FlexTech Alliance To Release Data on ‘Technical Challenges’ of Flexible Hybrid Electronics

Survey results on the technologies, manufacturing methods and standards needed for the commercialization of flexible hybrid electronics (FHE) will be released in a FlexTech Alliance webinar set for Tuesday at 1 p.m. EST, the alliance said Tuesday. The alliance canvassed 90 end users, manufacturers and suppliers in November and December, and the preliminary findings show “technical challenges” abound in FHE design and production, it said. The webinar will cover reliability requirements for FHE devices and the standards that are most needed for FHE performance characteristics and testing, it said. The Defense Department gave the alliance a $75 million grant last summer to run a public-private “manufacturing innovation institute” for FHE aimed at developing semiconductors, large-area displays and “advanced processing capabilities” for fashioning flexible electronic devices (see 1508280038).