Abstract
The new electronics has even greater potential than today' s silicon based
technology. This is because it tackles a wider range of opportunities, from
wide area displays to lowest cost power generation and smart packaging. This
organic and printed electronics is growing to become a $300 billion market in
2028 and, in 2008 alone, many factories come on stream to make "post silicon"
transistors, displays and solar cells. They are using thin films of both
organic and inorganic compound and, increasingly, printing, because that gives
higher output, larger areas and lower cost.
Most of the action is taking place in East Asia, Europe and North America, so
IDTechEx has prepared the world' s first in depth reports on the companies,
technologies and trends involved in each of these regions, the others being
Organic and Printed Electronics in East Asia and Organic and Printed
Electronics in Europe. To be comprehensive, they include all those thin film
technologies beyond silicon that are not yet printed but may be printed in due
course. All the research was initially carried out in late 2007 and in 2008.
This is the world' s first and only report analysing the subject in North
America in depth. It compares and analyses the activities of 208
organisations, involving 436 projects in the USA and Canada by technology and
country. It gives full contact details of these companies and, where
appropriate, examples of patenting performance, research programs, products
and references to many scientific papers presented in 2006 onwards, and it has
comment by IDTechEx, giving an excellent insight into the priorities and
achievements of these organisations.
Although North America has fewer organisations than Europe that are pursuing
this subject, the USA is the single most important country in printed and
potentially printed electronics, having more participants than any other
single country, strong funding and intellectual property but not in every
sector. Its priorities and strengths are very different from those elsewhere.
Where is US government support greatest and most consistent and what
technology is it for? Where is the USA weak? Where is North America likely to
win and where will it lose? How do the types of activity compare by number of
projects? Is there a sensible balance between academic work and commercial
rollouts? Who is acquiring whom and why? It is all here.
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