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Advances in Piezoelectric Deposition of Organic Electronic Materials
Marlene McDonald
Susanne Heun
Neil Tallant
  DOI :  10.2352/ISSN.2169-4451.2002.18.1.art00003_2  Published Online :  January 2002
Abstract

Piezoelectric DOD (drop-on-demand) ink jet offers a promising combination of high productivity, high reliability and jetting uniformity characteristics (drop volume consistency, velocity characteristics and jet straightness) that are appropriate for jetting organic electronic materials. Because current commercial printheads do not meet the extremely high tolerances necessary for practical manufacturing processes, Spectra is designing a 128 jet printhead specifically for flat panel display (FPD) manufacturing. This paper describes the target specification and technology advancements required for the manufacture of flat panel displays. We will demonstrate the effect of fluid, waveform and head modification on the jetting properties of real polymer OLED (organic light emitting diode) fluids and show that this technology is a viable process for OLED display fabrication. This combination of tailored operating conditions with a purpose-built piezo printhead is proving to be key to meeting the goal of manufacturing high quality FPDs.

Journal Title : NIP & Digital Fabrication Conference
Publisher Name : Society of Imaging Science and Technology
Publisher Location : 7003 Kilworth Lane, Springfield, VA 22151, USA
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Marlene McDonald, Susanne Heun, Neil Tallant, "Advances in Piezoelectric Deposition of Organic Electronic Materials"  in Proc. IS&T Int'l Conf. on Digital Printing Technologies (NIP18),  2002,  pp 433 - 436,  https://doi.org/10.2352/ISSN.2169-4451.2002.18.1.art00003_2

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Articles
Advances in Piezoelectric Deposition of Organic Electronic Materials
McDonaldMarlene
HeunSusanne
TallantNeil
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2002
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433
436
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Piezoelectric DOD (drop-on-demand) ink jet offers a promising combination of high productivity, high reliability and jetting uniformity characteristics (drop volume consistency, velocity characteristics and jet straightness) that are appropriate for jetting organic electronic materials. Because current commercial printheads do not meet the extremely high tolerances necessary for practical manufacturing processes, Spectra is designing a 128 jet printhead specifically for flat panel display (FPD) manufacturing. This paper describes the target specification and technology advancements required for the manufacture of flat panel displays. We will demonstrate the effect of fluid, waveform and head modification on the jetting properties of real polymer OLED (organic light emitting diode) fluids and show that this technology is a viable process for OLED display fabrication. This combination of tailored operating conditions with a purpose-built piezo printhead is proving to be key to meeting the goal of manufacturing high quality FPDs.