CAMBRIDGE, England, June 17,
2024 /PRNewswire/ -- FlexEnable, the leader in the
development and production of flexible organic electronics for
active optics and displays, today announced that the world's first
mass-produced consumer product incorporating organic transistor
technology has started shipping. The device, called Ledger Stax, is
a secure crypto wallet developed by French company and
market-leader Ledger. FlexEnable partnered with display
manufacturing companies DKE (Shanghai) and Giantplus (Taiwan) to realise Ledger's design for a
credit card-sized product with an E Ink display uniquely wrapped
around a 180-degree bend.
Ledger Stax features a display radius of curvature never before
achieved in an e-paper display product, made possible by the use of
highly flexible organic thin-film transistors (OTFTs), comprising
organic materials and process IP developed, supplied and licensed
by FlexEnable.
With fully qualified manufacturing now underway at DKE and
Giantplus, FlexEnable's OTFT technology is the first and only
organic transistor in mass production. Made of polymers instead of
silicon, these OTFTs are manufactured directly onto plastic sheets
instead of glass and are much thinner, lighter and shatterproof
compared to today's glass displays. The manufacture of these
flexible OTFT backplanes by Giantplus, a leading Taiwanese display
maker, paves the way for a new generation of flexible displays and
optical modules with form factors not imaginable until now, for
applications including AR/VR optics, ePrivacy screens, automotive
smart windows and Organic LCDs.
Chuck Milligan, CEO of
FlexEnable, said: "We are extremely proud to have collaborated with
Ledger, whose innovative product design and dedication to bringing
new technology to market have enabled us to achieve this
breakthrough. We have also been very impressed by our partners DKE,
who developed a volume production capability to achieve the first
ever 180-degree bend lamination of flexible ePaper displays, and
Giantplus, the first fab to implement our unique transistor
materials and patented low-temperature process technology into mass
production.
The launch of Ledger Stax represents a significant milestone,
not just for our company, but for the entire display industry, and
the billon-dollar ePaper display market is just the beginning. As
we ramp up production of FlexiOM materials to meet growing demand
for Ledger Stax, the established supply chain is now primed to
support a range of future applications in AR/VR optics and beyond,
to meet the volume needs of our brand partners."
Media contact:
Email: pr@flexenable.com
Number: +44 (0)1223 706000
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