Delivery claimed as record size in printed photodetector array
Nanoident Technologies has announced that it has delivered what is thought to be the world's largest printed semiconductor-based photodetector array on a flexible PET foil substrate.
An industry first, this array was developed with the Nanoident semiconductor 2.0 Platform and manufactured at the nanoident organic fab (OFAB). With NANOIDENT technology, OEM partners can now realise application-specific, cost-effective, printed semiconductor-based photodetector arrays that eliminate the need for costly optical filters and can be used in a wide variety of new industrial, medical and security applications.
With its platform, Nanoident was able to manufacture a large-area photodetector array--a device that converts light into electrical signals--by depositing thin layers of conducting and semiconducting ``inks`` onto a plastic foil substrate using special printing techniques. By using printed semiconductor-based technology--which enables mechanical, electro-optical and structural properties--the company was able to deliver an array 18x12cm in size, and could easily produce detectors up to 50x50cm or larger.
``One of our industrial customers came to Nanoident requesting a radical newphotodetector array design for a specific industrial application that could not be delivered with silicon,`` said Klaus Schroeter, CEO of Nanoident. ``Working together, we were able to deliver a first in the industry for large-area array on a flexible substrate that includes specific spectral sensitivity and meets other application-specific requirements. We are excited to deliver this solution, that will transform existing test processes as well as create an entirely new application for the industrial market.''
