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Traditional “Crunchy”
(rigid)
Flexible
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Artistic Concepts
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Samsung Galaxy Gear
Pebble Image credit: Todd Hamilton
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Launched June 29, 2007
6.1 million units in 1st five quarters
By 2010 had 4% market share with more than 50% of total profit
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“Curved-screen smartphones are a solution looking for a problem”
LG's unveiled all the details for its often-leaked, curved screen smartphone. In comparison to Samsung's Galaxy Round, the screen on the G Flex arcs from top to bottom, not side-to-side, which at least makes a little more sense to us, hopefully fitting in better to the curvature of the users' face.
LG G Flex announced with
vertically curved 6-inch 720p screen
Samsung Galaxy Round hands on
We only found one application that takes advantage of the Galaxy Round's unique shape, which is the "Roll Effect" notification display. When the phone's on standby and facing upwards on a table, you can take a quick peek at the time, date, number of missed calls, number of unread messages and battery level by simply holding down one side of the phone.
“From a usability point of view, they don't really give much”
“I can’t see anything that makes me want to move to a curved screen from a flat screen”
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LG Chem has curved batteries in production, ready
for 'phones, watches and glasses'LG Chem, a leading battery manufacturer, is ready to unveil batteries that have not existed before. The types of LG Chem's future batteries can be categorized as the following. Stepped Battery, Curved Battery and Cable Battery.
Smartphone Makers Race to Build Flexible ScreensSamsung Electronics Co. and LG Electronics Inc. released curved-screen smartphones within weeks of one another, raising one obvious question: why would anyone want curves on their phone? The answer, it turns out, doesn't seem to matter much to the two South Korean technology giants themselves, who see curved-screen phones as a steppingstone to the real prize: mobile and wearable devices with completely bendable screens...
The Ecosystem for
Flexible Devices Exists Now!
LG confirms production of
'bendable and unbreakable' smartphone displays"The flexible display market is expected to grow quickly as this technology is expected to expand further into diverse applications including automotive displays, tablets and wearable devices.,“said Dr. Sang Deog Yeo, Executive Vice President and Chief Technology Officer of LG Display.
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Printed Electronics Not Suited to ICs
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Flexible Development Has Focused on Printed Technology
Printed is great for displays and sensors!
However…
Printed transistors are too big for ICsPrinted transistor dimensions are measured in microns; semiconductors are measured in nanometers
Printed transistors are not denseDense printed transistors are measured in tens or hundreds; ICs are measured in millions
Printed transistors are not fastICs for processors, memory, and SoCs must meet current and future consumer demands for functionality
Printed transistors are not low powerConsumers demand battery life
Organic Thin Film Transistors
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complementary circuits
n-channel circuits
p-channel circuits
PEALD ZnO TFTsElectron Devices, Feb. 2010
Supply Voltage (V) 10 10010.1
1.0E-12
1.0E-11
1.0E-10
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1.0E+01
FleX CMOSFeb. 2011
Integrated Circuits v. Printed Transistors
Orders of magnitude faster, at lower voltage!
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Traditional ICs Not Suited to Flexible
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Traditional Semiconductors Are Not Compatible with Printed/Flexible
ICs are great for processors, memory, and SoCs
However…
Packaged ICs are relatively largeICs are thick and too big for flexible systems
Packaged ICs do not bend or conformICs are not designed for flexible electrical or mechanical connections
ICs are not flexibleSilicon IC die are fragile and not physically flexible
ICs are not suitable for large areasThe cost per area of silicon is high
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Physical Sensor
Display
BioSensor
Comm
ADCuCtrl
Data Bus or Wireless
FleX ICs can be used to create Flexible Hybrid Systems
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Printed Electronics• Sensors & Displays• Low Cost • Large Format• Roll-To-Roll (R2R) or• Screen Print
FleX-ICs• Logic, Memory, Signal Processing,
Communications• Physically Flexible CMOS• High Performance• High Density• Compatible with Printed Electronics
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Flexible Hybrid SystemsSpan Multiple Markets
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Physical Sensor
Display
Bio Sensor
Comm
ADCµCtrl
Data Busor Wireless
Flexible Hybrid System“Combination of flexible printed materials and
flexible silicon-based ICs to create a new class of flexible electronics.”
Printed ElectronicsLow Cost, R2R, Large Format
Flexible FleX ICsHigh Performance, High Density
Image courtesy MC10 Automotive/Aerospace:− Conformal− Structural Integration− Sensors− Fly-by-FeelSmart Cards:
− SIM/PIV/CIV − Identity− Finance− Contacted − Contactless
Consumer:− Tablets − Phones− Wearable− TVs− Gaming− Toys
Bio Medical:− Body Worn − Monitoring− Health & Safety
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FleX-IC™ Product Roadmap
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FleX-MCU™8-bit RISC, 1.2V core, 2.5V I/O, 8K SRAM, UART, I2C, SPI; Sampling 2014
FleX-MCU™ With FleX-ADC and FleX-RFIC onboard
FleX-ADC™8-bit Analog-to-Digital Converter100k samples/s, I2C, 2.5V; Sampling 2014
FleX-RFIC™860-960MHz (UHF) IP-X™ TTO RFID64-bit UID, 0.1m–10m range, Sampling 2014
FleX-LNA™ Low Noise Amplifier
FleX-NVM™Non-Volatile Memory
FleX-MCU™ Adds NVM
In Process In Development Planning
FleX-ASIC Custom IC
Chipset for flexible product demonstration
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FleX-IC Chipset for Product Demonstration
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FleX-MCU™
Product Overview
• IP-X™ TTO protocol
• Programmable via 2-wire I2C
interface
• 860-960MHz (UHF)
• 64-bit unique identification
(UID) including 16-bit CRC
• 0.1m–10m read range
• 64kpbs or 256kpbs
• Anti-collision protocol
Product Overview
• LP-MCU, ~2.2M transistors
• Designed for SoP
• Physically flexible & conformal
Product Features
RISC microcontroller
ROM and SRAM
UART, I2C and SPI comm.
Multiple programmable timers
Multiple GPIO ports for sensor
data collection
picL supported by AFRL
FleX-RFIC™
Product Overview
• 8-bit ADC
• 2.5V
• Flexible and conformal
Product Features
8-bit Successive
Approximation ADC
8 input, 100k s/s
Single and continuous
2-wire I2C communication
FleX-ADC™ FleX-ASIC™Your Design as a Flexible IC
Product Overview
• MPWs in TowerJazz CS18/13
• High Volume Production
• Design Engineering and Support
Traditional Silicon Proven IP
Digital standard cell library
SRAM
Via-programmable ROM
Power-on-reset controller
Bandgap voltage ref. generator
On-chip oscillator
Soft Silicon Proven IP
8-bit RISC CPU with interrupt
controller
SPI
I2C
Timers with PWM
UART
Real-time clock
I/O Library
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