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| EXECUTIVE SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS | |
| 1. | INTRODUCTION |
| 1.1. | Global semiconductor shipments monthly and three month average 1983 to 2005 |
| 1.1. | 20 year forecasts of unusual breadth |
| 1.1. | Global GDP and electronics growth % by value 2003 and 2004 |
| 1.2. | GDP growth % by territory |
| 1.2. | The global electronics industry and GDP |
| 1.2. | Fujitsu eight chip stacked package |
| 1.3. | Typical price breaks for high volume electronics and examples of potential advances. |
| 1.3. | Geographical differences |
| 1.3. | Global electronics industry by application |
| 1.4. | Global cellphone sales 1997 to 2005 in millions |
| 1.4. | Importance of China |
| 1.5. | The electronics industry |
| 1.5. | Global camera phone sales in millions 2002 to 2005 |
| 1.6. | Some of today’s disposable electronics and why inorganic technology is needed to make it more saleable and useful |
| 1.6. | Scope for organic electronics and electrics |
| 1.7. | There is a bigger picture |
| 1.7. | Some of the technical constraints of organic electronics and the exciting recent history of breakthroughs that give credibility to more being overcome in the next few years |
| 1.8. | Examples of formidable competition for organic electronics that is emerging. |
| 1.8. | Displays are the main sector for now |
| 1.9. | Surprisingly poor progress with low cost electronics so far |
| 1.9. | Categories and assumptions used in our forecasts |
| 1.10. | Primary assumptions of organic electronics in full production 2005 to 2025 |
| 1.10. | Silicon chips hit the buffers, organics has a clear run? |
| 1.11. | Organics for smart packaging |
| 1.12. | Driving forces for disposable electronics |
| 1.13. | Balance of reporting on printed and organic electronics |
| 1.14. | Inorganic patterning shows the way |
| 1.15. | Great uncertainty |
| 1.16. | Categories breaking down |
| 1.17. | Challenging conventional electronics |
| 1.18. | Formidable new competition for organic electronics |
| 1.19. | Assumptions for our forecasts |
| 2. | LOGIC AND MEMORY |
| 2.1. | Experimental gigabit level organic ferroelectric non-volatile memory on a flexible substrate from Thin Film Electronics of Sweden. |
| 2.1. | Market by region 2005-2025 |
| 2.1. | Global market for organic logic and memory 2005-2025 in billions of dollars |
| 2.2. | North America market for organic logic and memory 2005-2025 in billions of dollars |
| 2.2. | Impact on silicon |
| 2.2. | Potential, in billions yearly, for global sales of RFID labels and circuits printed directly onto products or packaging. Item level is shown in red. These are examples. |
| 2.3. | Chipless RFID benefits and potential benefits |
| 2.3. | Memory |
| 2.3. | Europe market for organic logic and memory 2005-2025 in billions of dollars |
| 2.4. | Asia Pacific market for organic logic and memory 2005-2025 in billions of dollars |
| 2.4. | RFID |
| 2.4. | Chipless RFID technologies – limitations |
| 2.4.1. | Market for RFID |
| 2.4.2. | Ultimate potential for highest volume RFID |
| 2.4.3. | Penetration of chipless RFID |
| 2.5. | The Plastic Logic preproduction line for organic thin film transistor circuits, new mid 2005 |
| 2.5. | Plastic Logic prototype line |
| 2.5. | Rest of World market for organic logic and memory 2005-2025 in billions of dollars |
| 2.6. | Scope for organic TFTCs to create new markets or replace silicon chips |
| 2.7. | Volume sales of tags by application 2005-2015 |
| 2.8. | Total value of tags in billions of US dollars per application 2005-2015 |
| 2.9. | Prototype 13.56 MHz RFID smart labels from reel to reel production of organic TFTCs by PolyIC |
| 2.10. | Choices of digital chipless RFID technologies |
| 2.11. | Percentage penetration of chipless technologies into the RFID tag business by numbers of tags sold globally. |
| 3. | DISPLAYS |
| 3.1. | OLEDs as displays for electronic products |
| 3.1. | A Sony OLED display illustrating its remarkable thinness |
| 3.1. | Global market for OLED displays for electronic products 2005-2025 in billions of dollars |
| 3.1.1. | Market by region 2005-2025 |
| 3.1.2. | Market drivers |
| 3.1.3. | Considerable optimism |
| 3.1.4. | Importance of flexible OLED displays |
| 3.1.5. | Profitable sales in 2007? |
| 3.1.6. | Examples |
| 3.1.7. | Main uses |
| 3.1.8. | Monochrome dying |
