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Imagine a bottle or package able to detect proximity or
position of your hand and start to illuminate. Imagine a P.O.S
(Point-Of-Sales) display able to see people moving around
and attract you, starting to sing. Imagine a surface able to
detect when you take the perfume box and emitting the
perfume fragrance. All these funny functionalities are now
possible thanks to the latest developments of optical sensors
in printed electronics, combined with other technologies such
as electroluminescent panel, LED or printed loudspeaker.
These sensors are based on organic photodetectors able
to measure and sense the light, detect objects over the
surface, detect motion of people or position of hands to
control light and sound effects. Using thin and light plastic
substrates, they are very easily integrated on paper or plastic
surfaces and in packaging elements by lamination.
Printed electronics is a sales booster to engage people, influence
purchase and build brand. It creates magic, fun and buzz.
This technology enables new interaction with consumers
for eye catcher POS displays in supermarkets for creation
of new marketing tools for consumer goods industry, or in
selective distribution shops for perfume and cosmetics.
These sensors can be integrated in bottle packaging to
create high value products for limited series of spirits for
brand recognition : imagine a champagne bottle package
transformed into interactive loudspeaker able to change
track or increase volume by approaching your hand.
These sensors can be also integrated into posters to control
multimedia animations on remote TV display, launching
videos, navigating on presentation or photos album : many
applications are considered for professional exhibitions,
museums, corporate halls. Think about new posters for
teenagers to control music of remote smart phone music dock
station by moving your hand over the poster, up and down
to control the volume, right and left to move to next track.
New product creation is now possible for gaming and book
industry : imagine a paper or plastic surface transformed
into a virtual ping-pong table able to detect motion of hands
over the surface and illuminate virtual ball position. Imagine a
paper surface transformed into a virtual DJ table able to detect
rotation of hand. Imagine a book able to recognize physical
objects such as letters or numbers for kid education.
This technology enables also new merchandizing functionalities
transforming surfaces of shops into interactive surfaces able to
detect presence of box for anti-theft or new customer interaction
(starting light or sound animation when taking the box)

Some of these new concepts became reality with ISORG. ISORG
is a new company based in Grenoble (France) developing and
manufacturing optical sensors on plastic in printed electronics.
ISORG has developed very unique expertise for integration of
their sensors to the packaging, graphics and communication
industry by offering complete engineering services for prototype
and product creation : sensor design and manufacturing,
electronics system design, light-sound-display technologies
integration (with partners), product design (with partner design
house). Videos of these exciting developments in smart packaging
are available on www.youtube.com (keyword: isorg)

OPE (Organic & Printed Electronics) Journal, May 2013
www.ope-journal.com
]]> Thu, 06 Jun 2013 11:31:33 http://www.isorg.fr//rep-edito/ido-143/isorg_receives_the_jpca_award.html ISORG, the pioneer company of organic photodetectors and image sensors, today announced that it has been selected for the JPCA Award for New Product Introduction.

The "JPCA Award" was founded in 2005 as an award system to the products as well as technologies to contribute to the advancement of electronic-circuit technologies and industry.

The 9th JPCA Show Award Winners are selected among NPI presentation participants by JPCA Show Award Selection Committee, which consists of Academic expert and Electronic Circuits Industry Specialists.

The JPCA exhibition is a major electronics exhibition in Japan with more than 40 000 visitors per day.

ISORG technology will be presented by Techno-Alpha at the JPCA exhibition in Tokyo on 5th to 7th June : Tokyo Big Sight, JAPAN, East Hall 4, Booth：4E-17 (15th Jisso Process Technology Exhibition)

Techno Alpha is distributing partner of ISORG in Japan.

http://www.jpcashow.com/show2013/en/event/jpca_award.php
http://www.technoalpha.co.jp/english/exhibition

ISORG is the pioneer company of organic photodetectors and image sensors.

“We give vision to all surfaces” : ISORG is the leading company in organic and printed electronics optical sensors with his disruptive technology transforming plastic and glass surfaces into surfaces able to see. ISORG technology enables many new applications and functionalities: a revolutionary user interface with 3D gesture recognition (the ‘post-tactile’ technology), large area digital imaging and scanning, interactive surfaces with motion and object detection.

ISORG addresses various markets : medical digital imaging and life sciences, industry, smart packaging and consumer electronics.

www.isorg.fr
]]> Thu, 30 May 2013 15:11:42 http://www.isorg.fr//rep-edito/ido-142/isorg_moves_closer_to_commercialization.html

ISORG is successfully navigating the path to commercialization. Founded in May 2010, ISORG, or Image Sensor Organic, in partnership with CEA-LITEN, the French Laboratory of Innovation for New Energy Technologies and Nanomaterials, introduced the Magic Pad in 2011.

The Magic Pad a flexible organic photo-detector array demonstrator that can transform glass and plastic into smart surfaces. Potential applications include consumer electronics, interactive packaging, home appliances, industrial displays and games. By mid-2011, ISORG had caught the eye of designers, and was developing its own manufacturing line on Grenoble, France.

Now, two years later, Laurent Jamet, business development and co-founder of ISORG, said the company has continued to grow worldwide while further developing its sensor technology.

“We now have 18 people in our company, with a team in Hong Kong for international business development,” Jamet said. “We have a team dedicated to product development able to develop all the opto-electronics systems to offer whole solutions to our customers: sensor design and production and complete system development (sensor, readout electronics and signal processing) and integration (system-in-foil).

“We started industrial transfer in July 2012 with our pilot manufacturing line located in Grenoble,” Jamet added. “This line is a 500m2 clean room with a complete set of printing equipment (screen printing, gravure printing, slot die coating). Our manufacturing process (fully printed) will be qualified for mass production by the end of this year.”

Jamet added that ISORG is currently building its mass production facilities as well.

“We have launched building and installation for our mass production unit, also located in Grenoble, in different facilities than the existing pilot line,” Jamet said. “We plan mass production in volumes by the end of 2014, beginning of 2015. We have been starting international fund raising activity and are currently in discussions with several investors.”

ISORG has further refined its sensor technology to meet the needs of customers. Last year, in conjunction with a customer, the company developed an image sensor prototype at a resolution of 150um by combining its organic photodetector technology with a silicon transistor array. Jamet added that developments are on going for a combination of ISORG’s organic photodetectors with an organic transistor matrix array (full plastic image sensor).

These image sensors can be used in numerous applications.


“Printed photodetectors and image sensors are offering new functionalities or benefits to a large number of markets,” Jamet said. “Large area sensing offers a very competitive area-cost ratio, mechanical integration (thin, light, conformable), fast and inexpensive custom design and proprietary customer solution. Our sensors enable various functionalities such as large scanning, large area object detection, interactive surfaces for proximity and contactless hand detection.”

These markets include the medical x-ray imaging industry, smart packaging, smart textiles, smart pill dispenser at pharmacies, diagnostics and home appliances.

With its technology in place, Jamet said that ISORG is working closely with companies in a wide range of fields to integrate its sensor technology.

“We have met leading international companies that came to us to develop innovative products and functionalities,” Jamet said. “We have been starting several collaborations, prototype proof-of-concept and product prototype developments for major companies, and we have identified short term business opportunities for the industrial segment with leading customers. We have also identified longer term opportunities for integration of our technology in displays, such as laptops and tablets, and have been contacted by major OEM companies in the consumer electronics market.

“A disruptive innovation is to propose an 'all-in-one' technology for a user interface based on optical sensors for seamless tactile-like navigation and 3D gesture recognition, a scanning surface for document scanning and user identification,” Jamet added. “We have also identified opportunity for integration of our technology in CMOS cameras, replacing silicon photodiodes by organic photodiodes to offer improved performances (low noise, high dynamic range, operation in visible and near infrared). We plan to offer a licence business model to the display and CMOS sensor industries to transfer our technology in to their manufacturing sites. We have also started development of a new generation of sensors: printed temperature sensors for industrial markets.”

By David Savastano

Printed Electronics Now

http://www.printedelectronicsnow.com/articles/2013/05/isorg-moves-closer-to-commercialization
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ISORG (Image Sensor ORGanic) was
spun out of CEA LITEN (Grenoble,
France) in May 2010 to develop and industrialize
organic photodetectors and
image sensors. ISORG is focused on
technology for converting glass and plastic
surfaces into smart surfaces able to
capture information and react to it.
ISORG’s mission is “to develop and produce
in high volume large area optical
sensors for a wide range of markets.”
Large area organic photodetectors will
be developed by strip integration of unit
photodiodes. Large area organic image
sensors will be developed using a matrix
integration of rows and columns of unit
photodiodes. Different pixel resolutions
and matrix complexity will be addressed,
depending on the application and market.
The technology is based on new
organic-conductor and semiconductor
materials combined with large area, highvolume
deposition and patterning
equipment.
ISORG is using organic materials that
are solution processable and are deposited
at ambient temperature in different
ways such as screen printing, spray coating,
extrusion coating and inkjet printing.
No vacuum-air processing is required.
Plastic substrates will enable the design
of flexible and conformable 3D sensors
in any form factor. The sensors will be
transparent, ultra thin, and lightweight.
The photodetectors will have a large –
and possibly selective – spectral
response, ranging from visible (400nm
– 700nm) up to Near Infra Red (NIR,
700nm – 1100nm) and higher.
ISORG has a strategic R&D partnership
with the CEA-LITEN, one of the most
important research centers in Europe for
New Energy Technologies and Nanomaterials,
illustrated by more than 50
man-years activity and 25 patents. The
company is also part of several committees
working in Organic Electronics,
Optical, Photonic and Electronics
sectors.
ISORG intends to develop a range of
products in low, medium or high resolution
on both plastic and glass substrate
for various applications and markets size.
Examples include a large area, low resolution
photodetector strip or matrix for
industrial, environment, smart building,
home appliances and toys markets; large
area, medium resolution image sensors
for industrial and consumer electronics
markets; and large area, high resolution
image sensors for medical market.
The first functional prototypes are already
available and an R&D pilot line is under
construction at Grenoble. Development
for the first customer has also started.
Jean-Yves Gomez, co-founder & CEO
(previously CEO of Vi Technology, and
held numerous VP-level positions at
ST Microelectronics)
Emmanuel Guérineau, co-founder &
Finance & Programs Director
(previously HR & Financial Director
at VIT Group
Laurent Jamet, co-founder (previously
held engineering and business roles at
ST, Business Development Director
for Smart Textiles at SOFILETA and
joined CEA LITEN in 2010 as project
holder for ISORG)

http://www.pinestream.com/semiconductortimes.htm]]> Fri, 26 Apr 2013 16:31:28 http://www.isorg.fr//rep-edito/ido-139/isorg_at_printed_electronics_europe_2013.html Laurent Jamet, ISORG’s co-founder and director business development, led off with "When Printed Electronics Meet Design and Usages for Highly Innovative Functionalities."

