The New Thin-Film Electronics: Large-Area Electronics and Beyond

Table of Contents:

Executive Summary

• Latest developments in thin film technology
• New materials and production methodologies
• Emerging challenges in thin film electronics
• Applications and markets
• Firms to watch
• Summary of opportunities for thin-film electronics
• Summary of forecasts

Chapter One: Introduction

• Background to report: Why is thin film technology creating new opportunities and why now?
• A classification of TF electronics opportunities
• Objectives of this report
• Scope of this report
• Methodology of this report
• Plan of this report

Chapter Two: Technology Developments and Assessments

• Introduction
• Changing production modalities:
  • Atomic layer deposition
  • Inkjet printing
  • Self-assembly
• New thin film materials
• How new thin-film production modalities and materials will create new products

Chapter Three: New Applications and Markets for Thin-Film Electronics

• Introduction
• Large area electronics:
  • Displays
  • Photovoltaics
  • Lighting
  • Sensor arrays
  • Imaging
  • Other
• Next-generation semiconductors:
  • Scaling with TF
  • 3D chips and TF-enabled chips in a post-Moores Law World
  • Sensors
• Memory and Storage:
  • Memory chips
  • Disk drives
• Batteries
• Aerospace applications

Chapter Four: Eight-Year Forecasts

• Forecasting methodology
• Pricing issues
• Scenarios for the development of TF materials and production modes
• Forecast of thin-film enabled electronics by application:
  • Large area electronics by application type and materials
  • Next-generation semiconductors by type of device
  • Memory and storage applications by type of device and material
• Thin-film batteries
• Aerospace applications