Technology for Forming Thin, Lightweight, Bendable Displays
At nano tech 2009, technology for forming thin, lightweight, bendable displays
was presented, from the NEDO project on "Technological Development of
Super-Flexible Display Components." Most ordinary semiconductor devices
are made using vacuum processes such as deposition. For example, liquid crystal
displays are made by forming arrays of color filters and transistors on a glass
substrate.
Because the glass substrate is rigid, the displays cannot be bent, and break
if they receive even a small impact. In the project, future plans include achieving
A4 size large displays, and increasing the resolution by increasing the density
and number of pixels. If such ultra-flexible displays can be implemented, it
will be possible to make mobile phones that don't break even when placed
under a lot of stress.
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