Plexcore® OS Applications • Printed Field Effect Transistors • Plastic Solar Cells • Printed Memory • Smart Packaging • Chemical & Optical Sensors • Display & Lighting Backplanes • Smart Textiles

Plexcore® OS in Printed Circuitry
The projected $300 billion printed electronics market will only be possible when electronic circuitry can be printed onto flexible surfaces using inexpensive manufacturing processes. Organic field effect transistors (OFETs), the fundamental building block of printed circuitry (see figure 1), drive electronic operation of such printed electronic devices as radio frequency identification (RFID) tags, display backplanes and various types of sensors. The ability to print OFETs onto various substrates at a low-cost creates opportunities to incorporate these devices into a wide variety of applications, including packaging, consumer products and advertising spaces such as electronic billboards. As a result of the cost-driven competition with current applications like bar codes and basic consumer packaging, performance at low-cost and reliability are the market drivers for printed circuitry.

Plexcore® OS is the printed semiconductor in OFETs that controls current flow from the source to the drain electrode when voltage is applied across the gate electrode. The transistor signal is controlled by this gate voltage.