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 Dipl.-Chem. Nicole Brandt, guest scientist at the pmTUC, examines printed circuits (Photo: Stefan Wildhirt, 2005)  Prof. Dr. Arved C. Hübler, managing director of the Institute for Print and Media Technology at Chemnitz University of Technology (Photo: Stefan Wildhirt, 2005) |
Welcome to the Revolution! | Deutsch |
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Until recently, conventional printing technology has been declared dead as an
obsolete technology of the past millennium. Now, to the surprise of many, it
enjoys a renaissance.
Printed electronics gets ready to become a central future technology. And
well-established printing methods such as offset, gravure, or flexographic
printing form the onset of a new technological revolution: Only the immense
productivity of printing technology seems to be able to realise the vision of
smart objects, of ubiquitous computing, and of electronics everywhere.
Everything that is printed today can become "intelligent" by means of printed
electronics in the future: books, packaging, wallpapers, chinaware, furniture
surfaces, tiling, ... Already for the year 2020 a market of almost 100 bn Euros is forecasted for this technology (1), i.e. about 10% of today's printing market and 30% of today's electronics market. And Chemnitz holds the world-wide leading role in pushing this technology revolution. In 2003 the worldwide first mass printed transistor was presented here. In 2005 the scientists at our institute successfully accomplished the next leap: The worldwide first integrated circuit, a ring oscillator consisting of 14 transistors, was realised exclusively by means of mass printing methods. Mass printed electronics is real! By now a successful centre for printed electronics has developed around the pmTUC in Chemnitz: The young start-up company printed systems with first printed products that have electronic functions, a new working group in the Chemnitz branch of the Fraunhofer Institute for Reliability and Microintegration (IZM), the innovative regional growth core printronics, which is a network of innovative electronics companies aiming at introducing this technology to the market. And we continue to grow! Whether as research partner or potential user, as student or junior scientist, get involved in these new possibilities. Join us and help us advance this new technology. Yours Arved Hübler You can find recent information on our research results in "current projects". (1) Market study IdtechEX July 2005 |
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| pmTUC 06. Juni 2008 |
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