Aixtron, the electronics manufacturing equipment specialist, has installed a new facility to showcase its thin film deposition equipment used in organic semiconductor and OLED production.
The demonstration centre has three organic vapour phase deposition (OVPD) systems and one polymer vapour phase deposition (PVPD) line for producing Gen 1 substrates (200x200mm) arranged in a cluster with numerous support modules, within a clean room environment.
Martin Goetzeler, CEO of Aixtron, says: 'Organic semiconductors are of great significance to Aixtron. OLEDs in particular have the potential to be put to a variety of future uses both in displays and in general lighting. Therefore, we have significantly stepped up our research and development in this area and consequently invested into our R&D cluster. This way, we can satisfy the widespread need for enhanced testing and demonstration possibilities, especially to facilitate our customers' future investment decisions.'
Besides helping to cultivate customers in what Aixtron's has clearly identified as a key future market, the demonstration hub will also be available to support its own research effort. In January, the company signed an agreement with Manz to work on developing OPVD coating for much larger substrates, up to Gen8 (2,200x2,500mm). Commercialisation of OPVD technology, originally developed in the US by Universal Display, for high volume production would be a major step towards lowering the cost and increasing the market penetration of OLED and other plastic electronics.
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