Micro Technology’s exhibition booth at the JPCA show
Micro Technology Co Ltd has developed a new technology that makes ultra thin glass substrates for manufacturing of flat panel displays. This technology reduces the glass substrates’ thickness up to 20?m so that it can be integrated in flexible displays.
During the JPCA show, which was held at Tokyo last June 2 to 4, 2010, the company revealed an OLED panel and a color filter that was manufactured through their newly developed technology.
Resin, which is the material that has been widely used for flexible displays, “isn’t good enough in terms of heat resistance and permeability to gases,” Micro Technology said. Glass is more superior to resin when it comes to these areas and this is the reason why they developed flexible glass substrates.
While it is extremely complex to mechanically thin down a glass substrate, Micro Technology used a chemical process that did not require the use of fluorinated acid in order to melt the material.
According to Micro Technology Co Ltd, they are currently in the process of preparation to provide this technology to Flexible Panel Displays (FPD) manufacturers in the near future.
Source: Techon
