Board or substrate for an organic electronic device and use thereof

• US 20060125061A1
• Filed: 12/16/2003
• Published: 06/15/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 01/09/2003
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: PolyIC GmbH & Co. KG (Leonhard KURZ Stiftung & Company KG)
• Original Assignee: PolyIC GmbH & Co. KG (Leonhard KURZ Stiftung & Company KG)
• Inventors: Clemens, Wolfgang, Gerlt, Axel
• Application Number:
  US10/541,956
• Publication Number:
  US 20060125061A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 257/666
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 19/077 Constructional details, e.g. mounting of circuits in the carrier
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 19/07703 the interface being visual
• CPC Class Codes: H01L 2924/00 Indexing scheme for arrangements or methods for connecting or disconnecting semiconductor or solid-state bodies as covered by H01L24/00
• CPC Class Codes: H01L 2924/0002 Not covered by any one of groups H01L24/00, H01L24/00 and H01L2224/00
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 1/16 incorporating printed electric components, e.g. printed resistor, capacitor, inductor

Abstract

The invention relates to a circuit board or a substrate for an electronic device, which is inexpensive to produce and easy to integrate in the production process for organic electronics. To this end, the novel intelligent circuit board comprises at least one active electronic component, for example an electrical circuit, which is integrated in the circuit board.

Claims

1. A circuit board or substrate for an electronic device, comprising:

a substrate;

at least one active organic electronic component integrated on the substrate;

the organic electronic component having at least one electrode layer;

the at least one electrode layer of the integrated active organic electronic component forming a conductive track layer of a base plate for a conventional semiconductor component.

4. The circuit board or substrate as claimed in one of the preceding claims, including a power supply integrated on the substrate.

5. The circuit board or substrate as claimed in any of claims 1 to 3 wherein an input element and/or an output element is integrated on the substrate.

6. The circuit board or substrate as claimed in any of claims 1 to 3 wherein electrically conductive lines or conducting contacts are produced using structured conductive layers, electrodes such as source and drain electrodes and/or conductive adhesives.

7. The circuit board or substrate as claimed in any of claims 1 to 3 wherein, an inexpensive visualization element and/or a display is integrated on the substrate.

8. The circuit board or substrate as claimed in claim 7 wherein the display comprises electrochromic material, liquid crystalline elements and/or organic light-emitting diodes.

9. The circuit board or substrate as claimed in claim 7 wherein a driver circuit associated with the display is integrated on the substrate.

10. The circuit board or substrate of claim 7 wherein a driver electronics is included and comprises at least one organic field-effect transistor.

11. The use of the circuit board or substrate as claimed in one of claims 1 to 3 for an electronic device including any of a sensor label, an advertising ticket, a price marker, a game, a check card and an RFID tag.

12. The circuit board or substrate as claimed in claim 8 wherein a driver circuit associated with the display is integrated on the substrate.

13. The circuit board or substrate of claim 8 wherein a driver electronics is included and comprises at least one organic field-effect transistor.

14. The circuit board or substrate of claim 9 wherein a driver electronics is included and comprises at least one organic field-effect transistor.

15. The use of the circuit board or substrate as claimed in claim 4 for an electronic device including any of a sensor label, an advertising ticket, a price marker, a game, a check card and an RFID tag.

16. The use of the circuit board or substrate as claimed in claim 5 for an electronic device including any of a sensor label, an advertising ticket, a price marker, a game, a check card and an RFID tag.

17. The use of the circuit board or substrate as claimed in claim 6 for an electronic device including any of a sensor label, an advertising ticket, a price marker, a game, a check card and an RFID tag.

18. The use of the circuit board or substrate as claimed in claim 7 for an electronic device including any of a sensor label, an advertising ticket, a price marker, a game, a check card and an RFID tag.

19. The use of the circuit board or substrate as claimed in claim 8 for an electronic device including any of a sensor label, an advertising ticket, a price marker, a game, a check card and an RFID tag.

20. The use of the circuit board or substrate as claimed in claim 9 for an electronic device including any of a sensor label, an advertising ticket, a price marker, a game, a check card and an RFID tag.

21. The use of the circuit board or substrate as claimed in claim 10 for an electronic device including any of a sensor label, an advertising ticket, a price marker, a game, a check card and an RFID tag.

2. A circuit board or substrate for an electronic device comprising:

a substrate; and

at least one active organic component and at least one passive organic component integrated on the substrate.

3. The circuit board or substrate as claimed in claim 2, wherein the at least one active component is one of an organic transistor, an organic diode, an organic photocell, an organic integrated circuit and/or the passive organic component is one of an electrically conducting connection, a resistor, a coil and/or a capacitor.