Passiiviset komponentit, joihin on printattu elektroniikkaa. Esimerkkejä:
- Hybrid circuitries: resistors and capacitors
- Membrane switches: silver traces
- PCB: Solder mask, etch resist
- Wafer technology: bumping
- Printing of resistors on glass – heating etc.
- Printing of EMC shielding
- EL lamps
Uutta printtaaminen aktiivisiin komponenteihin
- Displays
- EL, EC, and many other, including active backplane components
- OLEDs
- Transistors
- Backplanes for Displays
- RFID tags and other functionalities
- Photovoltaics
- Batteries
- Sensors
Yleiset materiaalivaatimukset:
- Stability under ambient conditions
- Processing and operation
- Ease of processing
- Solubility
- Film forming and orientation
- Compatibility to other materials
- Handling, no hazards, ...
- Scalability
- Cost
Erityisiä materiaalivaatimuksia:
- Conductors:
- Conductivity
- Semiconductors:
- Charge carrier mobility, On/off ratio
- Dielectric:
- High k, low k; low leakage current, high Vbreak
- Other functions:
- Fast switching, high contrast for non-emissive displays
- High emission efficiency for emissive displays
- High power conversion rate for photovoltaics
- High selectivity for sensors
- Transparent for optical applications