PragmatIC Printing, a company that produces imprinted logic circuits, has declared that it has completed the initial version of printed electronic greeting cards for Tigerprint.
The project valued at £300k received funds from The Northern Way, which was formed as a result of the partnership between the three Regional Development Agencies in northern UK. The prototypes show that it is possible to implement transistor logic circuits on flexible substrates, incorporated into traditional greeting cards with other printed electronics technologies such as thin film batteries and conductive inks, to generate a dynamic flashing animation. This can be obtained without raising the card’s thickness, and without incorporating a complex assembly needed for greeting cards using traditional electronics.
PragmatIC Printing implements printed logic circuits with interactivity and intelligence into various applications and products, and in form factors not feasible with silicon chips. In 2010, the company acquired the patented technology for planar nano-electronic devices from Nano ePrint that allows the fabrication of a single layer of semiconductor through one-step imprint patterning. PragmatIC has implemented this imprinting method to print a complete range of circuit and device architectures in flexible, transparent semiconductors at sub-micron and micron dimensions.
Technical Manager at Tigerprint, Mark Boyden, stated that the PragmatIC team has formulated a new idea using their special approach to printed logic. CEO of PragmatIC Printing, Scott White, stated that this method can be used to apply original printed electronics technologies to real-world applications.