Organic & Printed Electronics in North America

Table of Contents

1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS

2. INTRODUCTION

• 2.1. Research carried out for this report
• 2.2. Printed and potentially printed electronics

3. ORGANIC AND PRINTED ELECTRONICS IN THE USA

• 3.1. General situation
• 3.2. Profiles of 195 organisations in the USA
  • 3.2.1. 3M
  • 3.2.2. Acheson
  • 3.2.3. Acumentrics
  • 3.2.4. Add-Vision Incorporated
  • 3.2.5. Advance Nanotech
  • 3.2.6. Air Force Research Laboratories
  • 3.2.7. Alien Technology
  • 3.2.8. Applied Materials
  • 3.2.9. Arizona State University - Flexible Display Center
  • 3.2.10. Army Research Laboratory
  • 3.2.11. Artificial Muscle Inc.
  • 3.2.12. Ascent Solar
  • 3.2.13. Avery Dennison - Advanced Electronic Materials
  • 3.2.14. Aveso, Inc.
  • 3.2.15. Being Seen Technologies
  • 3.2.16. Bell Labs
  • 3.2.17. Bioident Technologies
  • 3.2.18. Biofisica
  • 3.2.19. Brookhaven National Labs
  • 3.2.20. Cabot
  • 3.2.21. California Institute of Technology "Caltech"
  • 3.2.22. Cambrios
  • 3.2.23. Canrom
  • 3.2.24. Carnegie Mellon University
  • 3.2.25. Case Western Reserve University
  • 3.2.26. Colorado School of Mines
  • 3.2.27. Columbia University
  • 3.2.28. Cornell University
  • 3.2.29. Cymbet™ Corporation
  • 3.2.30. Daystar Technologies
  • 3.2.31. Dow Chemical
  • 3.2.32. Dow Corning
  • 3.2.33. Duke University
  • 3.2.34. DuPont
  • 3.2.35. DuPont Teijin Films
  • 3.2.36. Dynamic Organic Light, Inc.
  • 3.2.37. Eastman Kodak
  • 3.2.38. Eikos Inc.
  • 3.2.39. E Ink Corporation
  • 3.2.40. Electrox Corp
  • 3.2.41. eMagin
  • 3.2.42. Emcore Photovoltaics
  • 3.2.43. Emerson & Cuming
  • 3.2.44. Energiser Holding
  • 3.2.45. Energy Conversion Devices
  • 3.2.46. Energy Photovoltaics
  • 3.2.47. Evergreen Solar
  • 3.2.48. Evident Technologies Inc
  • 3.2.49. Exatec
  • 3.2.50. Excellatron Solid State LLC.
  • 3.2.51. Ferro Corporation
  • 3.2.52. First Solar, Inc. Corporate Headquarters
  • 3.2.53. Florida Solar Energy Center
  • 3.2.54. Front Edge Technology
  • 3.2.55. FujiFilm Dimatix
  • 3.2.56. General Electric
  • 3.2.57. Gentag
  • 3.2.58. Georgia Institute of Technology
  • 3.2.59. Global Photonic Energy Corporation
  • 3.2.60. Global Solar Energy, Inc.
  • 3.2.61. GSI Technologies
  • 3.2.62. Harvard University
  • 3.2.63. HelioVolt Corporation
  • 3.2.64. Hewlett Packard
  • 3.2.65. Honeywell (Corporate & Specialty Materials Headquarters)
  • 3.2.66. Honeywell (Electronic Materials Headquarters)
  • 3.2.67. H.W.SANDS CORP.
  • 3.2.68. IBM
  • 3.2.69. ImageXpert Inc.
  • 3.2.70. Imaging Technology International Ltd ITI
  • 3.2.71. Infinite Power Solutions
  • 3.2.72. Inkode
  • 3.2.73. Innovalight, Inc.
  • 3.2.74. Institute for Soldier Nanotechnology
  • 3.2.75. International Paper
  • 3.2.76. Iowa State University
  • 3.2.77. Iowa Thin Film Technologies
  • 3.2.78. ITN Energy Systems, Inc.
  • 3.2.79. John Hopkins University
  • 3.2.80. Johnson Research
  • 3.2.81. KeenSense Inc.
  • 3.2.82. Konarka Technologies
  • 3.2.83. Kovio
  • 3.2.84. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
  • 3.2.85. Leadis Technology
  • 3.2.86. Luminous Film
  • 3.2.87. Lumoflex
  • 3.2.88. Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
  • 3.2.89. MeadWestvaco
  • 3.2.90. Miasole
  • 3.2.91. MicroFab
  • 3.2.92. Motorola
  • 3.2.93. NanoDynamics, Inc.
  • 3.2.94. NanoMas Technologies
  • 3.2.95. Nanosolar
  • 3.2.96. Nanosys