| 3.2. | Global market for OLED displays for electronic products 2005-2025 in numbers of units, million |
| 3.2. | Concept of apparel that illuminates with flexible OLED displays |
| 3.2. | OLEDs for billboard, poster, signage |
| 3.2.1. | Market by region 2005-2025 |
| 3.2.2. | Areas of signage etc |
| 3.2.3. | Main investment in East Asia |
| 3.2.4. | Unique problems mean delayed takeoff |
| 3.2.5. | Different competition vs electronic displays |
| 3.2.6. | Challenges outdoors |
| 3.2.7. | Market forecast for dynamic signage |
| 3.3. | North America market for OLED displays for electric products 2005-2025 in billions of dollars |
| 3.3. | Non-emissive displays for all purposes |
| 3.3. | An OLED display in a Kodak camera |
| 3.3.1. | Market by region 2005-2025 |
| 3.3.2. | Electrophoretic |
| 3.3.3. | Aveso forecasts of the market opportunity for low cost displays |
| 3.3.4. | Unusually broad applicability |
| 3.3.5. | Packaging and other disposables |
| 3.4. | Europe market for OLED displays for electric products 2005-2025 in billions of dollars |
| 3.4. | Concepts of OLED street signage and advertising |
| 3.5. | A concept of “wallpaper television” based on OLEDs. |
| 3.5. | Asia Pacific market for OLED displays for electric products 2005-2025 in billions of dollars |
| 3.6. | Rest of World market for OLED displays for electric products 2005-2025 in billions of dollars |
| 3.6. | US outdoor advertising spend 1993 – 2004 |
| 3.7. | Outdoor advertising split by four major product categories |
| 3.7. | Optimism about OLED displays expressed by industry |
| 3.8. | Global market for OLED billboard, poster, signage 2005-2025 in billions of dollars |
| 3.8. | Breakdown of locations of outdoor advertising. |
| 3.9. | Large area display units 2002-2009 |
| 3.9. | North America market for OLED billboard, poster, signage 2005-2025 in billions of dollars |
| 3.10. | Europe market for OLED billboard, poster, signage 2005-2025 in billions of dollars |
| 3.10. | Gyricon electrically reprogrammable black and white signage |
| 3.11. | The potential for low cost printed displays i.e. below the costs obtainable with emissive technology. |
| 3.11. | Asia Pacific market for OLED billboard, poster, signage 2005-2025 in billions of dollars |
| 3.12. | Rest of World market for OLED billboard, poster, signage 2005-2025 in billions of dollars |
| 3.12. | Aveso alphanumeric displays can be produced in millions at low cost |
| 3.13. | Aveso low cost flexible displays with silicon chip drive circuits |
| 3.13. | Comparison of the features of various technologies for advertising and signage |
| 3.14. | Global market for organic non-emissive displays 2005-2025 in billions of dollars |
| 3.15. | North America market for non-emissive displays 2005-2025 in billions of dollars |
| 3.16. | Europe market for non-emissive displays 2005-2025 in billions of dollars |
| 3.17. | Asia Pacific market for non-emissive displays 2005-2025 in billions of dollars |
| 3.18. | Rest of World market for non-emissive displays 2005-2025 in billions of dollars |
| 4. | LIGHTING |
| 4.1. | A small OLED light |
| 4.1. | Global market for OLED lighting 2005-2025 in billions of dollars |
| 4.1. | Market by region 2005-2025 |
| 4.2. | General illumination market |
| 4.2. | North America market for OLED lighting 2005-2025 in billions of dollars |
| 4.2. | The space saving of OLED lights and their exceptional colour tunability |
| 4.3. | Europe market for OLED lighting 2005-2025 in billions of dollars |
| 4.3. | Examples |
| 4.4. | Stand alone equipment |
| 4.4. | Asia Pacific market for OLED lighting 2005-2025 in billions of dollars |
| 4.5. | Rest of World market for OLED lighting 2005-2025 in billions of dollars |
| 4.5. | Significance of OLEDs and challenges |
| 4.6. | Primary categories of lighting compared with emerging OLED capability |
| 4.6. | Incandescent, fluorescent, inorganic LED and the potential performance of OLED lighting compared |
| 4.7. | Historical and projected sales of inorganic LED lighting 2002-2008 in billions of units |
| 4.7. | LEDs |
| 4.8. | Where OLED lighting will be used – building and vehicle statistics |
| 4.8. | Dwelling stock: stock and housebuilding, European Union, 2002 |
| 4.9. | Global population of vehicles 1997, 2005, 2030 in millions |
| 5. | ELECTROSTATIC AND RF SHIELDING |
| 5.1. | Panipol polyaniline-based electrostatic shielding |