ISORG’s organic photosensors transform plastic, paper and glass into smart and interactive surfaces.

“Our fully integrated organic photosensors are a fully printed process that is air and temperature ambient and is produced sheet to sheet,” James said. “These are thin, light robust and flexible sensors. We create a large area optical sensor with no need for optical elements, and have also developed gesture recognition at a short distance.”

Jamet noted that ISORG is reaching commercialization now.

“Our pilot production line began in 2012,” James said. “We are transferring the technology to the market now, with mass production starting next year. Target applications include medical and health, such as sensors for digital x-ray imaging, pharmacy and diagnostics; industrial; and consumer markets, which includes smart phones and tablets, appliances, image sensors, smart textiles and smart packaging.”

David Savastano

"PE Europe 2013 Attendees Learn About Opportunities for Printed Electronics"

Printed Electronics Now

http://www.printedelectronicsnow.com/articles/2013/04/peeurope-2013-attendees-learn-about-opportunities-
]]> Wed, 24 Apr 2013 12:32:41 http://www.isorg.fr//rep-edito/ido-133/printed_opto_detectors_media_entertainment_technology_.html
Photodetectors with near linear response and low dark current are possible with printable materials. An active matrix of detectors can resolve at resolutions down to 50 microns, and can scale to larger image sizes. The sensor arrays are placed in a 32 x 38cm area in a sheet-to-sheet process. The process can use either glass or plastic substrates.

For large area sensing, the image resolution can be increased up to 1cm and the functions can be set for larger object detection. The resulting flexible electronics can be placed on non-planar surfaces. This flexible circuitry needs mechanical integration to achieve thin, light, and customizable optical sensing.

Some specialized applications include 3-D detection over a 0-50cm range, large area detection, and non-optical sensing. Interactive surfaces in various configurations are possible. Some functions include point of sales terminals, interactive posters, smart phones, and man-machine interfaces. Other areas like toys, educational environments, automotive, and consumer electronics can all use this technology, as well as some versions of smart packaging.

Potentially, this material can be used to replace a computer mouse, but the resolution will call for a sensor that is over 6-inches in diameter. The detectors can be coupled with IR emitters to from an active sensor that can detect gross and medium coarseness motions. One version of the sensor array can detect motions of a whole hand, or individual fingers, but could not detect a single finger motion

December 6, 2012
Media & Entertainment Technology
http://mandetech.com/2012/12/20/printed-opto-detectors/
]]> Wed, 09 Jan 2013 11:15:27 http://www.isorg.fr//rep-edito/ido-132/isorg_in_korea_it_times_industry_technology_.html
SANTA CLARA, USA - The second and final day of Printed Electronics USA in Santa Clara really illustrated how far the technologies had progressed and the huge variety of players in the field. The event, organized by IDTechEx, was the best and biggest edition of the series so far. Amongst the attendees were company founders, directors, engineers, academics, but also students and patent attorneys. In particular, there were a large number of end users attending the show.



Multi-Track

The three parallel tracks covered a wide range of applications, such as sensors, displays and memory, but also materials like conductive inks and barrier films. An additional track was dedicated to manufacturing and Graphene LIVE! was also running at the same time.

On the tradeshow floor, some brands were already well known, like PolyIC, Thinfilm, Xaar or DuPont.
Others were new to the show. Take ISORG for example. For this French startup company, it was the first time at Printed Electronics USA. This was a good opportunity to see demos of their printed photo-detector arrays in action. IDTechEx also had a booth and many attendees walked in to seek some advice from the team of analysts.

The Printed Electronics series of events will be moving next to Berlin, Germany, included in the event will be Printed Electronics Europe 2013 and Graphene LIVE! Europe 2013. For the first time, it will also be co-located with Energy Harvesting and Storage Europe 2013 and Wireless Sensor Networks 2013. Analysts IDTechEx see the co-location of all these topics as a great benefit to attendees - not only will the networking opportunities be vast, but the overlap between topics is becoming more evident as the industries progress.

Korea IT Times
10th December 2012
http://www.koreaittimes.com/story/24846/highlights-second-day-printed-electronics-usa-2012



]]> Wed, 09 Jan 2013 08:57:45 http://www.isorg.fr//rep-edito/ido-127/isorg_in_plastic_electronics_magazine_with_minalogic_interactive_poster.html Plastic Electronics magazine gives report of the Plastic Electronics conference in Dresden (9-11 October) and illustrates latest developments with ISORG developments for the Micro and Nanotechnology centre Minalogic: 
an animated and illuminated poster produced by Isorg was exposed on MINALOGIC stand, for navigation on multimedia content by moving hand over the surface (without contact).

http://www.plusplasticelectronics.com/home.aspx
]]> Mon, 26 Nov 2012 11:02:46 http://www.isorg.fr//rep-edito/ido-123/isorg_demonstrates_interactive_surface_at_plastic_electronics_2012_video.html ISORG, a start-up established to commercialise sensors based on organic electronics in France, has demonstrated its interactive surface technology at Plastic Electronics 2012.

The company displayed an interactive poster for Minalogic, a competitive cluster grouping R&D organisations to support networking and development of innovative technologies. The group was keen to work with Isorg to use the demonstrator, to show what organic electronic technology could provide.

The demonstrator attracted plenty of attention at the event, and the technology is already being recognised and taken seriously. Isorg is currently in talks with a major food manufacturer about using the technology in packaging.

Potential
Laurent Jamet, co-founder of Isorg, comments: 'The demonstrator at Plastic Electronics 2012 shows the possible benefits of the technology, illustrating how it allows surfaces to work with the user, and triggering attention to what organic sensors can do.'

As well as the potential in the food packaging industry, Jamet also believes the technology will work with other markets: 'Interactive surfaces can be used as a point of view display for supermarkets, for displays in museums, packaging in the spirits and cosmetics markets, and more. They can allow users to bring up information, watch videos and more.'

Minalogic will use the demonstrator at various events around the world to highlight both its aims of grouping research to bring technologies to market, and Isorg's innovations with organic electronics.

Phil Curry - 01 November 2012

http://www.plusplasticelectronics.com/consumerelectronics/isorg-demonstrates-interative-surface-at-plastic-electronics-2012-video-67887.aspx

video on Youtube :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ScuzrZP-xk]]> Mon, 05 Nov 2012 10:01:13 http://www.isorg.fr//rep-edito/ido-121/isorg_in_plastic_electronics_magazine.html ISORG in Plastic Electronics magazine Volume 5 issue 2, with focus on Smart Buildings






Plastic Electronics magazine is the reference magazine for Business and Market Strategies for Organic and Printable Electronics

In 2010 R&D centre CEA-Liten
(Commissariat à l’énergie
atomique and Laboratoire
d’Innovation pour les
Technologies des Energies
Nouvelles) in Grenoble, France
set up Isorg to commercialise
its printed organic photonic
sensor developments.
Isorg is developing two sensor
products. The first is organic
photodetectors to measure
ambient light, colours and
optical properties of fluid and
gas circulating over the surface.
Applications include industrial,
smart building, lighting,
environment and safety.
The other product is large-area
organic electronics image sensors
with different pixel resolutions
and matrix complexity,
depending on product and
market. The technology is
designed to recognise object
positions, movement and shapes.
Applications include industrial
and consumer electronics.
The printed polymer electronic
sensors, based on materials
such as PEDOT: PSS and active
layers based on n-type and
p-type organic semiconductor
materials, can be applied to
plastic, glass, and even paper,
to create smart surfaces.
PILOT PRODUCTION
According to Isorg’s
technology roadmap the first
products that the company
will begin producing on its
pilot line, based within CEALiten,
will be low-resolution
photonic sensor strips with
10–100 pixels over an area of
5 x 10cm, targeting industrial
and consumer applications.

By 2015, within an industrial
line that Isorg plans to build
by 2014, the aim is to produce
50 x 50cm image sensors,
featuring 1–20 million pixels.
Plastic sensors PILOT
‘We can customise sensors for
different applications, but we use
the same process and materials,’
says co-founder Laurent Jamet.
The pilot line includes gravure,
slot die coating, spin coating/
sputtering, screen, ultrasonic
aerosol, inkjet printing and
excimer laser. Isorg is working
with various partners in
different industries to develop
applications and designs that
will incorporate its arrays of
sensor pixels, and produce
these on plastic substrates
for initial industrial and
consumer applications.

There are also plans to licence
the technology to the display
industry for the integration
of sensors in consumer
electronics products.
The sensor technology is
being adapted for a process
for production on glass too.
Glass-based devices will open
up further smart building
applications, and can also
benefit displays in consumer
electronics, as well as some
industrial applications.

Contactle ss switc hing
To show what its technology
can enable, Isorg has designed
a demonstrator, called the
Magic Pad, which gives users
a sense of the experience of
using contactless controls
and 3D interaction. The white
goods industry is one example,
where buttons on appliances
are replaced with an interface
that allows the user to control
a washing machine or oven
by detecting the proximity of
the user’s hand and motion.
By making switches, buttons
and mechanical controls
obsolete, such systems
become more intuitive, and
wear and tear is reduced.
For smart buildings the
opportunities for contactless
switches are also clear. Isorg
is working on several smart
building concepts, including
interfaces for light and
temperature management,
access control, monitoring,
and light management.
Beyond the home, there are
potential applications in retail
spaces, museums and exhibitions
for optical sensors that detect
movement in a given space,
particularly when considering
security needs. Instead of lasers,
which are visible, light at the
infrared end of the spectrum
is invisible to the naked eye.
In this invisible ‘light curtain’
type of application, sensors
around exhibits or surfaces
and areas in shops can
detect whether someone has
stepped too close to a work
of art, or whether high-value
merchandise has been removed.
Nearer-term the company is
focusing on other merchandising
and retail applications,
including smart packaging
with the spirits and high-value
alcoholic drinks industry, as
well as interactive posters,
and point-of-sale displays.
Initial products using Isorg’s
plastic electronics sensor
technologies will launch in 2013,
once the company has started
commercial production on its
new pilot line by the end of this
year. Products include toys and
other simple applications.
Design
Jamet remarks: ‘Lighting is a
very fast-moving market as
LEDs are getting more efficient,
and there is more innovation in
products and design, enabled
by technology like flexible
lighting and LED strips.
‘We think there is a need for
intelligence to control light
– not just on and off, but
also light levels and colours.
In shops, for instance, more
orange hues can create a nice
ambience for customers.’
Such systems can also save energy
by providing better control over
lighting. While Jamet thinks it
will be another 2–3 years before
smart building applications
using Isorg’s technology
launch, initial applications will
include lighting controls.
The company is also
working closely with lighting
designers, where high-end
lamps can be created without
buttons and switches.
The company has also been in
contact with OLED lighting
producers; but as the sector is
still very young, Isorg’s sensors
are likely to be used initially with
LED and conventional lighting.