  • 3.2.97. NASA Glenn National Center for Photovoltaics Golden
  • 3.2.98. National Institute of Standards and Technology
  • 3.2.99. National Renewable Energy Laboratory NREL
  • 3.2.100. National Science Foundation
  • 3.2.101. New Mexico State University
  • 3.2.102. Norfolk State University
  • 3.2.103. Northwestern University
  • 3.2.104. Novacentrix
  • 3.2.105. NTERA, Inc.
  • 3.2.106. Nuelight Corp
  • 3.2.107. Oak Ridge Microenergy
  • 3.2.108. Oak Ridge National Laboratory
  • 3.2.109. Ohio Aerospace Institute
  • 3.2.110. Ohio State University
  • 3.2.111. Optomec
  • 3.2.112. Oregon State University
  • 3.2.113. ORFID
  • 3.2.114. OrganicID (Weyerhauser)
  • 3.2.115. Outrider Technologies
  • 3.2.116. OSD Displays
  • 3.2.117. PakSense
  • 3.2.118. Palo Alto Research Center PARC
  • 3.2.119. PixDro
  • 3.2.120. Plextronics USA
  • 3.2.121. Polyera Corp
  • 3.2.122. Precision Dynamics
  • 3.2.123. Princeton University
  • 3.2.124. Purdue University
  • 3.2.125. QD Vision
  • 3.2.126. Quantum Paper, Inc.
  • 3.2.127. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
  • 3.2.128. Rice University
  • 3.2.129. Rieke Metals
  • 3.2.130. Rochester Inst Technology
  • 3.2.131. Rogers Corp
  • 3.2.132. RSI ID Technologies
  • 3.2.133. Rutgers Univerity
  • 3.2.134. Sandia National Laboratory
  • 3.2.135. Sarnoff
  • 3.2.136. Sealed Air Corporation
  • 3.2.137. Semprius
  • 3.2.138. SiPix Imaging Inc
  • 3.2.139. Solicore
  • 3.2.140. Soligie
  • 3.2.141. SoloPower, Inc.
  • 3.2.142. Somark Innovations
  • 3.2.143. Spansion
  • 3.2.144. Spectrolab
  • 3.2.145. Stanford University
  • 3.2.146. Sun Chemical
  • 3.2.147. Sylvania Sustainable Technology
  • 3.2.148. Symmorphix
  • 3.2.149. Teledyne Battery Products
  • 3.2.150. Texas A&M University
  • 3.2.151. Texas Instruments
  • 3.2.152. The CORE Institute
  • 3.2.153. The Kennedy Group
  • 3.2.154. Thin Battery Technologies
  • 3.2.155. T-ink
  • 3.2.156. Travanti Pharma Inc
  • 3.2.157. Ultralife Batteries
  • 3.2.158. Umicore
  • 3.2.159. Unidym, Inc.
  • 3.2.160. Universal Display Corp
  • 3.2.161. University at Albany - State University of New York
  • 3.2.162. University of Arkansas
  • 3.2.163. University of Colorado
  • 3.2.164. University of California Berkeley
  • 3.2.165. University of California Los Angeles
  • 3.2.166. University of California Santa Barbara
  • 3.2.167. Univ California Santa Cruz
  • 3.2.168. University of Delaware
  • 3.2.169. University of Florida
  • 3.2.170. University of Houston
  • 3.2.171. University of Illinois Urbana Champaign
  • 3.2.172. University of Massachusetts Dartmouth
  • 3.2.173. University of Michigan
  • 3.2.174. University of Minnesota
  • 3.2.175. University of Missouri
  • 3.2.176. University of Nevada Las Vegas
  • 3.2.177. University of New Mexico
  • 3.2.178. University of Oregon
  • 3.2.179. University of Rochester
  • 3.2.180. University of South Florida
  • 3.2.181. University of Southern California
  • 3.2.182. University of Texas Arlington
  • 3.2.183. University of Texas Austin
  • 3.2.184. University of Toledo
  • 3.2.185. University of Vermont
  • 3.2.186. University of Virginia
  • 3.2.187. University of Washington Seattle
  • 3.2.188. University of Wisconsin Madison
  • 3.2.189. US Naval Research Laboratory
  • 3.2.190. Vitex Systems, Inc.
  • 3.2.191. Vubiq
  • 3.2.192. Wake Forest University
  • 3.2.193. Wakonda Technologies
  • 3.2.194. Zebra Technologies
  • 3.2.195. Z Power

