll to roll
institution for R&D and pilot production short energy payback time is expected. equipment is located at the Fraunhofer
FEP and used by both institutes.
This plant is among the first types
MEMS from the super market
worldwide to develop and produce
organic light emitting diodes (OLED)
lighting modules and organic solar
KEBAILI CORPORATION announced the Microhotplates will allow researchers cells. This is an important step in the
release of the KMHP-100 Series, the and scientists to develop ultra high development of industrial scale
industry’s first commercially available off sensitive and selective chemical sensors. manufacturing processes. The strategic
the shelf MEMS microhotplates for R&D These novel chemical microsensors will co-operation enables a perfect
in innovative chemical sensor research be used in many applications. combination of the competencies in the
and development applications. According to Dr. Mo Kebaili, Chief field of coating and device technology.
The MEMS microhotplate consists of Technology Officer of Kebaili
a micromachined silicon die attached to a Corporation, many creative and talented
gold plated TO-18 package, which insures scientists don’t have access to cleanroom microheater can also be used in-situ, to
reliable and stable continuous operation facilities to design, fabricate and test post process the micro deposited sensing
in harsh and hostile environment their own MEMS based microhotplates material such as dehydrating, curing
applications. The platinum resistive thin for the development of chemical sensors. polymers or annealing sol-gels at
film microheater sandwiched between KMHP-100 microhotplates will allow temperatures up to 650
o
C.
freestanding thin film silicon nitride and these scientists to focus their effort and By using off the shelf KMHP-100
silicon dioxide membranes allows the talent on the sensing materials microhotplates, scientists doing research
microhotplate to operate continuously development. and development work on novel chemical
and reliably at temperatures up to For example, by using sol-gels process microsensors based on MEMS
650
o
C. The freestanding thin film silicon and micro dispensing technique, such as microhotplate platform, can significantly
nitride membrane thermally and a micropipette to deposit onto the reduce their development cost, and lower
electrically isolates the platinum KMHP-100 microhotplate, new chemical their development time from several
microheater from the silicon substrate sensors can be developed in a very short weeks to only few days or few hours
microstructure, and provides the time period and without cleanroom depending on their process and target
microhotplate with a low thermal mass. access. The thin-film platinum application requirements.
www.micronanosystems.info July 2008
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