Disposable Electronics: The First Wave for Printed and Organic Electronics

Table of Contents

Executive Summary

• E.1 Introduction
  • E.1.1 A Definition of Disposable Electronics
  • E.1.2 A Very Brief History of Disposable Electronics
• E.2 Summary of Opportunities in Disposable Electronics
  • E.2.1 RFID and Smart Packaging
  • E.2.2 Smart Shelving
  • E.2.3 Smartcards and Smart Tickets
  • E.2.4 Smart Textiles
  • E.2.5 Games, Gadgets and Gizmos
  • E.2.6 Medical Products
  • E.2.7 A Note on Lighting
  • E.2.8 A Note on Power Sources
• E.3 Implications for Manufacturers and Technology Developers
• E.4 Implications for Materials Firms
• E.5 Firms to Watch
• E.6 Recent Developments
• E.7 Summary of Eight-Year Market Forecasts

Chapter One: Introduction

• 1.1 Background to this Report
  • 1.1.1 Disposable Electronics and TOP Electronics
  • 1.1.2 Opportunities and Challenges
• 1.2 Goal and Scope of this Report
• 1.3 Methodology and Information Sources for Report
• 1.4 Plan of this Report

Chapter Two: Materials and Fabrication Technologies

• 2.1 Introduction
• 2.2 Materials: Substrates
  • 2.2.1 Plastic Substrates
  • 2.2.2 Metal Foil Substrates
  • 2.2.3 Paper Substrates
  • 2.2.4 Textile Substrates
  • 2.2.5 Flexible Glass
  • 2.2.6 Flexible Silicon
• 2.3 Materials: Inks and Other Materials
  • 2.3.1 Metallic Inks
  • 2.3.2 Organic Semiconductors and Inks
  • 2.3.3 Other Active Materials
• 2.4 Fabrication Processes
  • 2.4.1 Screen Printing and Disposables
  • 2.4.2 Ink-jet and Disposables
  • 2.4.3 Spin Coating and Disposables
  • 2.4.4 Other Types of Printing and Disposables
  • 2.4.5 Vapor Deposition
  • 2.4.6 The Role of Roll-to-Roll
  • 2.4.7 Integrated Graphics and Electronics Printing
• 2.5 Review of Major Points Considered in this Chapter

Chapter Three: Technologies for Disposable Electronics

• 3.1 Introduction
• 3.2 Printed and Organic Thin-Film Transistors
  • 3.2.1 OTFT in Backplanes
  • 3.2.2 OTFT in RFID
• 3.3 Printed and Organic Memories
• 3.4 Printed and Organic Sensors
• 3.5 Low-end OLEDs
  • 3.5.1 A Brief History of OLED Technology and its Role in Low-End Products
  • 3.5.2 The Add-Vision Approach
• 3.6 E-Paper and Electrochromic Displays
  • 3.6.1 E-Paper to Date
  • 3.6.2 Technology and Materials Platforms
  • 3.6.3 E-Paper and Disposable Electronics
  • 3.6.4 Competition at the Low-End
• 3.7 Lighting and Disposable Electronics
  • 3.7.1 OLED Lighting
  • 3.7.2 EL Lighting
• 3.8 Thin-Film and Printable Power Sources
  • 3.8.1 The Economics of Printed/Thin-Film Batteries
  • 3.8.2 Disposables and Printed/Thin-Film Batteries
• 3.9 Review of Major Points Considered in this Chapter

Chapter Four: Disposable Electronics Applications and Markets

• 4.1 Introduction
• 4.2 Smart Packaging
  • 4.2.1 Food and Beverage Packaging
  • 4.2.2 Pharmaceutical Packaging
  • 4.2.3 Other Packaging
• 4.3 Signage: Smart Shelves, Electronic Pricing Labels, and POP Displays
• 4.4 Smartcards and Smart Tickets
  • 4.4.1 Security Enhancements
  • 4.4.2 Other Enhancements
  • 4.4.3 Smart Tickets
• 4.5 Smart Textiles
  • 4.5.1 The Role of Printed and Organic Electronics
  • 4.5.2 Smart Textiles and Printable or Organic Sensors
  • 4.5.3 Electronics and Related Firms Targeting Smart Textiles
  • 4.5.4 Military Applications
  • 4.5.5 Fashion Aspects
  • 4.5.6 Other
• 4.6 Medical Applications
  • 4.6.1 Diagnosis
  • 4.6.2 Therapeutics
• 4.7 Games, Toys and Novelties
  • 4.7.1 Games
  • 4.7.2 Greeting Cards
  • 4.7.3 Novelties
  • 4.7.4 A Final Note on the Electronics Content of Toys and Games
• 4.8 Review of Major Points Considered in this Chapter

Chapter Five: Eight-Year Forecasts of Organic and Printable Lighting

• 5.1 Forecasting Methodology
• 5.2 RFID Tags
• 5.3 Other Smart Packaging
• 5.4 POP Displays
• 5.5 Smartcards
• 5.6 Medical Products
• 5.7 Toys and Games
• 5.8 Smart Textiles
• 5.9 Market Summaries
• 5.10 Materials and Production Forecast
  • 5.10.1 Forecast of Paper Substrates

Abbreviations and Acronyms Used in this Report

Exhibits

• Exhibit E-1: Disposable Electronics: Types of Business Opportunity
• Exhibit E-2: Summary of TOP-Enabled Disposable Electronics, by Application: 2008-2015 ($ Millions)
• Exhibit 1-1: Emerging Opportunities in Disposable Electronics
• Exhibit 3-1: Applications for OTFTs
• Exhibit 3-2: OTFT Requirements for Selected Applications
• Exhibit 3-3: A Roadmap for Organic RFID Tags
• Exhibit 3-4: TFE' s Partners
• Exhibit 3-5: Roadmap for Adoption of Sensors in Smart Packaging
• Exhibit 3-6: Overview of E-paper Technology
• Exhibit 3-7: List of Selected Companies in the Thin-Film Battery/Printed Battery Market
• Exhibit 5-1: RFID Markets: 2008-2015
• Exhibit 5-2: Non-RFID TOP Electronics Smart Packaging Markets: 2008-2015
• Exhibit 5-3: POP Displays and Related Markets: 2008-2015 ($ Millions)
• Exhibit 5-4: TOP-Enabled Smartcard Markets: 2008-2015 ($ Millions)
• Exhibit 5-5: TOP-Enabled Medical Electronics: 2008-2015
• Exhibit 5-6: TOP-Enabled Games, Toys and Greetings Card Markets: 2008-2015
• Exhibit 5-7: TOP-Enabled Smart Textile Markets: 2008-2015 ($ Millions)
• Exhibit 5-8: Summary of TOP-Enabled Disposable Electronics, by Application: 2008-2015 ($ Millions)
• Exhibit 5-9: Summary of TOP-Enabled Disposable Electronics, by Device: 2008-2015 ($ Millions)
• Exhibit 5-10: Summary of TOP-Enabled Disposable Electronics, by Materials: 2008-2015 ($ Millions)
• Exhibit 5-11: Paper Substrates by Device Type: 2008-2015 ($ Millions)