First TFT driven Solid State Reflective Display fabricated on a GEN2.5 line

10 August 2020

Bodle Technologies has developed the world’s first TFT driven Solid State Reflective Display (SRD) to be fabricated on a GEN2.5 line at Taiwan’s Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI).

Led by Bodle’s VP for Manufacturing, TS Jen, the team in Taiwan transferred the designs and research activities directly from the Oxford based team to produce the test displays.

Commenting Jen said, “This is an important milestone for Bodle, giving us the confidence that our technology is manufacturable using standard processes. We are delighted to be doing this in an ecosystem where many new display technologies have been launched.”

The SRD is an ultra-low power, colour reflective display, based on phase-change materials, which work over a wide range of temperatures. They have applications in a number of areas such as mobile second screens, electronic shelf edge displays as well as personalised jewellery and watches.

VP of Materials and Engineering, Andrew Pauza added, “To see this technology being scaled from a few pixels on R&D samples made on a lab coater to work on displays with nearly a quarter of a million pixels, made on a production coater is fantastic. Many of the materials and production processes are based on those used for rewritable optical disc, an area where I have worked for many years. We have been able to apply these processes to accelerate this move to a more manufacturable process for the SRD.”

This is an important step forward, according to the company and will provide further impetus to its expansion and scale up plans within Taiwan as it looks to commercialise its technology over the coming years.

Author
Neil Tyler