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Thursday, 14 Oct 2010
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Wednesday October 13, 2010
International Keynotes (08:45 - 12:00)
08:45 - 09:00 "Printed Electronics Markets and Forecasts 2010-2020"
- Forecasts by category 2010-2020
- The most active sectors and why
- New components and building bricks
- Impediments to progress
- Some leading suppliers and developers to watch
- Overview of smart fabric applications
- Production processes used to make smart fabrics
- Potential needs and user requirements for printed electronics in smart fabrics
- High resolution printing techniques for TFT
- Organic TFT technology in TOPPAN Printing
- Flexible electronic paper with printed organic TFT array
- New materials for use in bulk heterojunction solar cells including small molecules and well-defined block co-polymers
- Analysis of energy levels and interfaces by photoelectron spectroscopy in air and the importance of this information for device design
- Progress on developing printing methods for solar cells based on these new materials. This will include a discussion of the application of the technology developed for printing Australia's polymer banknotes to plastic electronics
- An overview of research and commercial partnerships as well as funding for Australian Organic Solar Cell research and development
- Overview of wind energy in Hong Kong
- State of the art- wind energy harvesting in Hong Kong
- ASTRI proposed approach on wind energy harvesting
- Importance of Seamless Location Tracking and services Possibility of Public Municipal Location based Services
11:30 Break
New Printed Electronics Products (12:00 - 14:30)
12:00 - 12:25 "Prototyping Flexible Systems Based on Printed Components"- Matching systems need with components performance
- Integration of sensors, electronics and printed memory
- Power requirement for printed systems
- Materials characterization and optimization
- All Printed 16-bit RF Circuits using R2R Gravure
- Demonstration of All Printed 13.56 MHz Operate4d 16-Bit RFID Tags on Plastic Foils
- Commercialization of R2R Gravure Printed 13.56 MHz Operated 4 Bit RFID Tags and Smart RF Logos
13:15 LUNCH
Manufacturing Printed Electronics (14:30 - 15:20)
14:30 - 14:55 "Inkjet Deposition of Functional Materials with Dimatix Printheads and DMP Series Printers"- Introduction to Dimatix Monolithic Silicon Piezo MEMS Printheads
- Discuss 1pL and 10pL drop volume deposition & control capabilities
- Introduce Dimatix Materials Inkjet Printer (DMP) series printers and capabilities.
- Inkjet print puzzle
- PixDro Tools
- Scaling from Research into Production
- Applications
New Material Technologies (15:20 - 16:10)
15:20 - 15:45 "Low WVTR Sealants for Organic Electronics Applications"- efficient protection of moisture sensitive devices
- applications for e-readers and OPV
- Copper and Nickel inks available now, Silicon ink available soon
- Oxide free inks, suitable for a wide range of substrates
- Can be cured photonically in air at room temperature to produce highly conductive films
- Can be printed using inkjet and other common printing techniques
- Formulations tailored for specific customer applications possible
Printed Diodes (16:10 - 18:00)
16:10 - 16:35 "Single-Layered Printable TeraHertz Nanodiodes for Energy Harvesting"- Applications as novel PVs and thermoelectric devices
- Printable single-layered, zero-threshold nano-diode
- Energy harvesting using Rectenna (rectifier + antenna)
16:35 AWARDS Ceremony - Atrium Link
WSN and Case Studies (12:00 - 15:20)
12:00 - 12:25 "EnOcean - Integrated Approach for Energy Harvesting Wireless"- Energy harvesting wireless sensors are in mass production
- World's first system-on-chip enables self-powered 2-way communication
- Realization of self-powered wireless actuators
- 802.15.4 mesh networks based on time-synchronized, channel hopping protocols such as TSMP or WirelessHART offer carrier-class reliability and network-wide low power, enabling every node to operate for many years on batteries, energy harvesting power sources or line power.