French printed electronic
sensor technology start-up
Isorg has its eye on the glass
industry. The firm is in the early
stages of work to develop its
process for fabricating sensor
pixels directly onto glass for
smart building applications.
Isorg co-founder Laurent Jamet
says: ‘There is ongoing work to
get to transparent electrodes, but
this technology could potentially
be combined with other
technologies such as EC glass.
‘The advantage of printed
electronics is cost and integration
– you can apply large-area sensing
to glass, but it is not possible
without printed electronics.
‘Silicon is nanotechnology
now, printed electronics is
about metres of circuitry and
glass is a large-area substrate,
so it is very compatible. The
other advantage is that glass
has good barrier properties.’
Despite the opportunity, Jamet
stresses that smart glass is still
only a nascent opportunity.
The commercialisation of
such technologies is at least
three years away, he believes.
‘The EC glass market is only
getting started, like OLED
lighting. It will not be part of
our initial phases of commercial
activity,’ Jamet adds.
Coupled with energy harvesting
and next-generation lighting,
sensors are part of a toolkit
for smart buildings that will
make this a central application
area for plastic electronics.
The necessary ubiquity fits well
with the large-area production
promised by plastic electronics.
And thanks to materials
advances, such as in n-type
organic semiconductors, plastic
electronic sensors are poised to
rapidly expand, with projects
moving beyond academic
research phases and into early
stages of commercialisation]]> Mon, 15 Oct 2012 15:10:37 http://www.isorg.fr//rep-edito/ido-119/isorg_in_eetimes_list_of_emerging_start_ups.html EE Times updates 'Silicon 60' list of emerging startups
Peter Clarke

"Isorg SA (Grenoble, France), founded in 2010 as a spin-off from CEA-LITEN, converts plastic and glass surfaces into smart surfaces through the application of printed, organic optoelectronic sensors. The possibility of 3-D product integration allows the recognition of many shapes and form factors.
The company name is a contraction of Image Sensor ORGanic"

EE Times has updated the Silicon 60, its list of 60 notable emerging startup companies, to version 13.0 with the inclusion of 18 companies.

The full list has been selected by editors based on a mix of criteria including: technology, intended market, company maturity, financial position, investment profile and executive leadership. The 18 newcomers to the list were founded during the period 2005 to 2010. Geographically they come mainly from the U.S. (12 companies) with 4 startups out of Europe and one from each of Israel and India.

These startups are demonstrating their potential in fields that range from micro- and macro-energy conversion through energy storage to more-than-Moore disciplines including clocking, timing and MEMS. Other disciplines represented in the additions to the Silicon 60 include compound semiconductor materials and processes, optical-on-CMOS and embedded electronic systems level (ESL) development. Recent startups focused on many-core processing, solid-state memory and 60-GHz communications have also been added to the list as companies that EE Times editors believe are startups worth keeping an eye on.

]]> Wed, 05 Sep 2012 14:45:14 http://www.isorg.fr//rep-edito/ido-118/printed_sensor_startup_preps_pilot_line.html
The company is qualifying its production process with customers and initial products are likely to feature sensor strips in toys on the market in 2013, Isorg said.

However, the Isorg technology has produced a wealth of other application ideas ranging from automated brightness controls for displays that take into account ambient conditions to non-touch user interfaces that can prevent the spread of bacteria in medical applications.

The company was formed in May 2010 to commercialize printed, organic photonic sensor research at CEA-Liten (Grenoble, France).

A typical organic photodetector material is PEDOT-PSS (polythylenedioxythiophene mixed with polystyrenesulfonate). It has the advantage that it can be processed in solution on to low-cost plastic or glass substrates under ambient air and ambient temperature conditions rather than vacuum and high temperature processes.

Isorg has also said that it plans to create a high-volume production line in 2012, able to make plastic electronic sensors on larger substrates. For display applications Isorg has said it is prepared to license its technology to Asian display manufacturers.

Isorg, founded in 2010, is included in version 13.0 of the Silicon 60 list of emerging startups published by EE Times. Isorg entered the Silicon 60 at version 12.0 in April 2011.

Peter Clarke
EETimes

9/3/2012 8:39 AM EDT

http://www.eetimes.com/electronics-news/4395171/Printed-sensor-startup-preps-pilot-line
]]> Wed, 05 Sep 2012 14:11:18 http://www.isorg.fr//rep-edito/ido-117/isorg_invests_in_pilot_line_for_organic_electronic_sensors.html The company is currently qualifying its production process. Initially products likely to feature Isorg's sensor strips will include toys and merchandise, in 2013.

Based in Grenoble Isorg was set up in 2010 to develop and industrialise organic photodetectors and image sensors. The company's co-founder, Laurent Jamet, says Isorg is working on a number of applications for its sensors in various industries including white goods, consumer electronics and lighting. The firm is also working with OEMs, many of whom are interested in using the sensors as a platform technology, forming the basis of different medical industry applications.

A high-volume production line is planned for 2012, also in Grenoble, for making Isorg's plastic electronic sensors on larger-area substrates .

Cost-effective
The pilot line includes screen, inkjet, slot die, gravure and sputtering tools for producing the sensors in a fully printable, air-ambient process to reduce production costs as demand and volumes increase. The company has a strong patent portfolio in organic printed electronics, CMOS devices and organic photodetectors, developing optical sensors able to convert visible and near-infrared light into information for sensor functionality.

As well as manufacturing its sensors for various markets, Isorg plans in the coming years to licence its technology to the Asian display industry, for integrating more advanced sensors into consumer electronics.


Sara Ver-Bruggen - 30 Jul 2012
+Plastic Electronics web site
http://www.plusplasticelectronics.com/consumerelectronics/isorg-invests-in-pilot-line-for-organic-electronic-sensors-60743.aspx
]]> Mon, 20 Aug 2012 16:33:08 http://www.isorg.fr//rep-edito/ido-111/isorg_in_press_release_oe_a_a_new_industry_is_forming.html ISORG in press release OE-A : a new industry is forming
LOPE-C as the international market place for organic & printed electronics

ISORG is participating to the OE-A Demonstrator Contest with his multimedia interactive poster.

A New Industry Is Forming – LOPE-C as the International
Market Place for Organic and Printed Electronics

More and more products and numerous industries – from consumer
electronics to the automotive industry – are now incorporating organic and
printed electronics, and investments are being made in production capacity
worldwide. At LOPE-C, the leading international conference and exhibition,
more than 100 exhibitors will be displaying the newest developments
and applications from June 19th to 21st in Munich, Germany.

Frankfurt, Germany, June 11, 2012 – Organic and printed electronics enable new
applications and are opening new future market opportunities to established industries.
“Numerous products that are based on this new technology are being introduced to the
market: ultrathin OLED TVs and luminaires, touch screens, antennas and user
interfaces in vehicles, intelligent packaging and interactive print products,“ says
Dr. Stephan Kirchmeyer, Chairman of the OE-A and Head of the Business Unit
Functional Coatings at Heraeus Precious Metals GmbH & Co. KG. “Increasingly,
hybrid products which combine printed electronics and classical electronic components
are being generated. This is an excellent sign: organic and printed electronics is
gradually becoming an established technology.“

Applications in Focus: Demo-Line Shows Production at the Trade Show
Applications and products are the focus of LOPE-C 2012 (Large-area, Organic and
Printed Electronics Convention) which is taking place from June 19th to 21st in the
ICM of the Messe Munich. With over 100 exhibitors and more than 180 conference
presentations, LOPE-C is the leading international market place for the industry.“For
the first time at a trade fair, we will be exhibiting live production processes at a Demo
Center, and the attendees can experience them in hands-on sessions,“ says Wolfgang
Mildner, General Chair of LOPE-C and Managing Director, PolyIC GmbH & Co. KG.

OE-A is Showing Applications of the Future – Demonstrator Competition
Numerous new applications will be exhibited at the OE-A booth. These were designed
on the occasion of the annual OE-A Demonstrator Competition, and they illustrate the
creative powers of innovation within the industry as well as their manifold potential
uses. Interactive advertisements, driver assistance sensors for automobiles, electronic
notepads, biosensors and numerous medical applications are just a few examples.

Additional Information and photos: www.oe-a.org and www.lope-c.com

Photo: OE-A Demonstrator: Interactive poster with sensors to control integrated light and sound effects (Source: ISORG).

About the OE-A:
The OE-A (Organic and Printed Electronics Association) was founded in December 2004 and is the leading
international industry association for organic and printed electronics. The OE-A represents the entire value chain
of this emerging industry. Our members are world-class global companies and institutions, ranging from R&D
institutes, component and material suppliers to producers and end-users. More than 190 companies from
Europe, North America, Asia and Australia are working together to promote the establishment of a competitive
production infrastructure for organic and printed electronics. The vision of the OE-A is to build a bridge between
science, technology and application. The OE-A is a working group within the German Engineering Federation
(VDMA). More than 3,000 member companies from the engineering industry make VDMA the largest industry
association in Europe.
The OE-A and Messe Munich International are the hosts of the premier international conference and exhibition,
LOPE-C – the Large-area, Organic and Printed Electronics Convention, which addresses end-users, engineers,
manufacturers, and investors. LOPE-C 2012 will be held June 19-21, 2012 at ICM, Messe Munich, Germany.


For additional information, please contact
Dr. Klaus Hecker, Managing Director OE-A (Tel.: +49-69-6603-1336, klaus.hecker@vdma.org )
]]> Fri, 15 Jun 2012 13:54:55 http://www.isorg.fr//rep-edito/ido-107/printed_electronics_transforms_plastic_into_magic_surfaces_able_to_see.html Printed Electronics transforms plastic into magic surfaces able to see

Imagine a surface able to see people moving around and to create sounds and light.
Imagine an interactive surface able to see distance and motion of your hand all over the surface for surprising animations of light and sound.

