Title :
Innovative manufacturing of large-area electronics
Author :
Occhipinti, Luigi G.
Author_Institution :
EPSRC Centre for Innovative Manuf. in Large Area Electron., Univ. of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
Abstract :
This work will outline the main challenges and opportunities for manufacturing large-area electronics with application perspectives in multiple market sectors. It tackle the technical challenges of multi-functional system integration of large-area electronics (LAE) in order to achieve low-cost manufacturing and the necessary performance of multifunctional LAE systems. Some aspects of the major requirements and needs in the field of wearable devices for healthcare, sport and fitness are addressed in more details.
Keywords :
electron device manufacture; innovation management; healthcare; large-area electronics innovative manufacturing; multifunctional LAE systems; sports; wearable devices; Consumer electronics; Intelligent sensors; Manufacturing; Printing; Sensor systems; Substrates; large-area electronics; multi-functional devices; printed electronics; sensors; smart system integration;
Conference_Titel :
Solid State Device Research Conference (ESSDERC), 2014 44th European
Conference_Location :
Venice
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-4378-4
DOI :
10.1109/ESSDERC.2014.6948793