| 5.1. | Global market for organic electrostatic and RF shielding 2005-2025 in billions of dollars |
| 5.1. | Market by region 2005-2025 |
| 5.2. | Market drivers and examples |
| 5.2. | North America market for electrostatic and RF shielding 2005-2025 in billions of dollars |
| 5.3. | Europe market for electrostatic and RF shielding 2005-2025 in billions of dollars |
| 5.3. | Technologies |
| 5.4. | Asia Pacific market for electrostatic and RF shielding 2005-2025 in billions of dollars |
| 5.5. | Rest of World market for electrostatic and RF shielding 2005-2025 in billions of dollars |
| 6. | POWER |
| 6.1. | Structure of an organic battery suitable for fast reel to reel assembly |
| 6.1. | Global market for laminar batteries that use organic electrolytes 2005-2025 $ billion |
| 6.1. | Batteries |
| 6.1.1. | Market by region 2005-2025 |
| 6.1.2. | Importance of laminar batteries |
| 6.1.3. | Competition from inorganics |
| 6.1.4. | Example - VoltaFlex |
| 6.2. | Photovoltaics and thermovoltaics |
| 6.2. | North America market for laminar batteries 2005-2025 in billions of dollars |
| 6.2. | Voltaflex organic polymer lithium battery |
| 6.2.1. | Market by region 2005-2025 |
| 6.2.2. | Thermolife |
| 6.2.3. | Applications |
| 6.2.4. | Construction |
| 6.2.5. | Structure of the market by technology |
| 6.2.6. | Historical market growth |
| 6.3. | Fuel cell and other |
| 6.3. | Europe market for laminar batteries that use organic electrolytes 2005-2025 in billions of dollars |
| 6.3. | Inorganic solid state lithium miniature batteries a few centimeters across. |
| 6.3.1. | Market by region 2005-2025 |
| 6.3.2. | The Ceres and Toshiba laminar fuel cells |
| 6.4. | Asia Pacific market for laminar batteries that use organic electrolytes 2005-2025 in billions of dollars |
| 6.4. | Infinite Power Solutions lithium batteries a few millimeters across |
| 6.5. | The flexible organic solar cells |
| 6.5. | Rest of World market for laminar batteries that use organic electrolytes 2005-2025 in billions of dollars |
| 6.6. | Market for complete active RFID tags 2005-2025 $ million |
| 6.6. | The Ceres UK laminar fuel cell |
| 6.7. | Construction of Ceres UK fuel cell |
| 6.7. | RFID market for printed organic batteries 2005-2025 $ million |
| 6.8. | Global market for organic photovoltaics 2005-2025 $ billion |
| 6.8. | A Toshiba Japan fuel cell for MP3 players etc being refuelled with methanol |
| 6.9. | Miniature aluminium air fuel cell |
| 6.9. | North America market for organic photovoltaics 2005-2025 $ billion |
| 6.10. | Europe market for organic photovoltaics 2005-2025 $ billion |
| 6.11. | Asia Pacific market for organic photovoltaics 2005-2025 $ billion |
| 6.12. | Rest of World market for organic photovoltaics 2005-2025 $ billion |
| 6.13. | US spend on camping, hiking, backpacking 2002 $ billion |
| 6.14. | Structure of the global photovoltaic market by technology in 2005 and the potential for organic photovoltaics |
| 6.15. | The global photovoltaic market in megawatts 1994 and 2002 |
| 6.16. | Market for organic photovoltaics by application 2005-2025 $ million |
| 6.17. | Global market for organic fuel cells and other forms of organic power 2005-2025 in billions of dollars |
| 6.18. | North America market for organic fuel cells and other forms of organic power 2005-2025 in billions of dollars |
| 6.19. | Europe market for organic fuel cells and other forms of organic power 2005-2025 in billions of dollars |
| 6.20. | Asia Pacific market for organic fuel cells and other forms of organic power 2005-2025 in billions of dollars |
| 6.21. | Rest of World market for organic fuel cells and other forms of organic power 2005-2025 in billions of dollars |
| 7. | SENSORS AND OTHER ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS |
| 7.1. | The main options for organic sensors |
| 7.1. | Global market for organic sensors and other components 2005-2025 in billions of dollars |
| 7.1. | Market by region 2005-2025 |
| 7.2. | Sensors |
| 7.2. | North America market for organic sensors and other components 2005-2025 in billions of dollars |
| 7.2. | Dependent elderly as a percent of population for Italy, Japan, France, Sweden, UK and US 1970 to 2040 |
| 7.3. | Bioett of Sweden electronic label consisting of a printed organic biosensor, capacitor and inductor used for monitoring the temperature history of food. |