Printed electronics industry has developed a new generation of devices able to transform plastic and paper surfaces into interactive surfaces for the consumer industry : organic photodetectors are optical sensors transforming light into information, detecting any change of light caused by motion or presence of hand close to the surface. These sensors can transform traditional Point-Of-Sales posters and billboards into interactive and eye catcher posters flashing light (by integration of electroluminescent panels or surface mounted LEDs) or singing when moving around, attracting consumers surprised by such a magic surface. Thanks to their unique mechanical properties of plastic surface - thin, conformable, light and easy to attach - they offer easy solutions of integration to the graphics industry. Very innovative promotion products can be developed for the consumer industry - drinks, sweeties, sport articles - to boost sales and build brand. They can create fun and buzz for kids playing with these new interactive printed media.

These sensors can find place also for smart packaging for spirit and cosmetic industries.

ISORG is demonstrating at Printed Electronics Europe 2012 exciting products of interactive advertising. They will demonstrate posters controlled by hand moving over the poster surface without contact to navigate on photos and videos exposed on remote display.

ISORG is the pioneering company in organic and printed electronics devices for large-area photonics and image sensors, developing a disruptive technology converting plastic and glass surfaces into smart surfaces. ISORG is developing innovative solutions for interactive surfaces and 3D contactless user interfaces for advertising, home appliances, home automation, industrial and consumer electronics.

See videos on YouTube :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iZv_X2l9W6E
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n1pMrYfRnT8


Printed Electronics World

http://www.printedelectronicsworld.com/articles/printed-electronics-transforms-plastic-into-magic-surfaces-able-to-see-00004283.asp

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An organic photovoltaic technology capable of transforming light into
information is paving the way to ‘smart surfaces’ and interactive printed
media.

Isorg, a 2010 spinoff of France’s CEA-Grenoble
Nanomaterials Laboratory, is transforming plastic
and glass into “smart surfaces,” and working to
create a niche for itself with its high-performance and
large-area photodetectors and image sensors in
printed and organic electronics.
Although spun off from CEA, the two retain close ties
and, in fact, a strategic partnership. The lab works on
technology development, while Isorg’s role is to
develop it a product and produce it in high volumes.
Why pursue smart surfaces? Smart surfaces are
highly desirable for a wide range of applications that
include automated brightness controls capable of
detecting and adjusting to ambient conditions; touchfree
display screens that prevent bacterial
contamination in medical applications; asset
management for logistics; adding a third dimension
to multimedia and gaming; as well as navigation in
3D without contact.
Isorg’s photodetector technology embraces carbonbased
organic materials and boasts a low-CO2
manufacturing footprint. In short, the technology
involves a stack of different layers that are processed
in solution onto low-cost plastic or glass substrates
at ambient air pressure and temperature—as
opposed to using more costly vacuum and hightemperature
processes tapped by the semiconductor
industry. The fi rst layer is a transparent electrode.
This is followed by a blend of two organic
semiconductors (p-type and n-type) sandwiched
between electrodes to obtain high external quantum
effi ciency. Excitons generated by photons are then
separated into electrons and holes, which produces
an electric current. The final layer serves as an
electron collector when light is passed through the
transparent electrode.
“Basically, our technology operates on the same
premise as organic photovoltaics, but the biggest
difference is that we’re using the electrons as
information rather than to charge a battery,” says
Jamet.
Isorg is developing optical sensors, with the new twist
being that we’re not relying on silicon, explains
Laurent Jamet, business and development director
of Isorg, and one of its founders (along with CEO
Jean-Yves Gomez, and CFO Emmanuel Guerineau).
“Rather, we’re working with plastic and glass
substrates. The semiconductor we use is a liquid,
which is printed over the surface of the plastic or glass
with large-area equipment in very thin layers on the
order of a few tenths of a nanometer in thickness, and
it’s this layer that imparts intelligence to the surface.
Once it’s ‘smart,’ you can measure many things with
optical sensors—including light or shadows, color
changes, to name just a few properties,” he adds.
As an example of its multimedia 3D navigation
capabilities, the company created “Magic Pad,” a
smart surface with 100 sensors. Magic Pad is capable
of detecting users’ motion or hand position, and can
sense 3D activity in a range of 30 cm, with a resolution
of 100 pixels on an 80x80 mm active area. “It will be
interesting to see how this will drive product innovation
and design,” notes Jamet.
Starting out, Isorg is targeting simple products such
as smart packaging that can detect motion around a
sensor. For example, they’ve created posters that are
able of detecting people moving within its proximity.
These can be combined with lights triggered by
movement—an excellent way to attract attention in
tradeshow booths or supermarkets. Looking to the
future, the company intends to move to an image
sensor to increase pixels. But the overall goal is to
start simple and move gradually to increasingly
complex ones. This should help expand their
customer base and move them into new markets, one
step at a time.
What sets Isorg apart? Bottom line: Organic materials
and what they’re doing with them; no one else appears
to be pursuing manufacturing of smart materials at
the moment. Aside from CEA, the company also has
strong a partnership with a large chemical company
that develops materials for them, which Jamet cites
as another differentiating factor for their company.
“Very few companies are developing the capability
to print fully printed solutions,” he adds. “And the large
area optical sensor is a very specific business
development in that application space.”
In terms of manufacturing capabilities, Isorg’s Class
10,000, 450 m2 cleanroom fab is dedicated to
developing printing techniques for organic electronics
on plastic and glass substrates. The company is
currently busy preparing to prototype its organic
photodetectors on this line. According to Jamet, the
company’s plans are for this fab to be able to produce
thousands of 320x380 mm foils or glass plates by
2013.
Isorg is already in talks with customers about using
its technology in the food, beverage, and cosmetics
industries. Watch for their manufacturing pilot line to
become operational in small volumes by Q3 2012,
with full automation and large-volume production
slated for 2014.

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]]> Mon, 31 Oct 2011 18:14:02 http://www.isorg.fr//rep-edito/ido-85/photodetectors_and_sensors_designed_to_be_flexible.html in the organic chemistry industry have
significantly invested in R&D to create novel
materials for companies attracted by the
exceptional properties of printed electronics:
large area, thin, light weight, flexible or conformable,
and soon to be made transparent.
A start-up of CEA Liten, Isorg is developing
photo detectors and image sensors based on
organic materials to be printed on plastic
substrates. The company plans to industrialize
these products by the end of next year.
This new generation of electronic materials
brings disruptive innovation compared
to the silicon industry because it is based on
solutions of organic materials and plastic
substrates or glass. It is a low carbon footprint
industry; the manufacturing process
takes place at ambient temperature and only
requires a 10000 class clean room for the
printing techniques, compared to the costly
vacuum and high temperature environments
required for traditional semiconductor
materials. Most of these properties are
already largely used for photovoltaic devices,
but until now they had not been developed
for photo detection.

In order to adapt these manufacturing
capabilities to new market needs and
to enable the fast prototyping of custom
devices, various applications including a
sheet-to-sheet manufacturing process have
been selected by Isorg - see figure 1. In CEA
Grenoble, Isorg has set up a new technology
platform named PICTIC (French acronym
for “Plateforme d’Impression de Composants
pour les Technologies de l’Information et de
la Communication et les Capteurs” which
stands for printed components platform
dedicated to information technologies and
sensors). The 450m2 of clean room facility
is dedicated to the development of printing
techniques for organic electronics on plastic
and glass substrates. Printed light emitting
diodes (PLED), organic thin film transistors
(OTFT) and organic
photo detectors (OPD)
will be prototyped
for pre industrialization
on this newlyequipped
line and it is
expected that by 2013,
Grenoble’s facilities
will be capable of
producing thousands
of 320x380mm foils
or glass plates.
Layered photo detector
approach
The technology
structure of the organic
photo detector
(OPD) is based on a
multi-layer stack as
shown in figure 2.
Various organic semiconductors
are being
tested to achieve a
large bandwidth for
applications in the
near infra-red, close to
950nm. The robustness
of the device to
humidity is linked to
the device’s structure.
There are also
a number of new developments ongoing in
partnership with the chemicals supplier’s
equipment to reduce the photodiode size as
well as to enable transparent electrodes.

Principle of operation

Each photo detector cell can be read
measuring the photo generated current,
using a resistor-based Trans Impedance
Amplifier (TIA) as shown on figure 3, or
collecting the photo-generated charges using
an integrator as shown on figure 4. From an
electrical point of view, running an organic
photo detector in an application doesn’t add
any design complexity compared to using
silicon-based devices. All the “usual design
tricks” to get rid of noise or speed-up reading
can be implemented. Considering power consumption, it is expected
that the image sensor applications will run at a power lower than
traditional silicon-based alternatives. Energy harvesting techniques
may also be combined to further reduce overall power consumption.
Designing reading circuitry for new application based on organic
photo detectors is quite similar to what is required for CCD or CMOS
image sensors, hence design efforts are minimal with of-the-shelves
standard products. Only for high volumes, an application specific integrated
circuit (ASIC) may be worth designing. Printing techniques
allow for very fast prototyping and only three days are required to
fabricate brand new organic photo detectors, with custom shapes
that adapt the sensors to specific applications. This compares favorably
with the lengthy and costly development and prototyping steps
for silicon-based devices. This means that even small and medium
size volume applications could get a dedicated sensor product design.
The current-voltage characteristic (shown in figure 5), sensitivity
and dark current levels are quite similar or fare better compared to
some silicon counterparts. One potential technical limitation could
be due to a higher capacitance versus photo diode’s area. This point
may be partially overcome using a larger biasing operating point for
a specific application

Passive pixels

Currently, only passive pixels may be designed because only the
photo diode is present on the plastic foil, so Isorg is working on several
industrial and consumer applications where passive pixels are
more than enough. But CEA Liten and Isorg are working on a hybrid
structure combining organic photo detectors with organic thin film
transistors, which may be available for prototyping within a year. To
promote its large area, thin, lightweight and flexible image sensors,
Isorg has developed an attractive demonstrator, the Magic Pad. The
prototype platform is able to sense 3D activity in a range of 30cm,
with a resolution of 100 pixels on a 80x80mm active area. The Magic
Pad is providing exciting and new functionalities such as multimedia
3D navigation without contact (for instance to browse music
tracks on a computer).
Through optical sensing, the Magic Pad’s surface is able to detect
the user’s hand position or motion. The photo sensors enable 3D
functionality by measuring the height of the hand over the Magic
Pad’s surface. Overlaid on a display, the integrated optical sensors can
not only provide a convenient user interface but also offer scanning
capabilities, with character recognition. Like other optical sensors,
the Magic Pad is sensitive to ambient light conditions and it is able
to auto calibrate when needed. The development platform features
a FPGA from Altera, on which different sensor’s topologies can be
tested with the associated processing software. Additional features,
like backlighting with white or infrared LED and video outputs
(VGA or LCD color screen display) are also available. Isorg’s target
for the near future is to design photo sensors with a 80μm pitch for a
300dpi scanning resolution.

EETimes Europe
September 2011

http://www.electronics-eetimes.com/en/magazine/eete-2010.html





]]> Wed, 14 Sep 2011 22:43:34 http://www.isorg.fr//rep-edito/ido-82/the_next_big_wave_in_the_electronics_industry.html offering exciting new business opportunities
to the traditional electronics
manufacturing industry as
well as to many specialised startups.
We take a look at how conventional
electronics will combine
with printed electronics and how
this young industry is preparing for
rapid growth.
Printed and organic electronics is
an emerging technology, which
is quickly moving from laboratories
and research organisations to
industrial players. The market for
printed and organic electronics is
expected to exceed US$44 Billion in
2021, according to market analysts
IDTechEx, while the market for
printed electronics in 2011 is estimated
to be US$ 2.2 Billion.

The industry gets organised

This growing activity is reflected by
the increasing attendance at specific
trade exhibitions in Europe
and in the US. Organisations such
as the Organic Electronics Association
(OE-A) attract more and more
companies and R&D organisations.
OE-A was created at the end of 2004
from the German Engineering
Federation VDMA Productronics
focusing on the electronics process
chain and already has more than
180 members. SEMI, the global
industry association serving the
manufacturing supply chain for the
micro- and nano-electronics industries,
is also including printed electronics
companies in its association.
In France, a new association called
AFELIM (Association Française de
l’Electronique Imprimée) was created
last July for technology education,
promotion and networking
among industrial professionals
(materials, equipment, devices and
integrators).
Key functionalities and products
based on printed and organic electronics
have already been identified,
such as OLED (Organic Light
Emitting Diode) displays, Organic
Photovoltaics (OPV) and E-Paper
displays. Massive investments in
OLED displays for mobile terminals
and TVs were announced by
electronics giants Samsung and LG
Displays.

Collaboration between the traditional
and printed electronics industries

Printed electronics offers traditional
electronics companies (active in
the fields of integrated circuits and
semiconductors, printed boards,
assembly & inspection, manufacturing
equipment, connectors, etc)
opportunities for collaboration and
business development with the new
players of this young industry, often
start-ups spun off from prestigious
research labs.
Printed electronics will often be
combined with silicon integrated
circuits. In fact, printed electronics
offers specific features that silicon
technologies cannot provide such
large area, flexibility, transparency
whereas silicon is still, and will be for
a long time, the technology of choice
for linear analog signal processing,
fast digital signal processing and
data communication. For instance,
printed electronics products such
as AMOLED (Active Matrix OLED)
displays require specific silicon ICs
(drivers) for multiplexing signals
of the pixel matrix, while Organic
Image Sensors require silicon ICs
for analog signal amplification and
analog-to-digital conversion.
Printed electronics products will
also drive developments of new assembly
and interconnection solutions
that are flexible, have a thin
profile and can be processed at
low temperatures, as most printed
electronics products are based on
plastic substrates. The assembly
industry can find interesting opportunities
for innovation here in
terms of materials (low temperature
processing) and equipment
(large area products).
Printed electronics will also need
new solutions for inspection of
large area surfaces and control of
uniformity of ultra thin organic layers
(down to a few tens of nanometers).
Other needs will include CAD
solutions and software for modelling
and simulation of new materials
and devices.
The issue of standards for the printed
electronics industry will also
have to be addressed, as conventional
methods used by the semiconductor
industry (such as accelerated
stress tests at elevated temperatures
for life cycle modelling)
cannot be applied to plastic-based
products. The driving applications
for this standardisation are OLED
displays for consumer electronics
and Organic Photovoltaics.
Materials and equipment suppliers
to the conventional electronics industry
are attracted more and more
by the business development opportunities
offered by printed electronics.
There is a lot of activity for
instance on copper material for the
conductive tracks of printed electronics
for cost benefits that could
be achieved. Graphene is also considered
with interest by the printed
electronics industry as a substitute
for ITO in transparent electrodes.
New materials for photolithography
and new thin film deposition and
patterning equipment are required
for printed electronics in order to
reduce costs and improve resolution
of pixels of image sensors. Cost
reduction is also the reason why big
consumer electronics companies
are looking to move from vacuum
deposition processes to print processes
for their new generation
OLED-based products.

New product possibilities

Innovative products and new business
opportunities can also be considered
for printed electronics, as
the technology addresses industries
which so far have used little or no
electronics (such as the plastics and
glass industries) and offers breakthrough
mechanical integration
possibilities.
An example is the Magic Pad concept
developed by Isorg, a start-up
based in Grenoble. Isorg is a pioneer
in developing organic photodetectors
and large area image sensors,
transforming glass and plastic
into smart surfaces. The company is
addressing the promising market of
printed sensors, estimated to reach
around US$ 2.8 Billion in 2021 by
market analysts IDTechEx.
Isorg considered from the very beginning
the combination of technology,
product design and functionality
in order to develop the
concept of an interactive multimedia
tablet. Compared to traditional
touch screens and tactile surfaces,
integration of photo-detectors
introduces the new and exciting
possibility of 3D interaction: optical
sensors placed all around the
surface are able to detect the exact
position and movement of a hand
above the surface (typically 10 to 20cm).
Users can thus interact withoutcontact
with a device using three
dimensions, in order to control, for
example, music file browsing, music
volume, and 3D graphics.
The concept was jointly developed
by Isorg (who developed the technology
and associated electronics)
and Innosens, an industrial design
company based in Grenoble. Innosens
worked on several product
concepts for the tablet (form factors,
plastic materials, graphics).
Collaborations have been initiated
to explore possible applications of
interactive surfaces and 3D user interfaces
for toys, home appliances,
new generation remote controls for
TVs, and other consumer electronics
products. Studies will be undertaken
with a team of fifteen designers
of ENSCI, the most prestigious
industrial design and engineering
school in France to explore new
product concepts for the industrial,
packaging and automotive markets.

New business models

A new business approach is essential
for players in the printed electronics
industry such as Isorg,
because most of the products to be
developed do not replace existing
products based on conventional
electronics, but instead are entirely
new. These new business models
are driven by new applications and
product functionalities that numerous
industries that do not have
knowledge of electronics technologies,
such as the consumer goods
packaging industry, are looking
for.
This is a very different way to market
high technology compared to
how it has been done for many
years by the conventional electronics
industry, basically pushing
forward performance (processing
speed, size of display, size of memory,
etc).
Isorg is attracting significant interest
from the plastic and glass industries,
with a vision to transform
plastic and glass into smart surfaces
able to detect motion, recognize
shapes and objects, measure light
and colours, monitors fluids, etc.
Future developments include sensors
for interactive printed media
and posters for the food and drink
industry. These would enable posters
to detect people moving around
the advertising and trigger actions
such as poster illumination or
sounds.
Isorg sees printed electronics as
the next big wave in the electronics
industry, serving new markets
such as environment, energy,
smart metering, health, and smart
buildings, and opening doors for
exciting collaborations between innovative
conventional electronics
companies and new players specialised
in printed electronics.

http://www.onboard-technology.com/
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The company’s name is short for “image sensor organic.” Isorg wants to leverage its ability to produce large sensors printed in various sizes and shapes. The resulting smart surfaces are mining a wealth of applications, ranging from automated brightness controls for displays that account for ambient conditions to nontouch user interfaces that prevent the spread of bacteria in medical applications.

The startup was formed in May 2010 to commercialize the results of printed organic photonic sensor research at CEA (Commissariat à l’énergie atomique) and CEA-Liten (Laboratoire d’Innovation pour les Technologies des Energies Nouvelles). That Grenoble-based lab, employing about 1,000 researchers, focuses on renewable energy technologies and nanomaterials.

Isorg is led by CEO Jean-Yves Gomez; Laurent Jamet, business development director; and CFO Emmanuel Guerineau. Gomez and Jamet both previously worked for STMicroelectronics.

Now they are commercializing development that originated in research on organic photovoltaics. The organic photodetector is based on a photodiode device structure. The decision to focus on the technology stems from potential cost savings compared with silicon and the relative ease of recycling the material.

A typical organic photodetector material is PEDOT-PSS (polyethylenedioxythiophene mixed with polystyrene sulfonate). It is processed in solution onto low-cost plastic or glass substrates under ambient air pressure and temperature conditions rather than by using vacuum and high-temperature processes. A high external quantum efficiency, or incident-photon-to-current conversion ratio, is obtained by blending two organic semiconductors (a p-type and an n-type) sandwiched between electrodes. Excitons generated by photons are separated into electrons and holes to create an electric current. The deposition of organic materials to a thickness of only a few tens of nanometers can be achieved in a Class 10,000 clean room. The typical, small sensor size is about 1 mm2.

“The response is both in the visible spectrum and near-IR,” says Jamet. “We differ from OLEDs, which need vacuum processing.”

Isorg is working on different materials and processes for different applications. “Organic materials are sensitive to ultraviolet light, air and humidity, so we need a barrier to protect them,” Jamet says.
What about reliability? “Today, we do not have all the answers about reliability,” Gomez acknowledges. “But we have detectors made two years ago that are still alive.”

Outlook for apps

There are two classes of potential applications for Isorg’s printed organic sensors. The first is use of a single sensor or a few large-area sensors to capture light. “The end application could be process control for industrial, pharmaceutical or food production,” Jamet says, adding that an organic sensor can replace a silicon detector.

Isorg’s sensors can be applied to flexible plastic substrates, meaning a specific form factor can be offered. “We could do well where the principle is known but the solution is expensive,” says Jamet.

Second, the devices could be deployed in sensor arrays that could be used for imaging, nontouch control and even gesture recognition. “There are many applications where touch control is not desirable, [such as] in medical equipment and certain industrial applications,” Jamet notes.

The startup is betting there are other applications in consumer electronics, with the devices used either as a replacement for or as a complement to CMOS image sensor-based recognition, much as the PrimeSense device is used in Microsoft’s Kinect game console.

“We can work close to the surface, which a camera typically cannot do. And if you compare the power consumption for gesture recognition, it would be interesting,” Jamet says.

Isorg is working with some unidentified customers. The company already has a pilot manufacturing line under construction on the CEA-Liten campus in Grenoble and has plans for its own manufacturing line by 2013.

“Generally, we supply the sensor to the customer. But we know how to do microelectronics, so for some SMEs we are going to define the complete electronic application,” Gomez says.

Demonstrators for the technology are key. One such vehicle is the Magic-Pad, which Jamet describes as a “smart surface” with 100 sensors. “This is a 3-D interactive interface and scanning function,” he says.

For now, the company is focusing on batch rather than reel-to-reel production, Jamet says. “We use foils of 320 mm x 380 mm, but with reel-to-reel it is very difficult to get the alignment required for 100-micron pixels.”

Gomez says Isorg is planning a Series A funding round this year. The size and source of the round will depend on how work progresses with early customers.

Peter Clarke
EETimes
http://confidential.staging.eetimes.com/venture-capital/4217601/French-Startup-Scratches-the-Surface-with-Organic-Photodetectors-

]]> Mon, 12 Sep 2011 10:38:04 http://www.isorg.fr//rep-edito/ido-72/projet_optipat_sb_lectionnb_pour_le_douzib_me_appel_b_projets.html ISORG participe au projet OPTIPAT (Technologie Optique de Rupture pour le Process Analytical Technology) comme partenaire de développement et production de capteurs optiques sur plastique en électronique imprimée.

Le projet OPTIPAT est soutenu par le pôle de compétitivité MINALOGIC (Micro et Nano-Technologies, Grenoble) et le pôle de compétitivité OPTITEC (Optique et Photonique, Marseille-PACA-Provence).

Le monde des processus industriels est depuis plusieurs années confronté à de nouvelles contraintes (environnementales, économiques et technologiques) qui imposent une maîtrise complète des procédés de fabrication du produit ainsi que des rejets associés au processus industriel.

Face à cette problématique, de dimension mondiale, la FDA (Food and Drug Administration) Américaine ainsi que les autorités Européenne de santé ont initié le concept « PAT » (Process Analytical Technology ou Technologie Analytique des Procédés). Celui-ci est destiné à pousser les industriels vers une amélioration de la maîtrise, du suivi et de la connaissance de leurs procédés ainsi que de leur cycle de production afin de garantir une qualité optimale (ainsi qu’une rentabilité optimisée pour un risque minimisé).
Pour mettre en place une telle démarche, les industriels doivent faire appel à des outils permettant de caractériser leur produit en ligne pour agir ensuite sur le procédé. Les fabricants d’instruments de mesure ont ainsi rapidement proposé des systèmes de laboratoire modifiés pour faire des analyses par prélèvement proche de la ligne. Bien qu’intéressante, cette solution s’avère peu fructueuse car l’interaction avec le procédé est absente : d’une part parce que la mesure n’est pas effectuée sur la ligne et d’autre part parce que l’information des capteurs n’agit pas directement (en temps réel) avec le procédé. Le projet OptiPAT vise donc à satisfaire ce besoin en développant :

- Un capteur « in-line » s’adaptant aux procédés liquide ou solide (sous forme de trois packages différents) permettant la caractérisation physique (taille de particules, densité) et chimique (variation de concentration chimique) des produits.
Les capteurs optiques sur plastique développés par ISORG répondent idéalement à cette nouvelle demande grâce à leur flexibilité, finesse et performances opto-électroniques.

- Une solution logicielle permettant de gérer et traiter en temps réel le flux de données pour piloter, voire contrôler le procédé existant vers la cible qualité (produit ou limite en termes de rejet industriel).

Les marchés visés dans le cadre du projet sont des marchés clés : l’agroalimentaire, la pharmaceutique et le traitement de l’eau.

Le projet OptiPAT est porté par la société INDATECH spécialisée dans les capteurs pour les procédés. Les partenaires sont : le CEA-Liten (expertise électronique organique), le CNRS IUSTI (expert de la granulométrie optique et l’étude de la diffusion des milieux granulaires), ARMINES Centre Alès (expert du contrôle procédé et qualité) pour les laboratoires et centres de recherche et les sociétés ISORG (industriel électronique organique) et Ondalys (spécialiste de l’analyse de données multivariées). Deux utilisateurs finaux IMECA PROCESS (équipementier en technologies séparatives) et SANOFI AVENTIS (leader de la pharmaceutique) viennent renforcer ce consortium où toutes les compétences nécessaires à la réussite du projet sont regroupées.
]]> Wed, 17 Aug 2011 10:00:28 http://www.isorg.fr//rep-edito/ido-71/isorg_aos_flexible_organic_photodetector_sensors_offer_numerous_advantages_to_key_markets.html
One item that drew much interest is the Magic Pad, developed by ISORG, or Image Sensor Organic, in cooperation with CEA-LITEN. A flexible organic photo-detector array demonstrator, Magic Pad has the capability to transform glass and plastic into smart surfaces for applications ranging from games, interactive packaging, home appliances, consumer electronics and industrial displays.

It should not come as much of a surprise that ISORG would create an eye-catching display, as it is partnered with CEA LITEN, the French Laboratory of Innovation for New Energy Technologies and Nanomaterials, one of the major research center in organic electronics technology.

In addition, ISORG’s leadership team has developed much expertise in this field. For example, Jean-Yves Gomez, ISORG’s CEO, previously held the position of group vice president in STMicroelectronics, and managed three divisions for consumer electronics products (Wireless, Digital TV and Imaging). He also managed an industrial company (VITechnology) specialized in optical inspection. Emmanuel Guérineau is an experienced CFO in the high tech industry, and now serves as ISORG’s finance and programs director. Laurent Jamet, responsible for ISORG’s business development, worked for Gomez at STMicroelectronics before joining CEA LITEN.

“ISORG was created in May 2010 as a spin-off of the Grenoble CEA Nanomaterials Department by three founders having strong high tech industry experience,” said Jamet. “I worked for Jean Yves in my previous position in STMicroelectronics as business development director and managed new technology development for my main customer, Nokia.

“In 2007, we were involved with CEA in a new technology development for printed and organic electronics called Printronics (for organic transistors),” Jamet added. “We identified the business potential for organic photodetector and large area image sensor. Our previous positions in high tech, imaging sensors and new technology development gave us valuable experience for this business initiative and market analysis. First prototypes of organic photodetectors (OPD) were developed with CEA in summer 2009 to validate the technical performances versus the target applications. I joined CEA beginning 2010 to create ISORG as the first startup of printed electronics at CEA.”

By developing sensors on plastic foils or glass substrates, to transform plastic and glass into smart surfaces able to see and observe, Jamet noted that ISORG creates numerous technological advantages:
• Large area sensing, typically surfaces of 320mm x 380mm (size of plastic foils, which is ideal to observe motions over a surface (user interface), fluids over a surface (industrial sensors), large area image capturing (x-ray medical imaging) or document scanning.
• Breakthrough mechanical integration thanks to unique properties of flexibility (for plastic sensors), lightweight and thin (typically less than 300um). For example, ISORG’s sensors can be integrated in tubes with circular shapes, or displays or large area paper surfaces. ISORG is also working on transparent sensors.
• Product cost optimization, thanks to high throughput manufacturing processes with large area printing and patterning equipment at air ambient conditions, with a few process steps (less than 10). “These solutions are to be compared to today silicon technologies which require high temperature and vacuum manufacturing,” Jamet added.

Add to these the cost and environmental advantages of its technology, and ISORG ultimately has developed a strong story to tell.

“Our solutions also enable low development costs compared to silicon technologies, which require high costs for optical masks,” Jamet said. “Therefore, we can address small volumes products and customers. Product development time is also significantly reduced compared to silicon technologies, which require several weeks. Also, our technology is green, based on organic chemistry materials (carbon-based).

“Today’s technologies are unable to offer such properties for mechanical integration,” Jamet concluded. “Our technology is not competing with today's technologies. “It enables new product concepts impossible to design with traditional solutions.”

ISORG sees opportunities for its sensors in many fields. Industrial markets for fields ranging from pharmaceuticals to the water industry are a promising area for sensors, which could be used for object shape and form recognition and smart metering industry. The medical market is another area where organic photodetectors could be applied for x-ray imaging.

Consumer electronics is another wide-ranging area, including sensors for interactive printed media and packaging as well as sensors for home appliances. ISORG will be able to utilize its innovative sensor design with slight modifications for all of these markets.

“For these different markets, the technology is basically the same,” Jamet added, “Differentiation of sensors is obtained by simple design modifications (shape and form change).”

As the PE industry is still young and emerging, there are very few established industrial players. This gives ISORG a head start in the field of organic and printed photodetectors and image sensors.

“ISORG is the pioneering company worldwide, uniquely positioned as an industrial company developing complete solutions for a large range of markets,” Jamet pointed out. “There are very few other activities worldwide for organic photodetectors outside of R&D organizations. No other company has moved forward to develop an industrial manufacturing line. Our pilot manufacturing in Grenoble will be operational by the end of this year, and we plan the first volumes for customers before the end of 2012.

“Our second differentiating factor is the competence and experience of the team, which includes expertise in electronics systems, imaging sensors, new technology business development, organic material and printing techniques,” Jamet added. “Very few companies offer this capability to develop complete solutions. Most companies are focusing on material, equipment or printing basic functionality devices such as organic photovoltaics or OLED, compared to more complex products such as image sensors.”

Bringing its technology to the production phase is a critical step. Jamet said that ISORG is using a variety of different printing techniques, such as screen printing, slot die coating and flexography, with the material deposition technique selected depending on a number of factors, including organic material characteristics and image sensor pixel size.

Jamet noted that ISORG is drawing strong interest from throughout the business spectrum, as companies look at ways to utilize ISORG’s technology for applications long thought to be impossible to manufacture.

“We have received very positive feedback from different customers, from big international groups, small and medium-size companies,” Jamet said. “Most of them contacted ISORG because they identified our technology as the enabler for new and innovative products that were impossible to design with traditional technologies. They consider printed electronics as opportunity for new business development.

“Our expectations for printed electronics market are that printed electronics is used by many industry having not used electronics, such as plasturgy and packaging, because of different reasons such as difficult mechanical integration,” Jamet concluded.

By David Savastano

Printed Electronics Now

http://www.printedelectronicsnow.com/articles/2011/08/isorgs-flexible-organic-photodetector-sensors-offe

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OPDs, also known as organic photodetectors, have a lot going for them: They can be lightweight, thin, flexible, semitransparent and cheap to make, and they can be manufactured in large sizes. Currently, OPDs are still in the product development stage, but in the coming years, they will make their way into many types of products and applications, thanks to the unique properties that set them apart from traditional electronics.

The first distinction between OPDs and their traditional photodetector counterparts is that they are based on carbon rather than silicon. The organic conductor and semiconductor materials that make up OPDs were originally developed by organic chemistry giants and material startup companies for the organic photovoltaics market.

Second, the manufacturing process is totally different from the one used for the conventional photodetector, which requires vacuum deposition at high temperatures. OPDs, on the other hand, can be printed at ambient temperatures using high-throughput, large-area processes such as screen printing, gravure printing and spray coating.

Finally, OPDs can be assembled on glass or plastic substrates. The flexibility of the latter opens the door to new uses and places for OPDs, such as in tubes.

