FDC Technologies

Electronic Design Automation (EDA) for IC Design, Modeling and Simulation:

• Professional Suite of Flexible / Large Area Microelectronics Design Tools:
  • Circuit Simulation
  • Design Rule Checking (DRC)
  • Layer Verification (LVS)
  • Layout
  • AutoPlace and Route with Standard Cell Library Development Capability
• State-of-the-Art a-Si:H Transistor Models including V_T Shift
• Extensive Suite of Digital and Analog Circuit Testing Equipment

Flexible and Organic Electronics Development Laboratory (FOEDL): 

• Photomask Aligner (6-in., 25 substrate cassette)
• 8-in. Spin Coater (Controlled Atmosphere)
• Blade Coater
• Inkjet Printers: Dimatix Piezoelectric Inkjet , Litrex (4-cartridges), HP and Cannon heat (bubble) inkjet technology
• Reactive Ion Etcher (RIE): oxide or nitride
• OLED Materials Optimization: Small Molecule, Phosphorescent, Fluorescent and Macromolecules
• Encapsulation: liquid and vacuum-based approaches
• OTFT Materials Characterization:
  • Bottom and Top Contact Devices
  • Transistor materials: Small Molecules, Conjugated Polymers, Hybrid Inorganic/Organic structures, Molecular nano-tube based coatings and transparent inorganic-based TFTs.
  • Gate Insulators
    • Organic Insulators: PMMA, PVP, photoresist, various resins
    • Inorganic Insulators: SiO₂, Al₂O₃, TiO₂
  • