FLEXIBLE ELECTRONICS This Photo by Unknown author is licensed under CC BY-SA .
INTRODUCTION Flexible electronics also known as flex circuits ,is a technology for assembling electronic circuits by mounting electronic device on flexible plastic substrates FLEXIBLE ELECTRONICS can actually be defined as the electronic devices which can be bent and stretched into any shape at any time
FABRICATION TECHNOLOGY FOR FE Fabrication on sheets by batch processing 1. On a ridge carrier facing up and loose 2. In a tensioning frame , facing up or down 3.In a frame facing down and loose Fabrication on web by roll to roll processing Additive printing
FLEXIBLE CIRCUIT BOARDS Flex circuits are made up of flexible plastic substrate usually polyimide , polyester or thin sheets of glass
FLEXIBLE ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS Electronic components such as transistors are being made from silicon nanomembrane usually called TFT (Thin Film Transistors)
EXAMPLES Lithium ion flexible battery Non volatile memories
FLEXIBLE DISPLAYS Organic light emitting diodes are normally used instead of a backlight for flexible displays
ADVANTAGES LIGHT WEIGHT SMALLER DIMENSIONS REQUIRED SPACE SAVING FOLDABLE AND BENDABLE INCREASWD CIRCUITARY DENSITY WIDE VIEWING ANGLE This Photo by Unknown author is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND .
DISADVANTAGES INITIAL INVESTMENT MAY BE EXPENSIVE INTEGRATION OF COMPONENTS WOULD BE CHALLENGE FOR ENGINEERS PRECISION MACHINES REQUIRED LIFETIME MANUFACTURING This Photo by Unknown author is licensed under CC BY-SA .
CONCLUSION Flexible electronics in future will play a part in field of security , entertainment and may lead to innovative applications The demand for flexible electronic products at present may not be noticed but up to 2020 there would be huge demand and preference will be given to the flexible products in market This Photo by Unknown author is licensed under CC BY-SA .
This Photo by Unknown author is licensed under CC BY-SA .