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Screen printed passive components for flexible power electronics

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Ostfeld, Aminy E., Deckman, Igal, Gaikwad, Abhinav M., Lochner, Claire M., Arias, Ana C.·2015·Scientific Reports
DOI 10.1038/srep15959PMC PMC4626765
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Additive and low-temperature printing processes enable the integration of diverse electronic devices, both power-supplying and power-consuming, on flexible substrates at low cost. Production of a complete electronic system from these devices, however, often requires power electronics to convert between the various operating voltages of the devices. Passive components—inductors, capacitors and resistors—perform functions such as filtering, short-term energy storage and voltage measurement, which are vital in power electronics and many other applications. In this paper, we present screen-printed inductors, capacitors, resistors and an RLC circuit on flexible plastic substrates and report on the design process for minimization of inductor series resistance that enables their use in power electronics. Printed inductors and resistors are then incorporated into a step-up voltage regulator circuit. Organic light-emitting diodes and a flexible lithium ion battery are fabricated and the voltage regulator is used to power the diodes from the battery, demonstrating the potential of printed passive components to replace conventional surface-mount components in a DC-DC converter application.

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  • Roll-to-roll rotary screen printing is a promising method for high-throughput and cost-effective fabrication of flexible electronics.

    “Roll-to-roll (R2R) rotary screen printing is a promising method for high-throughput and cost-effective fabrication of flexible electronics (37, 38).”

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    The paper says additive printing can reduce costs and enable high-speed roll-to-roll manufacture on flexible substrates; it also describes screen printing as fast (Abstract, page not provided). It does not specifically discuss roll-to-roll rotary screen printing, and its Methods describe screen printing on PET substrates rather than a rotary roll-to-roll process. (LLM, conf=0.85)

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Authors
Ostfeld, A. E., Deckman, I., Gaikwad, A. M., Lochner, C. M., & Arias, A. C.
Affiliations
University of California, Berkeley (US)
Corresponding author
Arias, Ana C.
ORCID
Venue
Scientific Reports
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Published
2015-10-30
Volume
5
Issue
1
Pages
15959-15959
ISSN
2045-2322 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.1038/srep15959
PMC
PMC4626765
OpenAlex
W2472543963
Cited by
119
References
38
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FWCI
4.82
Type
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Language
en
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Funders
  • National Science Foundation (1106400, 1202189)
  • Division of Electrical, Communications and Cyber Systems
Topics
  • Physical Sciences › Engineering › Electrical and Electronic Engineering › Nanomaterials and Printing Technologies
  • Physical Sciences › Engineering › Electrical and Electronic Engineering › Advanced DC-DC Converters
  • Physical Sciences › Engineering › Electrical and Electronic Engineering › Wireless Power Transfer Systems
Keywords
screen printing, flexible electronics, printed inductors, printed capacitors, printed resistors, RLC circuits, DC-DC converter, flexible lithium-ion batteries, organic light-emitting diodes, low-temperature printing, additive manufacturing

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