Printed Electronics Award Winners Announced at Printed Electronics Europe

Operationally, the liquid crystal and EL panel have proved compatible since they both require a high voltage-low power input. A key achievement has been to drive both of these from the same drive electronics thus producing a simpler, low component count solution. The judges were impressed how Pelikon innovated whilst producing this pSEL Hybrid display suitable for all lighting conditions. For instance materials and fabrication processes have been developed that enable construction of a display by overprinting an electroluminescent lamp construction directly on to a state of the art, polarizer free, polymer dispersed liquid crystal element. New binder resins have been developed which ensure a robust construction which will withstand the effects of overprinting with the EL panel layers.