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Thin Film Electronics ASA (“Thinfilm”)
Affordable Scaling of Sensor Manufacturing with Printed Electronics
Davor Sutija, Chief Executive OfficerTSensors Summit Munich 2014
Using Printed Electronics to Create the Internet of Everything
The $100 Billion Market Opportunity
$315 billion1 $100 billion
5 – 10 trillion# disposable items sold in 2012
(~23% of retail value)(1% of retail value)
EXISTING MARKET MARKET GAP
Why hasn’t this gap been addressed?
I n t e r n e t o f E v e r y t h i n g
Lack of scalability in conventional electronics
Cost of integration
The solution?
Printed Electronics
Penetration of electronic intelligence in physical objects
1 Global semiconductor market (2013)Source: IDC; Gartner; World Bank; IMF; HIS; The Semiconductor Industry Association; OICA; IC Insights; MarketLine; Apparel Market; Planet Forward
Thinfilm Tags
Application
5-10
1-1.5Personal health care
Dynamic price display
Interactive packaging
2-5
Monitoring of perishable goods
1-2
Market size ($ bn)
2-5
Anti-theft/ brand protection
2
Logistics
NFC & "Internet of Everything"
10+
Devices
Software
Cloud
~2bn
Trillionsof Sensors
Technology-differentiated solutions and
service offerings for customers:
Device Software
Cloud
Compelling Opportunities for Printed Electronics
Thinfilm Memory Smart Labels - Display Smart Labels & NFC Barcode
Authenticate genuine products, validate refills, track gray market activity
Sensors and timersbring local intelligence to everyday
products
Simple, effortless wireless link between everyday products and phones/tablets
Unique electrical signature provides forensic-level protection with instant in-
field testing (customs, in-store)
Printed display for a clear,definitive digital readout
Every item uniquely identifiable,cloud-linked for custom experiences
Multi-bit rewritable memory to store supply chain info and track use
Temperature, humidity, chemical, and other sensors possible
Sensor integration enablesactive, dynamic smart objects
About Thinfilm: Key Product Families
►2014 CTIA Wireless, Emerging Technology AwardAlongside Samsung, VMWare, Nokia
►2014 All-Star Innovator, PharmaManufacturing.com
►2012 Wall Street Journal Technology Innovation Award
►2012 World Technology Award Sponsored by CNN, Time, Science and Technology Review
►2012 GigaOM Mobile 15Alongside Nest, Fitbit, Apple, Samsung
►Industry awards from IDTechEx, FlexTech Alliance, etc.
Thinfilm Innovation in Printed Electronics
Memory and LogicFundamentals of Computer Design from the Printing Press
Printed memory
- rewritable and nonvolatile
- commericlized technology
- Roll-to-roll manufacturing
OTFT (Organic thin film transistors)
- Excellent material stack characteristics for both p and n type materials
- High-volume manufacturing compatible methods
Memory + Logic
Printed Electronics Conventional Silicon
• Additive print processes,based on inks
• Highly scalable• CapEx orders of magnitude below
conventional silicon• Quick turnaround• Continous roll or high-efficiency
sheetfed processes• Large area sensor
• Subtractive process,based on photolithography
• Gradual capacity scaling not possible due to ‘megafab’ economics
• New factories $5-10B+• Hundreds of production steps• 8-12 week standard process time• Relies on old/obsolete factories for
NFC/RFID, but 70 closed 2009-2013,9 more in 2014
Manufacturing Options for the Internet of Everything
Organic thin-film transistor and PDPS performance
p-channel
n-channel
G
Plastic foil
Gate insulator
S D
Planarization
Semiconductor
Schematic cross section
Top-gate, bottom-contact configuration
Schematic cross section
Transistor development roadmap
Traditional manufacturing – Base process• Vacuum deposition
• Spin coating• Photolithography
Small-scale printing• Gravure plate printer• Rotogravure printer
• Flexo printer
HVM printing R2RHigh-volume manufacturing
• R2R system
HVM printing S2SHigh-volume manufacturing compatible methods
• Rotogravure printer• Screen printer
Production capable PE manufacturing equipment
Kroenert Roll-to-roll printing machine Ohio GT high sheet to sheet gravure print
Use Case: Brand Protection
Thinfilm Memory™ in market now to protect luxury goods against counterfeiters
Authentication labels
• Brand authentication• Refill verification• Dispenser tracking• Grey-market identification
Transforming Print Technology into Products
TemperatureSensorLabelw/ Display
TimerLabelw/ Display
TemperatureThresholdSensorLabelw/ NFC
OTFT Temperature Threshold label
Battery
Temp sensor
Threshold detector w/ or w/o latch
Display driver
Display
On-switch
Batteries – various technologies available. Current 9V drive voltage on its way to 6V.
