FlexEnable, a transistor developer in the UK recently stated that the automotive industry is one of the places where flexible displays are gaining ground.
The firm which is based in Cambridge, is in the process of completing quite a few number of projects for the automotive industry after coming in contact with the interested parties in the 2015 edition of International Motor Show held at Germany in the month of September.
The firm which is based in Cambridge, is in the process of completing quite a few number of projects for the automotive industry after coming in contact with the interested parties in the 2015 edition of International Motor Show held at Germany in the month of September.
It has forged a partnership with the firm Flextronics which designs and manufactures electronics. FlexEnable has tied up with several Tier 1 suppliers of solutions in the industry of automotives.
Flexible electronics are being planned to be integrated with automobiles in the following ways:
- They are considering putting in place a display on either side of the windshield, commonly referred to as the “A pillar”, which serves to eliminate the problem of the blind spot. So, naturally it has to be curved.
- Other uses of flexible electronics in the world of automobiles involve putting in place a passenger display at the back of the headrest so that it is safer and does not add to the weight that much.
The Market for Flexible Displays
Earlier, in the initial parts of 2015, the company made a demonstration of an organic LCD, abbreviated as (O)LCD in the A pillar . It has already entered into several NDAs with firms in this particular area relevant to developments of commercial nature.
The consultancy IHS Automotive, predicts vehicle sales provided with such touchscreen interfaces will gain ground from 16.7 million pieces in 2015 to more than 61 million pieces in the year 2021.
In addition to the displays, automotive parts present several opportunities potentially, in the area of flexible and printed electronics in applications related to sensors and lighting. Among the large number of companies, including the automotive giant BMW,plan to integrate electronic lighting that is organic in nature as one of the constituent parts of their vehicles.
Flexible Transistors
FlexEnable is a provider of the flexible transistor, a technology platform which may be fused with LCD or OLED displays in addition to sensors of various sorts and other components of electronics. Aside from automotives other uses might be in fields like medical imaging, consumer and security electronics regarding applications.
There are numerous places where there is need of an active surface like x-ray imaging, sensors of biometric nature like sensors regarding veins, fingerprints or pressure to consumer electronics displays and also advertising and signage.
There are plans by the company to licence the relevant technology to partners in the supply chain and open up a manufacturing unit in Asia in the later parts of 2016.
By 2018 the company aspires to be able to produce such electronic units in very high volumes in the year 2018.
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