4. ORGANIC AND PRINTED ELECTRONICS IN CANADA

• 4.1. General situation
• 4.2. Profiles of 13 organisations in Canada
  • 4.2.1. CIS Solar
  • 4.2.2. Ignis Innovation
  • 4.2.3. Information Mediary Corp. (IMC)
  • 4.2.4. Luxell Technologies Inc.
  • 4.2.5. McGill University
  • 4.2.6. McMaster University
  • 4.2.7. National Research Council of Canada
  • 4.2.8. Octillion Corporation
  • 4.2.9. Syscan International
  • 4.2.10. University of Alberta
  • 4.2.11. University of British Columbia
  • 4.2.12. University of Waterloo
  • 4.2.13. Xerox

APPENDIX 1: IDTECHEX PUBLICATIONS AND CONSULTANCY

TABLES

• 1.2. Examples of giant corporations intending to make the printed and potentially printed devices with the largest market potential
• 1.3. Examples of giant corporations, intending to make materials for printed and potentially printed electronics
• 1.4. Most supported technology by number of organisations identified for the USA, Japan and Germany
• 1.5. Number of organisations active in printed electronics in North America by country and share
• 1.6. Primary organic and printed/ thin film electronics topics of interest by organisation in the USA
• 1.7. Primary organic and printed/ thin film electronics topics of interest by organisation in Canada
• 1.8. Printed and potentially printed electronic projects in North America by device and country
• 2.1. The primary choices of photovoltaics beyond silicon, in order of commercial importance in the medium term.
• 3.1. Current Therapeutic Targets

FIGURES

• 1.1. Organisations involved in printed and potentially printed electronics across the world, by type of interest.
• 1.2. The 1500 organisations across the world that are tackling printed and potentially printed electronics devices and key materials, showing approximate number by region and by major technology effort.
• 1.3. Dominant printed electronics topics compared between electronic and electric applications.
• 1.4. Number of profiled organisations by leading country - USA vs Germany and Japan
• 1.5. Number of technology projects by country
• 1.6. Top organic electronics inventors 2003-2005 - USA vs Europe and East Asia
• 1.7. Location of 150 organisations developing printed and thin film transistor and memory technology.
• 1.8. Number of projects by device type in North America
• 1.9. Number of organisations by technology in the USA
• 1.10. Number of organisations by technology in Canada
• 1.11. Number of organisations in North America involved in transistors vs some form of post silicon photovoltaics
• 2.1. Growth in sales of silicon chips by value compared with growth in sales of printed and thin film electronic components.
• 2.2. Examples of photovoltaic market fragmentation
• 3.1. Solid State Battery
• 3.2. Microbolometer integrated onto ROIC
• 3.3. MOM tunneling diode
• 3.4. Interdigitated electrodes for DNA detection
• 3.5. Micropolarimeter for imaging/target recognition (military) (shown here; patterned antennas on microbolometer)
• 3.6. Organic solar cell in front of an array of silicon solar cells
• 3.7. The flexibility of organic solar cells will allow them to power a wide variety of products.
• 3.8. Miniature thin film lithium battery on a ceramic substrate for use in an implantable medical device.
• 3.9. Vertical organic field effect transistors (VOFET).
• 3.10. VOFET-driving OLED
• 3.11. Organic Bistable Devices (OBD)