On-switch compatible with need to activate label somewhere in use-case flow
Printed NTC thermistor from PST
OTFT based threshold circuitry based on print-compatible material sets
OTFT based display driver
Electro-chromic display from ACREO
Sensing and Logic with Printed-Dopant Polysilicon NFC-enabled smart label combines sensing + wireless communication
NFC Barcode product ready with commercial yields
Supported natively by Samsung Galaxy S5 and other Google Android phones
NFC well positioned as the glue for the Internet of Everything beyond smart devices (Android, Apple, Windows Phone, etc.)
Printed System Printed NFC
Internet of Everything
NFC Smart Label
NFC Temp Threshold Tag
Battery
Temp sensor
Threshold detector
NFC interface
On-switch
Batteries – various technologies available. Current 6V drive voltage on its way to 3V.
Proprietary on-switch to activate label at customer’s command
Printed or conventional thermistor
PDPS based threshold circuitry
NFC interface made by PDPS –readable with Android phones
NFC Smart Label: Temperature Sensor Operation
1. Phone RF energy activates tagNFC Barcode IC activated by 13.56MHz (NFC standard) RF power transmitted by mobile phone
2. NFC Barcode transmitsUnique ID + sensor data to phoneLabel transmits 128-bit code = Unique ID + sensor bits followingEnables full audit chain by connecting sensor data reads with fixed, universally Unique ID
3. Mobile app takes actionbased on tag ID and sensor dataApp provides intuitive user interface and may connect to cloud database server to unlock personalized/customized user experience
4. Cloud services record & analyzeAggregate user activity can be mined for valuable insights and analytics.- Logistics & brand protection: track counterfeiting and diversion,
sensors can identify weak links in temp-controlled supply chains- Consumer marketing: optimize on-package digital promotions
and offers by leveraging user history, location, context data
0000 Temp ok0011 Temp high1100 Temp low
Smart packaging builds loyaltywith mobile-first customers
• Recommendations/alerts based on sensed data
• Personalizedcross-sell, up-sellcontent & offers
• Loyalty & contest integration
• Recall andexpiration alerts
• Multimedia tips & tricks from celebrity experts
• Contextual,multi-lingual info
• Authenticity check toverify genuine product
• Analytics gathered for brand owner
Cloud Connectivity & the Printed Internet of Everything
/ NFC / RF
Printed Electronics Use Case:Fresh Food Monitoring & Cold Chain Transport
Need for cost-effective sensing
• Temperature excursions compromise food quality and safety every day
• 24% of food calories produced for human consumption are wasted
• 40% of losses in developing countries due to poor storage/monitoring
• Brief high temperature excursions can reduce shelf life offresh food by 40%+
• $8 Billion logistics market for temp-sensitive pharmaceuticals, including $2.8 Billion of specialized packaging and instrumentation
• 40% of vaccines in UK kept at incorrect temperatures
• $20 Million in ruined vaccines annually in US Federal Vaccines for Children Program
Temperature Sensor Label
Application Example: Time-Temperature Sensor Label
Sensor & Display Labels
Temperature Monitoring for Perishable Goods
$1.4 billion in 20109% CAGR
500,000,000 color changing labels sold per year
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System performance
Hig
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Simple Tracker
Colorchanginglabels
Printed Electronics
Sweet Spot
Printed Electronics Positioning
One sensor label for fresh foods – multiple touch points
Packaging Facility Retailer Consumer Verification
Internet of Things,Connected Home
Label applied
Temperature trackedin-line through processing
Scans verify freshness before/after shipment
Employee scans with phone or store-issued device to determine
freshness and upload information to cloud for
big data analytics/monitoring
Stores can dynamicallyallocate inventory to
discount safe food with limited shelf life – less
waste
Consumer uses their own NFC enabled phone to scan
package in store and receive freshness sensor
data (“Is this fish still good?”)
Significant opportunity to introduce personalized
mobile marketing
Check in / check out items from smart refrigerator
Alerts to eat expiring foodsfirst (with recipe
suggestions)
Automated mobile alerts to rebuy expiring/depleted
items (milk, eggs)
B2B B2C
Thinfilm NFC Sensor Label:Unique ID + sensor data structure
128-bit NFC Barcode data structure for Sensor Label applications
Unique IDSensorData
CRC
104+ bits Up to 8 bits 16 bits
Enables unique identification of each label. Unique database key for data recording and lookup to facilitate audit trail in logistics applications.Trillions of trillions of unique possibilities.
For data integrity verification
Digital sensor read data transmitted as part of tag data stream
Data transmission protocol notes & compatibility- Highly efficient unidirectional
tag-talks-first protocol for fastest throughput
- Protocol compatible with subset of ISO14443 standard
- Supported by NFC controllers from NXP, Samsung, Broadcom, Qualcomm, INSIDE Secure/Intel,Sony, MediaTek, and others
Demonstration of NFC-Enabled Smart Label
Success Requires Partnership
“Our agreement with Thinfilm could make printed electronics
a component of every package we manufacture.”- Henry Theisen, Chairman, Bemis