This new technology is attracting more and more interest from groups in the pharmaceutical, energy and environmental industries, giving them opportunities for product creation with easier mechanical integration and novel functionalities. For example, large-area sensors are useful for monitoring phenomena such as liquid analysis and motion scanning, without the additional optics that conventional photo-detectors require for image focus.

Qualities critical to their performance include high frequency response and high sensitivity; however, today’s OPDs have high sensitivity but a rather low frequency response. Serious research activity is under way to bring together the right organic materials in just the right way to optimize the OPD’s most prized characteristics.

The anatomy of the OPD is based on a photodiode device structure that converts incident light or photons into information or an electric current. A high external quantum efficiency, or conversion ratio of incident photons to current, is obtained by blending two organic semiconductors, a p type and an n type, sandwiched between two electrodes. Excitons generated by photons are separated into electrons and holes to create an electric current that can be measured for signal processing.

A promising class of materials that has emerged in the past decade includes fullerene derivatives, which are expected to exhibit relatively high photoelectric conversion efficiency under applied voltage.

Fullerene derivatives doped in several conducting polymers act as an effective quencher and electron accepter, researchers have discovered. Katsumi Yoshino et al at Osaka University in Japan and Alan J. Heeger and colleagues at the University of California, Santa Barbara, found that the photophysics characteristics of fullerene derivatives exhibit ultrafast photoinduced charge transfer.

At Osaka University, Yutaka Ohmori and Hirotake Kajii in the graduate school of engineering have spent several years investigating high-speed OPDs based on fluorene-type polymers. These polymers can be selected by absorption wavelength, making color-sensitive photodetectors a reality.

A bulk heterojunction organic photodetector device structure is illustrated. Courtesy of ISORG.
Fluorene-type polymers also have ambipolar characteristics, high stabilities and relatively high mobilities, which make them promising materials for large-area OPDs. On the other hand, fullerene derivatives also have relatively high electron mobilities. The photogenerated excitons are easy to dissociate at the conjugated polymer:fullerene derivative bulk heterojunctions.

High-speed response of printable OPDs has been reported by Ohmori and colleagues. The group found that pulsed signals of approximately 100 MHz have been received by OPDs fabricated by the solution process. Printable OPDs have potential in micro-optics of photodiode arrays.

For Laurent Jamet – co-founder and business development director of ISORG, an organic and printed electronics company based in Grenoble, France – the most significant advance in OPD technology results from the availability of materials that do not degrade due to oxygen or water. These stable materials allow for robust manufacturing processes and result in products that withstand the test of time.

ISORG is working on innovative uses for OPDs, including a device it calls the Magic Pad, which enables a 3-D user interface that is generally noncontact. The Magic Pad comprises a matrix of OPDs, housed in a plastic cover, that can recognize motion, speed and hand position.

“We have developed a functional demonstrator called the Magic Pad which demonstrates capability to interact with a plastic or glass surface without any contact in three dimensions for different applications: gaming, entertainment, multimedia, industrial display,” Jamet said. “Most of the functionalities of Magic Pad are operated without any contact; this is the ‘magic’ effect of this demonstrator.”

Other possible applications lie in consumer products such as home appliances, user interfaces for consumer electronics, ambient light sensors and toys, as well as interactive printed media and smart packaging.

At this stage, the Magic Pad is solely a demonstrator tool, but ISORG is in discussions with various companies for product concepts; Jamet expects that the first products derived from this model will appear within a couple of years.

Photovoltaic research could benefit OPDs In 2020, the market for sensors in printed electronics will be around $2.2 billion, according to an estimate from IDTechEx, a market analysis and consulting firm in Cambridge, Mass., that covers printed electronics.

Of this market, Jamet believes that OPDs will represent a significant proportion, with the biggest user in the long term likely to be found in the consumer electronics industry. Here we could see OPDs integrated into television displays ande-tablets, for example.

In the shorter term, Jamet predicts that the next breakthroughs will be in new materials that can operate over a larger spectrum. “Today, our photodetectors are operating in the visible and near-infrared spectrum (400 to 1000 nm),” he said. “There is strong interest from the market to go up to 1400 to 1500 nm.”

With this in mind, research and development teams are looking to develop new materials with inorganic nanoparticles such as quantum dots mixed with polymers to extend the spectrum operation.

“Other R&D activity is to develop transparent electrodes – based, for instance, on carbon nanotubes – for easier photodetector integration in display or smart building markets,” Jamet said.

Fabricating transparent electrodes for organic solar cells is currently a hot research topic. Because OPDs and photovoltaics have the common functionality of transforming light into electrical current, any progress in the photovoltaics field could benefit the OPD market.

For example, scientists at the University of Warwick in the UK recently found that extremely thin gold plates could be deposited on transparent electrodes for organic solar cells (see “Solar cell electrodes could turn market to gold” on p. 41 of the June issue).

Molecular Solar, the commercializing force behind the university’s endeavors in solar cell development, believes that gold is the ideal material to replace the traditional indium tin oxide (ITO) for electrode coating and that gold may enable mass production on flexible substrates.

The trouble with ITO is that it is a complex, unstable material with a high surface roughness and a tendency to crack upon bending when supported on a plastic substrate. If that weren’t bad enough, one of its key components, indium, currently is in short supply, making it relatively expensive to use.

Concept of flexible photodetector on plastic. Courtesy of ISORG.
Other groups have looked at silver nanowires as a possible candidate to replace ITO. Researchers at the Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science at the University of California, Los Angeles, claim that their new electrode uses low-cost, nontoxic and stable materials and is easy to fabricate. Silver nanowires are produced on a cross-linked, transparent polyacrylate substrate that is more economical than glass and can be either stiff and rigid, or flexible and stretchable.

Yet another material that could help make solar cells inexpensive, lightweight and flexible is graphene. A team at MIT in Cambridge reports that graphene-based electrodes could open up a variety of applications that would not be possible with today’s conventional silicon-based solar panels. For example, because of their transparency, they could be applied directly to windows without blocking the view, or to irregular wall or rooftop surfaces.

But translating research carried out with photovoltaics in mind into material benefits in OPD systems will require some re-engineering, as Jamet explains.

“OPDs require a linear response versus the received light. They also require a low dark current – i.e., current which is generated with low illumination – to have a wide current range when in light and in dark conditions,” he said. “We are also looking for operation in the near-infrared (starting at 900 nm), whereas photovoltaics operates only in visible (400 to 700to 800 nm).”

Marie Freebody, Contributing Editor, marie.freebody@photonics.com
Photonics Spectra
http://www.photonics.com/Article.aspx?AID=47912

]]> Wed, 10 Aug 2011 23:04:34 http://www.isorg.fr//rep-edito/ido-69/magic_pad_in_organic_electronics_association_oe_a_brochure.html ISORG is active member of the Organic Electronics Association (OE-A).
The Magic Pad product concept is illustrating the potential applications
of Organic and Printed Electronics in the latest brochure of OE-A.
This brochure was published at LOPE-C (Large Area, Organic and
Printed Electronics Convention) in Frankfurt and is distributed worldwide.

Organic photo-detector array by ISORG :

The organic photo-detector array demonstrator
was developed by ISORG in cooperation with
CEA-LITEN and includes large-area organic optical
sensors. It demonstrates a new user interface
with three-dimensional detection without direct
contact and can be used for interactive surfaces
like displays, pads, tables and posters. The thin,
flexible and light-weight sensors enable a disruptive
user experience and innovative product
design.
This demonstrator illustrates the capability of
printed electronics to transform glass and plastic
into smart surfaces. For example, games, interactive
packaging, home appliances, consumer
electronics and industrial displays are considered
to be multiple applications.
Several printed electronics technologies can be
integrated later on, like printed OLEDs, electroluminescence,
displays and batteries.

OE-A includes 180 members from 29 countries in Europe,
North America and Asia and is the most important international
industry association for organic and printed electronics.

www.oe-a.org

]]> Tue, 19 Jul 2011 09:49:39 http://www.isorg.fr//rep-edito/ido-68/isorg_dans_greennews_techno_la_dimension_environnementale_trb_s_prb_sente.html Création d'entreprises innovantes :

Chaque année, le concours national de la
création d’entreprises innovantes constitue
un véritable baromètre du secteur de l’écoinnovation,
tant par le nombre de dossiers
éco-innovants retenus que par les thèmes
explicitement soutenus à travers ce dispositif.
S’il est significatif, c’est que ce dispositif
représente plus qu’un soutien financier ponctuel.
Il constitue en effet un véritable label
ou gage de qualité pour ces projets qui peuvent
alors plus facilement prétendre mobiliser
d’autres moyens financiers complémentaires,
nécessaires à leur développement.
Une conséquence du concours est aussi un
bilan très positif dans la durée puisque que
sur 2 343 lauréats depuis 13 ans, 1 300 entreprises
ont été créées avec une pérennité
plus grande que la moyenne : après trois ans,
95 % des entreprises existent encore et 88 %
après le stade critique des cinq ans.
Cette pérennité est sans doute le résultat
d’une combinaison entre cette meilleure visibilité
de l’entreprise auprès des partenaires
financiers et un choix pertinent des projets
retenus en matière de contenus. Le concours
fait en effet très souvent émerger des thématiques
stratégiques qui correspondent à
une attente et à un besoin du marché. Et
cette année ne déroge pas à la règle. Sur
les 149 projets lauréats, les projets ou entreprises
à dimension environnementale sont
particulièrement présents, représentant 30 %
des dossiers, soit 43 projets (19 en catégorie
Création-Développement et 24 en catégorie
émergence), un nombre encore jamais atteint
dans ce concours (en 2010, il y avait 35 dossiers
environnementaux sur 172 lauréats).
Un point marquant est la très forte présence
de projets et entreprises liées aux marchés
de l’analyse : on peut citer le soutien affiché à
l'électronique imprimée, domaine qui constitue
indéniablement un enjeu technologique, pour partie
dans le secteur de l'énergie mais bien au-delà avec
l'entreprise ISORG sur les capteurs avec applications
dans le bâtiment intelligent, le contrôle de gaz ou effluent.

