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AIXTRON announces tool for OLED lighting and organic solar cells will be installed at COMEDD
AIXTRON AG has announced the order of a novel pilot manufacturing system specialised for OLED lighting and organic photovoltaic products from the Fraunhofer Institute for Photonic Microsystems (IPMS) in Dresden, Germany.
IPMS is a research centre for organic material based research. The system will be supplied by AIXTRON in combination with Sunic System Limited, South Korea. It is the core fabrication tool for the new Centre for Organic Materials and Electronic Devices Dresden (COMEDD), which started its work on 10 September 2007.
The pilot fabrication system consists of clusters combining thermal evaporation and organic vapour phase deposition (OVPD) modules. The usable substrate size is 370 x 470 mm² on glass substrates and foils. The targeted tact time is three minutes. This results into an annual capacity of approximately 13,000 m². The system is designed for efficient materials usage and flexibility in substrate format and organic stack. It is one of the worldwide first pilot production systems for OLED lighting and organic based solar cells.
The order of the fabrication system is the first step to establish COMEDD at the Fraunhofer IPMS.
To speed up the time to market for OLED lighting, organic solar cells and OLED-on-CMOS-devices, the Fraunhofer IPMS is building three pilot production lines. Germany's state and federal government, as well the EU, are investing €25 million into COMEDD to establish the leading European institution for R&D and pilot production of small-molecule organic devices.
