ISORG and Plastic Logic co-develop the world's first image sensor on plastic Post on Tuesday 11 June 2013

ISORG and Plastic Logic
have co-developed the first conformable
organic image sensor on plastic, with
the potential to revolutionise
weight/power trade-offs and optical
design parameters for any systems with a
digital imaging element.


First mechanical samples will be publicly
unveiled at LOPE-C 2013 (ISORG / CEA
booth B0-509) from 12 to 13 June in
Munich, Germany.

The collaboration is based on the
deposition of organic printed
photodetectors (OPD), pioneered by
ISORG, onto a plastic organic thin-film
transistor (OTFT) backplane, developed
by the technology leader, Plastic Logic,
to create a flexible sensor with a 4x4
cm active area, 375um pitch (175um pixel
size with 200um spacing) and 94 x 95 = 8
930 pixel resolution.

The backplane design, production process
and materials were optimised for the
application by Plastic Logic to meet
ISORG’s requirements. The result, a
flexible, transmissive backplane,
represents a significant breakthrough in
the manufacture of new large area image
sensors and demonstrates the potential
use of Plastic Logic’s unique flexible
transistor technology to also move
beyond plastic displays. Combined with
ISORG’s unique organic photodetector
technology, it opens up the
possibilities for a range of new
applications, based around digital image
sensing, including smart packaging and
sensors for medical equipment and
biomedical diagnostics, security and
mobile commerce (user identification by
fingerprint scanning), environmental,
industrial, scanning surfaces and 3D
interactive user interfaces for consumer
electronics (printers, smartphones,
tablets, etc.).

ISORG’s CEO, Jean-Yves Gomez stated: “We
are extremely pleased to showcase our
disruptive photodiode technology in a
concrete application for imaging
sensing. The ability to create conformal
and large area image sensors, which are
also thinner, lighter and more robust
and portable than current equipment is
of increasing importance, especially in
the medical, industrial and security
control sectors.”

Indro Mukerjee, CEO Plastic Logic said:
“I am delighted that Plastic Logic can
now demonstrate the far-reaching
potential of the underlying technology.
Our ability to create flexible,
transmissive backplanes has led us not
only to co-develop a flexible image
sensor, but is also key to flexible OLED
displays as well as unbreakable LCDs.”

About ISORG

ISORG is the leading and pioneer company
in organic photodetectors and large area
image sensors in printed electronics.
ISORG develops a disruptive technology
transforming plastic and glass into
smart surfaces able to see. These new
sensors are conformable, thin and
lightweight with low current
consumption, offering unique advantages
over traditional image sensors in terms
of sensing area, cost per area ratio and
mechanical integration. These sensors
enable creation of many innovative
products such interactive surfaces for
object detection and recognition, large
area scanning surfaces, revolutionary
user interfaces for consumer products.
ISORG technology opens innovation for
medical, industry and consumer markets.

ISORG has industrialized the process
with its pilot manufacturing line in
Grenoble and plans mass production
volumes for end 2014 with its
manufacturing unit in Grenoble
area.

Companies interested in working together
with ISORG should contact
contact@isorg.fr.

Media Contact at ISORG

Laurent Jamet
Co-founder, Head of Business Development
Tel.: +33 6 09 45 73 70
Email: laurent.jamet@isorg.fr

About Plastic Logic

Plastic Logic is the recognised leader
in organic thin-film transistors and has
been at the forefront of research and
investment into plastic electronics
since the company was founded by
researchers from the Cavendish
Laboratory at Cambridge University. The
company has industrialised the process
and now manufactures high-quality
flexible plastic displays (colour and
monochrome) of various sizes. These
unbreakable daylight readable displays
are conformal, thin and lightweight with
low battery consumption, offering huge
advantages over conventional screens as
they are extremely flexible with proven
lifetimes of over five years and more
than 10 million page updates. Flexible,
bendable displays enable revolutionary
design possibilities and are set to
transform existing markets, such as
signage, wristwatches and wearable
devices, automotive as well as many
others. Plastic Logic is backed by major
investors including Oak Investment
Partners and Rusnano.

Find out more about Plastic Logic and
its robust, flexible displays by
visiting

http://www.plasticlogic.com
and  http://www.youtube.com/plasticlogic.

Companies interested in working together
with Plastic Logic should contact
info@plasticlogic.com.

Media Contact at Plastic Logic:

Ian Reid
Marketing Director
Tel.: +44 1223 707 377
Email: ian.reid@plasticlogic.com




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