Green News Techno
Juillet 2011
http://www.green-news-techno.net

]]> Tue, 12 Jul 2011 09:44:53 http://www.isorg.fr//rep-edito/ido-67/plastique_et_verre_intelligents.html édition du Forum 4I, organisée
par la Ville de Grenoble, sur le
thème « l’innovation au secours
de l’industrie ». L’un des temps
forts, la vitrine technologique,
mettait en avant 11 projets collaboratifs
recherche/industrie dont
le Magic Pad, démonstrateur de
tablette interactive, présenté par
ISORG, en collaboration avec le
CEA-Liten. Start-up domiciliée au
Bâtiment de Haute Technologie,
plateforme de valorisation
industrielle de MINATEC gérée
par MINATEC Entreprises, ISORG
(Image Sensor ORganic) est pionnière
dans l’électronique organique
imprimée (marché en forte
croissance). Le projet s'appuie sur
une innovation technologique de
rupture : de nouveaux matériaux
semi-conducteurs issus de la
chimie organique sont déposés
en couches ultra-minces sur
une plaque de verre ou un film
plastique, qui deviennent des
surfaces intelligentes en interaction
avec leur environnement.
Les applications sont variées :
capteurs pour contrôle industriel
(pharmacie, électronique, traitement
des eaux), détection de
mouvements (jeux, tablettes et
écrans interactifs). L'objectif :
un passage à la production en
2013-2014.

Lettre d'information Numéro 6 Grenoble Presqu'Ile

http://www.grenoblepresquile.fr/TPL_CODE/TPL_ACTUALITEPRESQUILE/PAR_ID_ACTUALITE/377/396-actualites.htm


]]> Mon, 11 Jul 2011 12:20:14 http://www.isorg.fr//rep-edito/ido-66/une_plate_forme_pour_db_velopper_l_b_lectronique_imprimb_e.html Pictic est une nouvelle plate-forme dédiée au développement de la filière de l’électronique imprimée “grande surface”.

Créée par le Liten (Laboratoire d’innovation pour les technologies des énergies nouvelles et les nanomatériaux) du CEA Grenoble, Pictic dispose d’une salle blanche de 400 m2 de classe 10 000 et d’un ensemble d’équipements d’impressions pour des substrats flexibles et rigides allant jusqu’à des surfaces de 320 mm par 380 mm. La plate-forme proposera aux industriels des services couvrant l’ensemble de la filière électronique imprimée et permettant de transformer des surfaces en plastique, verre ou métal en surfaces intelligentes, depuis la qualification des encres électroniques jusqu’à la réalisation de prototypes de petites séries en passant par les études de pré-industrialisation des composants électroniques imprimés. Le portfolio des fonctions réalisables est issu des travaux engagés par le CEA Liten : source de lumières (Oled) imprimées, matrice de photo-détecteurs, mémoires organiques, circuits logiques, analogiques et digitaux, capteurs physiques et chimiques. Le CEA Liten travaille en partenariat avec le Pôle européen de plasturgie pour l’intégration des composants électroniques imprimés aux pièces moulées, et avec la plateforme grenobloise Tecklicell pour la réalisation de composants sur substrat papier/carton. Contact : Isabelle Chartier, tél. : 06 86 12 86 07 (Grenoble), e-mail : isabelle.chartier@cea.fr

L'économie à Grenoble et en Isère
AEPI, Agence Economique de Promotion de l'Isère

http://www.grenoble-isere.com/fre/Nos-Publications/L-Economie-a-Grenoble-et-en-Isere/Un-an-d-Economie-a-Grenoble-et-en-Isere/EGI-numero-226-Juillet-Aout-2011

]]> Thu, 07 Jul 2011 17:12:55 http://www.isorg.fr//rep-edito/ido-65/isorg_at_lope_c_2011_demonstrating_his_magic_pad.html ISORG was demonstrating his Magic Pad 3D multimedia interactive tablet concept at LOPE-C 2011 with high success.
                                                          
Record results at LOPE-C 2011

Frankfurt, June 30, 2011: After three successful days, LOPE-C 2011 – international conference and exhibition for organic and printed electronics - has come to a close with an exhibition space up to 30% on last year. From June 28-30, 2011 in Frankfurt, 91 companies demonstrated, on a display area of 1,500 square meters, their latest developments and products in the field of organic and printed electronics. The conference was with 130 presentations and more than 50 posters once again the forum for experts from science and industry.
With 1,150 participants LOPE-C grew by 35% and is again on successful courses. These facts show that the event has proved itself to become the worldwide premier conference and market place of the industry.

The 2011 statistics at a glance:
Exhibition space: 1,500 sqm
Exhibitors: 91 from 16 countries
Conference presentations: 182 from 27 countries
Attendees: 1,150 from 29 countries

http://www.lope-c.com/en/press_releases_lope_c_english/news/78/
]]> Tue, 05 Jul 2011 16:57:57 http://www.isorg.fr//rep-edito/ido-64/l_b_lectronique_organique_imprimb_e_pour_une_industrie_b_lectronique_durable_qui_rb_pond_aux_nouveaux_besoins_de_socib_tb_.html est une technologie de rupture basée
sur des travaux de recherche démarrés
il y a plus d’une dizaine d’années,
visant à développer les propriétés
conductrices et semi-conductrices
des matériaux polymères issus de la
chimie organique (d’où le terme
d’électronique organique).
Ces matériaux, sous forme liquide ,
sont déposés avec des équipements
d’impression de grande surface
et à haute cadence (d’où le terme
d’électronique imprimée), tels que la
sérigraphie et l’héliogravure.
On utilise également le terme d’électronique
de grande surface (OLAE
Organic Large Area Electronics),
ou de Plastic Electronics.

Durant les dix dernières années, les plus grands
groupes de la chimie organique ont investi des
sommes considérables pour développer ces
nouveaux matériaux, attirés par les propriétés
uniques de l’électronique imprimée : grande
surface d’émission ou de réception, fine,
légère, souple et bientôt transparente. Cette
technologie permet en effet le développement
de multiples applications pour de nombreux
marchés : les écrans et l’éclairage avec les
technologies OLED (Organic Light Emitting
Diodes), la génération et le stockage d’énergie
avec le photovoltaïque organique et les batteries
imprimées, les marchés industriels et
électronique grand public avec les capteurs
organiques.
Les premières études de marché prédisent un futur
brillant pour ces nouvelles technologies, avec un
chiffre d’affaires total similaire à l’industrie du semiconducteur
d’ici une quinzaine d’années.
L’OE-A (Organic Electronics Association) regroupe
déjà plus de 165 membres d’une vingtaine de pays,
représentant l’ensemble de la chaîne de valeur :
organismes R&D, fournisseurs de matériaux, fournisseurs
d’équipements, fabricants de dispositifs électroniques
et intégrateurs. Des conférences spécifiques
comme Printed Electronics Europe, LOPE-C et
Plastic Electronics attirent plusieurs centaines de participants.
Les Rencontres de l’Electronique Imprimée
organisées ce printemps à Paris ont connu un beau
succès.
Positionnées comme les futurs relais de croissance
de l’électronique européenne, les nouvelles sociétés
de l’électronique organique considèrent avec attention
comment elles peuvent répondre aux enjeux
sociétaux de demain.

Le respect de l’environnement  :

L’électronique imprimée est une industrie à faible
empreinte de carbone, visant à utiliser des solutions
de dépôt de matériaux à température et air ambiants,
avec des unités de fabrication (salle blanche)
typiquement de classe 10 000, avec des consommations
énergétiques et d’eau réduites. L’électronique
organique est également basée sur des produits
avec très peu d’étapes process (moins d’une
dizaine typiquement).
Cette électronique est également basée sur des matériaux
de synthèse de la chimie organique, non
toxiques et déposés en très faible quantités (représentant
de l’ordre du gramme par mètre carré pour
des épaisseurs de quelques dizaines de nanomètres).
Elle utilise des supports plastique et verre qui peuvent
être recyclés.

La réduction d’énergie :

L’électronique organique peut contribuer activement
aux nouvelles demandes de réduction d’énergie par
l’introduction de nouveaux capteurs dans les objets
quotidiens.
On peut illustrer ces applications avec ISORG, nouvelle
société essaimée du CEA de Grenoble qui développe
des photo-détecteurs et capteurs d’image
en électronique organique sur supports verre et
plastique.
Ces détecteurs pourront s’intégrer dans les écrans
de nombreux produits de l’électronique grand public
(comme les téléviseurs, les ordinateurs et tablettes)
pour mesurer la lumière ambiante de manière précise,
contrôler l’éclairage de ces écrans et réduire
ainsi leur consommation électrique. Ces capteurs
pourront également s’intégrer dans les vitrages de
bureaux et commerces pour mesurer le flux de
lumière entrant, contrôler l’éclairage artificiel et
réduire la consommation énergétique. Ces nouveaux
capteurs ont eux-mêmes une très faible consommation
pouvant opérer en capteurs autonomes par
recharge en mode photovoltaïque.

Une meilleure utilisation des ressources naturelles
et énergétiques :

L’électronique imprimée peut répondre également
aux nouvelles demandes de l’industrie de traitement
et distribution de l’eau.
Les capteurs optiques organiques de grande dimension
permettent la surveillance de fluides de manière
précise avec une intégration mécanique aisée
(comme par exemple dans des structures tubulaires,
grâce à leurs propriétés de finesse et de flexibilité).
Ils peuvent permettre d’introduire des contrôles en
ligne non invasifs et à coûts réduits.
Ils peuvent être utilisés également dans l’industrie
agro-alimentaire pour le contrôle après nettoyage de
cuves par mesure optique (spectroscopie).
Ces capteurs optiques peuvent être également utilisés
pour la mesure de compteurs électriques pour le
développement de nouveaux services pour le particulier
et le fournisseur d’énergie (thématiques du smart
metering et du smart grid).

L’accès aux équipements de santé :

L’électronique organique peut également se positionner
comme nouvelle technologie offrant des
perspectives de réduction de coût à des équipements
existants et donc de permettre l’accès aux
soins à de nouvelles populations mondiales des pays
émergents.
Des études ont été démarrées en particulier dans le
domaine des capteurs optiques organiques pour les
équipements d’imagerie médicale (imagerie rayons X).

Des interfaces plus intuitives pour les objets quotidiens :

L’électronique organique permet enfin la conception
de nouvelles interfaces sans contact pour les objets
quotidiens comme les jouets, l’électronique grand
public et l’électroménager.
Les capteurs optiques organiques d’ISORG permettent
par exemple la détection de proximité ou de
mouvement autour d’une surface et peuvent être
combinés à des technologies de signalétique comme
les LED imprimées. Ils peuvent par exemple être utilisés
par les jeunes enfants pour interagir avec le
son, la lumière et des contenus multimédias sans
souris.
ISORG a réalisé un démonstrateur preuve de concept,
le Magic Pad, illustrant comment ces nouvelles technologies
peuvent être des designs et des usages
innovants.

Les dossiers du SITELESC, Juillet 2011
http://www.sitelesc.fr/Portal_html/Les-dossiers-du-sitelesc/index.html

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