| 7.3. | Europe market for organic sensors and other components 2005-2025 in billions of dollars |
| 7.3. | A very broad subject – market drivers |
| 7.4. | Food supply chains |
| 7.4. | Asia Pacific market for organic sensors and other components 2005-2025 in billions of dollars |
| 7.4. | An inorganic ac electroluminescent smart window that reveals a pattern on sensing sunlight |
| 7.5. | Cypak intelligent package showing printed graphite sensors and the silicon microchip. |
| 7.5. | Rest of World market for organic sensors and other components 2005-2025 in billions of dollars |
| 7.5. | Other components |
| 7.6. | Conductors/ interconnects |
| 7.6. | Main applications of conductive inks and some major suppliers today |
| 7.6.1. | Sensing intrusion |
| 7.6.2. | Main applications |
| 7.6.3. | Market size for laminar conductors |
| 7.7. | Market size for polymer thick film inks and ceramic thick film inks |
| 7.8. | Market share by application of metallic/carbon Polymer Thick Film PTF ink |
| 7.9. | Market size for carbon conductive inks |
| 8. | GLOBAL MARKETS AND TIMELINES |
| 8.1. | The potential annual global sales of each type by 2020 |
| 8.1. | Possible breakdown of the market for organic electronics in 2025 by numbers and value. |
| 8.1. | Market by applicational sector |
| 8.1.1. | Vision of 2020 and 2025 |
| 8.1.2. | Varied impacts |
| 8.1.3. | Typical products incorporating organic electronics |
| 8.1.4. | Global market for organic electronics 2005-2025 |
| 8.2. | Examples of organic electronics and electrics tackling different technologies and applications. |
| 8.2. | Markets by region |
| 8.2. | Some constituents of the market for organic electronics in 2015 by numbers and value. |
| 8.2.1. | North America |
| 8.2.2. | Europe |
| 8.2.3. | Asia Pacific |
| 8.2.4. | Rest of World |
| 8.3. | Value of barcode and RFID labels sales 1970 to 2025 and the growth of sale of electronic inks for the direct printing of organic RFID circuits onto products and packaging |
| 8.3. | Global market for organic electronics 2005-2025 in billions of dollars |
| 8.3. | Market by technology |
| 8.4. | Timelines 2005-2025 |
| 8.4. | Markets by technology in North America $ billions |
| 8.4. | OLED display roadmap |
| 8.4.1. | Logic and memory for RFID |
| 8.4.2. | Logic for backplane display drivers |
| 8.4.3. | OLED displays |
| 8.4.4. | OLED lighting |
| 8.5. | Probable timeline for a closed system based on organic sensors. |
| 8.5. | Markets by technology in Europe $ billions |
| 8.5. | Sensor driven closed systems |
| 8.6. | Conductive patterns |
| 8.6. | Markets by technology in Asia Pacific $ billions |
| 8.6. | Actual and potential choices of conductive patterning technology with some dates for production |
| 8.6.1. | Conductive plastics |
| 8.6.2. | Applicability of organic conductors |
| 8.6.3. | Participants in the organic electronics business |
| 8.7. | Markets by technology in the Rest of The World $ billions |
| 8.8. | Global market for organic electronics and the OLED part 2005-2025 in billions of dollars |
| 8.9. | Percentage of the organic electronics and electrics market represented by OLEDs by value 2005 to 2025 |
| 8.10. | Organic TFTC timelines as display drivers |
| 8.11. | Timelines for OLED active matrix displays |
| 8.12. | Some timelines for OLED lighting |
| 8.13. | Progress in the conductance and therefore the usefulness of organic conductive patterns 2005, 2015, 2025 |
| 8.14. | The most popular printing equipment for production of conductive patterns as electrodes, interconnects etc 2005, 2008, 2025 |
| 8.15. | Examples of companies developing organic logic and/or memory and their main emphasis |
| 8.16. | Examples of companies developing organic logic and/or memory and their main emphasis |
| 8.17. | Examples of companies developing organic non-emitting displays and their main emphasis |
| 8.18. | Companies developing organic electrostatic and RF protection |
| 8.19. | Examples of companies developing organic laminar batteries and their main emphasis |
| 8.20. | Examples of companies developing organic photovoltaics and their main emphasis |
| 8.21. | Examples of companies developing organic laminar fuel cells and their main emphasis |
| 8.22. | Examples of companies developing organic sensors and other components and their main emphasis |
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| Tables | 105 |
| Figures | 69 |