Thinfilm Appoints Top Scientists to Technology Council
(Thomson Reuters ONE) -
Ana Claudia Arias will head Thinfilm's new Technology Council together with Jiro
Kasahara and Donald Lupo.
Thin Film Electronics ASA ("Thinfilm") today announced the formation of the
Thinfilm Technology Council with Ana Claudia Arias, Jiro Kasahara and Donald
Lupo as its three members. Arias will chair the council, while Kasahara will be
co-chairman.
"These are among the foremost scientists in the field of printed electronics,"
says Davor Sutija, Thinfilm CEO.
"We are at the front in printed electronics on developing integrated printed
systems. The technology council will give valuable input on how to take
advantage of the latest technological advances in our work to combine our memory
technology with other printed electronic components," Sutija continues.
Ana Claudia Arias is an Associate Professor in the Department of Electrical
Engineering and Computer Sciences at the University of California, Berkeley.
Prior to joining UCB, Dr. Arias was the Manager of the Printed Electronic
Devices Area at PARC, a Xerox Company, Palo Alto, CA. Last year Dr. Arias was
recognized by the National Academy of Engineering as one of eighty-six brightest
young engineers performing exceptional engineering research and technical work.
Jiro Kasahara established Sony Fusion Domain Laboratory in 2001, where he was
responsible for the development of molecular and organic electronics including
organic semiconductors for Flexible and Printable electronics until the time of
his retirement from Sony in 2008. He is now Professor at Hokkaido University, in
their Catalysis Research Center.
Donald Lupo is Professor of Electronic Materials in the Department of
Electronics at Tampere University of Technology. He leads work in organic and
printable electronics, including printed diodes, transistors and solar cells,
and on the effect of printing processes on materials, interfaces and devices.
Previously, he was at Hoechst AG and at Sony International (Europe) GmbH where
he worked on polymer OLEDs and organic solar cells. At NTera Ltd. in Dublin,
Ireland he was head of display R&D for paper-like displays based on
electrochromic nanomaterials.
For more information, including detailed biographies on Drs. Arias, Kasahara and
Lupo please go to: www.thinfilm.se/about-us/council
For further information, please contact:
Geir Harald Aase, VP Communications: +47 480 37 571/geir.aase(a)thinfilm.no
About Thinfilm
Thin Film Electronics ASA ("Thinfilm") is a publicly-listed Norwegian technology
company with its head office in Oslo and product development in Linköping,
Sweden. Thinfilm is a pioneer in the field of Printed Electronics, and provides
fully-printed non-volatile, rewritable memory for applications in toys & games,
logistics, sensor, and ID systems.
Thinfilm's product offering is the Thinfilm Memory(TM), a 20-bit non-volatile
rewriteable memory printed in a high-volume roll-to-roll process, and the
Thinfilm Memory Controller(TM), an application-specific integrated circuit
(ASIC).
Thinfilm is developing higher-density printed memories with printed logic
circuitry, Thinfilm Adressable Memory(TM). Addressable Thinfilm Memory products
will allow integration to create fully printed systems, such as ID tags, sensor
tags, and disposable price labels.
About Printed Electronics
The Printed Electronics market is expected to grow to more than USD 50 billion
in annual market value over the next ten years, according to industry analyst
group IDTechEx. IDTechEx predicts that logic, including addressable memory, will
be the largest segment in this market.
Using printing to manufacture electronic memory makes it possible to reduce the
number of process steps, resulting in dramatically lower manufacturing costs,
and also reduced environmental impact as compared to traditional semiconductor
processes. Commercial applications of printed electronics include e-paper,
electronic readers, and organic light emitting (OLED) displays. Sensors,
batteries, and photovoltaic energy sources are also in development, and together
with Thinfilm's memory technology they will open the door to new products and
applications, for example, in the field of RFID systems.
Memory is an essential part of most electronics. Memory is required for
identification, tracking status, and history, and is used whenever information
is stored. Thinfilm's non-volatile ferroelectric polymer memory technology is
well suited for application with other printed electronics devices because power
consumption during read and write is negligible, and as the memory is permanent,
no connection to external power is required for data detainment. Also, the
electric current required to write information is so small that operation would
be limited by the battery's lifetime and not its capacity.
This information is subject of the disclosure requirements pursuant to section
5-12 of the Norwegian Securities Trading Act.
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Source: Thin Film Electronics ASA via Thomson Reuters ONE
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