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Although rollable displays are truly revolutionary, the technologies behind them – polymer electronics, electronic ink and TFTs (thin film transistors) – are tried and tested. We can draw on over 20 years’ experience in polymer electronics in-house and the technology has been extensively explored by many companies and research institutions. The electronic ink technology used in current rollable displays is already integrated into commercial products such as e-books and TFT-based screens are standard in most laptop computers.
The techniques involved in manufacturing rollable displays are widely used in today’s display / electronics industries, so the move to mass production does not require complex, unproven equipment or processes.

How is a rollable display made?

To make displays which can roll up, every layer must be rollable:

• At the back of the display, we use a thin plastic/organic film as a base.
• In the middle, the active-matrix that drives the image is also based on organic electronics.
• At the front , we use electronic ink, printed on a sheet of plastic. This is a matrix of microcapsules containing black or white particles: the ones which rise to the ‘top’ of the microcapsule determine the color of the pixels.

The manufacturing process is as flexible as the displays themselves. Each element can be replaced if a new technology offers greater benefits.