Ana Claudia Arias will head Thinfilm's new Technology Council together with Jiro Kasahara and Donald Lupo.
Thin Film Electronics ASA ("Thinfilm") today announced the formation of the Thinfilm Technology Council with Ana Claudia Arias, Jiro Kasahara and Donald Lupo as its three members. Arias will chair the council, while Kasahara will be co-chairman.
"These are among the foremost scientists in the field of printed electronics," says Davor Sutija, Thinfilm CEO.
"We are at the front in printed electronics on developing integrated printed systems. The technology council will give valuable input on how to take advantage of the latest technological advances in our work to combine our memory technology with other printed electronic components," Sutija continues.
Ana Claudia Arias is an Associate Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences at the University of California, Berkeley. Prior to joining UCB, Dr. Arias was the Manager of the Printed Electronic Devices Area at PARC, a Xerox Company, Palo Alto, CA. Last year Dr. Arias was recognized by the National Academy of Engineering as one of eighty-six brightest young engineers performing exceptional engineering research and technical work.
Jiro Kasahara established Sony Fusion Domain Laboratory in 2001, where he was responsible for the development of molecular and organic electronics including organic semiconductors for Flexible and Printable electronics until the time of his retirement from Sony in 2008. He is now Professor at Hokkaido University, in their Catalysis Research Center.
Donald Lupo is Professor of Electronic Materials in the Department of Electronics at Tampere University of Technology. He leads work in organic and printable electronics, including printed diodes, transistors and solar cells, and on the effect of printing processes on materials, interfaces and devices. Previously, he was at Hoechst AG and at Sony International (Europe) GmbH where he worked on polymer OLEDs and organic solar cells. At NTera Ltd. in Dublin, Ireland he was head of display R&D for paper-like displays based on electrochromic nanomaterials.
For more information, including detailed biographies on Drs. Arias, Kasahara and Lupo please go to: www.thinfilm.se/about-us/council
For further information, please contact:
Geir Harald Aase, VP Communications: +47 480 37 571/geir.aase(a)thinfilm.no
About Thinfilm
Thin Film Electronics ASA ("Thinfilm") is a publicly-listed Norwegian technology company with its head office in Oslo and product development in Linköping, Sweden. Thinfilm is a pioneer in the field of Printed Electronics, and provides fully-printed non-volatile, rewritable memory for applications in toys & games, logistics, sensor, and ID systems.
Thinfilm's product offering is the Thinfilm Memory(TM), a 20-bit non-volatile rewriteable memory printed in a high-volume roll-to-roll process, and the Thinfilm Memory Controller(TM), an application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC).
Thinfilm is developing higher-density printed memories with printed logic circuitry, Thinfilm Adressable Memory(TM). Addressable Thinfilm Memory products will allow integration to create fully printed systems, such as ID tags, sensor tags, and disposable price labels.
About Printed Electronics
The Printed Electronics market is expected to grow to more than USD 50 billion in annual market value over the next ten years, according to industry analyst group IDTechEx. IDTechEx predicts that logic, including addressable memory, will be the largest segment in this market.
Using printing to manufacture electronic memory makes it possible to reduce the number of process steps, resulting in dramatically lower manufacturing costs, and also reduced environmental impact as compared to traditional semiconductor processes. Commercial applications of printed electronics include e-paper, electronic readers, and organic light emitting (OLED) displays. Sensors, batteries, and photovoltaic energy sources are also in development, and together with Thinfilm's memory technology they will open the door to new products and applications, for example, in the field of RFID systems.
Memory is an essential part of most electronics. Memory is required for identification, tracking status, and history, and is used whenever information is stored. Thinfilm's non-volatile ferroelectric polymer memory technology is well suited for application with other printed electronics devices because power consumption during read and write is negligible, and as the memory is permanent, no connection to external power is required for data detainment. Also, the electric current required to write information is so small that operation would be limited by the battery's lifetime and not its capacity.
This information is subject of the disclosure requirements pursuant to section 5-12 of the Norwegian Securities Trading Act.