- Integration of time-of-flight measurement functionality into 802.15.4 chipsets creates a breakthrough opportunity for a "no-wires" mesh network that supports more accurate location measurements than RSSI-based systems
- Wire-free mesh networks dramatically cut the installation cost of RTLS infrastructure, while offering the ability to simultaneously transmit wireless sensor data, control signals and accurate location information for both static and moving objects.
- Network embedded sensing devices: gas sensor, dust sensing, humidity sensor.
- Wireless network platform-predominant standards include: ISA100, IEEE 1451, ZigBee, 802.15.4
- Contiki- open source OS from Swedish Institute of Computer Science.
Operating system
13:15 LUNCH
- Energy efficiency requires monitoring and diagnosis of electrical installations. The use of energy harvested wireless sensors is the most convenient solution.
- Since the use of a standard for wireless communication is always appreciated we developed a thermal energy powered ZigBee sensor.
- For a better fit to installations we develop energy harvested sensors able to relay messages.
- Networked building monitoring systems
- GIS-based software platform for ambient intelligence
- Optimisation of building energy consumption using artificial intelligence methods
Energy Harvester Technologies (15:20 - 18:00)
15:20 - 15:45 "Energy Harvesting from Vibration Using Piezoelectric Materials"- On the Energy Flow in Piezoelectric Energy Harvesting
- Impedance Analysis for Piezoelectric Energy Harvesting Devices
- An Improved Self-Powered Switching Interface for Piezoelectric Energy Harvesting
- Characteristics of Energy Storage Devices in Piezoelectric Energy Harvesting Systems
- Introduction of SINOCERA
- Novel piezoelectrical components for harvesting energy
- Special RFID tags for metal and high-temperature environment applications
- Novel antennas based on metamaterial/EBG technology for wireless access point
- Introduction
- Bi-mechanisms of Magnetoelectric Energy Harvesting
- Equivalent Circuit Analysis
- Experimental Results
- Summary
16:35 AWARDS Ceremony - Atrium Link
Thursday October 14, 2010
Photovoltaics (14:30 - 17:15)
14:30 - 14:55 "Standard Turnkey Production Line for CIGS Thin Film PV Modules on Glass Substrates and Opportunities for Production of Thin Film Modules on Flexible Substrates with Roll-to-Roll Equipment"- Characteristics of the CIGS technology developed by centrotherm employing sequential CIGS-deposition by combination of vacuum and atmospheric pressure processes
- Layout and key parameters of standard turnkey production line on glass substrates offered by centrotherm
- Opportunities and advantages of R2R processing of CIGS PV modules and other thin film systems on flexible substrates employing rollcoaters from FHR/centrotherm
- Overview of Photovoltaics
- What and Why High Concentration Photovoltaics (CPV)
- Concentration photovoltaic Fundamentals
- Status of Industry
- ASTRI's Solution
- Summary
- Demand for energy harvesters and wireless sensor networks
- Forecasts 2010-2020
- Uses by territory
- The biggest orders so far
- Overview on PV market worldwide and in Germany
- Feed-in tariff
- Market development and outlook
- Market segmentation
- The German PV Industry Cluster
- Synergies with Printed Electronics in Germany
16:10 Break
17:15 Exhibition Closes
Flexible/Printed Display Technologies (09:00 - 11:35)
09:00 - 09:25 "The Market and Development of ePaper Display Technology"- EPD technology has entered mainstream markets, driving long term growth
- The value proposition of an E Ink display is recognized by the end consumer and the product developer
- Product manufactures can leverage the benefits of new E Ink technology into next generation products to satisfy needs (particularly in education) that LCD and others still cannot address
- Ipad creates turbulence in the eReader Market
- Display technology will be the critical success factor in the market
- Liquavista technology can offer merits from LCD and e-ink.
- Electronic Paper
- Flexible
- All Printed Electrods
- The idea of the photoaligned optically rewritable (ORW) liquid crystal green E-paper to write, store and rewrite again the information generated by computer on a glass or flexible carrier is proposed.
- The configuration of the light printer for writing/erasing E-paper images is elaborated.
