LOMID - Large cost-effective OLED microdisplays and their applications

Objective

The LOMID project will define pathways to the manufacture of flexible OLED microdisplays with an exceptionally large area (16 mm x 20 mm, screen diagonal of 25.4 mm) at acceptably high yields (>65%).

This will be achieved by developing a robust silicon-based chip design allowing high pixel counts (1024x1280 (SXGA)) and high spatial resolution(pixel sizes of 10 µm x 10 µm corresponding to 2000 ppi). These display innovations will be coupled to a highly reliable manufacturing of the backplane. Cheap processes (e.g. based on 0.35 µm lithography) will be developed and special attention will be given to the interface between the top metal electrode of the CMOS backplane and the subsequent OLED layers. All these developments will be done on a 200 mm wafer scale. Along with this, a new testing procedure for quality control of the CMOS wafer (prior to OLED deposition) will be developed and promoted for standardisation.

The flexibility of the large area microdisplays will be achieved by wafer thinning to enable a bending radius of 45 mm. Along with the new functionality, the durability of the devices has to be guaranteed despite bending to be comparable to rigid devices. The project will address this by improving the OLED efficiency (e.g. operating lifetime > 15,000 hours) and by modifying the device encapsulation to both fulfil the necessary barrier requirements (WVTR < 10^-6 g/d m2) and to give sufficient mechanical protection.
The demand for and timeliness of these flexible, large area microdisplays is shown by the strong interest of industrial integrators to demonstrate the benefits of the innovative OLED microdisplays. Within the project, industrial integrators will validate the project’s microdisplays in smart glasses for virtual reality and to aid those with impaired vision.

Field of science

• /natural sciences/computer and information sciences/software/application software/virtual reality
• /engineering and technology/materials engineering/coating and films
• /natural sciences/chemical sciences/inorganic chemistry/metals
• /natural sciences/physical sciences/optics/laser physics/pulsed lasers
• /social sciences/economics and business/business and management/commerce
• /natural sciences/chemical sciences/inorganic chemistry/inorganic compounds

Programme(s)

• H2020-EU.2.1.1.1. - A new generation of components and systems: Engineering of advanced embedded and energy and resource efficient components and systems

Topic(s)

• ICT-03-2014 - Advanced Thin, Organic and Large Area Electronics (TOLAE) technologies

Call for proposal

H2020-ICT-2014-1
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Funding Scheme

RIA - Research and Innovation action

Coordinator

FRAUNHOFER GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FOERDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG E.V.

Address

Hansastrasse 27C
80686 Munchen
Germany

Activity type

Research Organisations

EU contribution

€ 938 963,75

Participants (8)

LIMBAK 4PI SL

Spain

EU contribution

€ 357 125

Address

Calle Villa De Marin 37 Piso 8 Pta A
28029 Madrid

Activity type

Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)

THE CHANCELLOR, MASTERS AND SCHOLARS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD

United Kingdom

EU contribution

€ 173 933,75

Address

Wellington Square University Offices
OX1 2JD Oxford

Activity type

Higher or Secondary Education Establishments

UNIVERSITAET LEIPZIG

Germany

EU contribution

€ 146 250

Address

Ritterstrasse 26
04109 Leipzig

Activity type

Higher or Secondary Education Establishments

X-FAB Dresden GmbH & Co. KG

Germany

EU contribution

€ 739 791,75

Address

Grenzstrasse 28
01109 Dresden

Activity type

Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)

MICROOLED SARL

France

EU contribution

€ 824 062,50

Address

7 Parvis Louis Neel Bp 50 Bht Batiment 52
38040 Grenoble Cedex 09

Activity type

Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)

COMMISSARIAT A L ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES

France

EU contribution

€ 813 326,25

Address

Rue Leblanc 25
75015 Paris 15

Activity type

Research Organisations

AMANUENSIS GMBH

Switzerland

EU contribution

€ 0

Address

Guerbestrasse 17
3125 Toffen

Activity type

Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)

SLYDE WATCH

Participation ended

Switzerland

EU contribution

€ 0

Address

Chemin De L'église 1
1184 Luins

Activity type

Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)