- The displays based on ORW E-paper without current conducting layers and electronic drivers for price labels, plastic card displays, and E-advertisements are demonstrated.
11:05 Break
Printed Electronics Markets & Opportunities (11:35 - 14:30)
11:35 - 12:00 "From Stand-Alone Memory to Printed Systems"- Non-volatile memories have been commercialized for use on re-writable cards, as well as molded into plastic devices such as toys. We will soon see deployment of products in the field.
- The second generation of passive array memories currently under development will increase memory capacity significantly with small changes in layout. Using shift registers or multiplexers/decoders to address individual memory cells will further increase capacity.
- Higher-density printed memories will be coupled with printed primary batteries, sensors and displays, creating disposable packaging and status indicator elements.
- Materials are critical enabler of printed electronics
- Requirements and challenges in materials design
- Recent advances in materials technology
- Materials for ink-jet print fabrication
- Reliability test results
- Other related materials
- Conductive nanoparticle inks that we developed for the printed electronics industry are based on a patented nanoparticle fabrication using low cost, readily scalable, multiphase solution synthesis process.
- Using these nanoparticles, we have formulated inks for a wide range of printing techniques including inkjet, aerosol jet, gravure, and screen printing.
- We also demonstrate using our conductive nanoparticle inks in fabricating various electronic devices on flexible substrates, including TFTs, RFIDs, sensors, IC packaging, and solar cells.
13:15 LUNCH
Energy Harvesting and Storage (09:00 - 10:40)
09:00 - 09:25 "Challenges of Piezoelectric-based Energy Harvesting Solution for Automotives Electronics and Consumer Electronics"- Market Potential, Opportunities of Energy Harvesting Technologies
- Technical Challenges and Approaches of Energy Harvesting
- Potential Applications for automotives electronics and consumer electronics
- Cost structure of a PV system
- New installation technology - quick & simple
- Modulize and standardize
- Finance arrangement
- Case study
- Thin-film Micro-energy Cells from Infinite Power Solutions, combined with energy harvesters and efficient power management electronics, provide a reliable and maintenance-free perpetual power supply solution that will last for decades and provide the lowest total cost of ownership.
- Organic resonant tunneling diode (ORTD) is a new organic electronic device, which functions based on its negative differential resistance characteristics. Here, a hybrid nanoparticle/organic ORTD consisting of small molecule organic semiconductors and Ag nanoparticles is reported. The current resonance with the peak-to-valley current ratio of over 4.6 and narrow linewidth of only 1.4 V has been achieved.
- Besides, we demonstrate that metallic nanoparticles can also be used to improve the performance of organic solar cells (OSCs). In this talk, we will also discuss the experimental and theoretical results on using the metallic nanostructures for designing and enhancing the power conversion efficiency of OSCs.
Sensors Technology (10:40 - 11:35)
10:40 - 11:05 "Printed Electric Codes are Hitting the Market"- Ultra low cost printed electric tags are a new tool to fight counterfeiting and forgery
- They can be on products, packages or labels and they can be invisible or hidden
- Cheap sensor/indicator functions can be integrated
11:05 Break
Progress With RFID (11:35 - 12:50)
11:35 - 12:00 "Internet of Things and Applications to Supply Chain Management"- Development of the Internet of Things
- Technologies for modern logistics and supply chain management
- Technology transfer and industry adoption
- RFID market penetration
- Cost and performance challenges for RFID tags and readers
- Tag and antenna research topics
- Market review of UHF RFID tag for apparel application
- Main challenges on UHF RFID apparel appliction
- Heat transfer passive UHF RFID tag development and testing
- Potential application of heat transfer UHF RFID tag
Healthcare and Food Safety (12:50 - 14:30)
12:50 - 13:15 "Sensing Surrounding Changes for Managing Risk in Food Safety and Patient Care"- Offline environmental monitoring in food supply chain
- Real-time patient tracking in indoor RFID network
- RFID traceability system development for risk management
13:15 LUNCH
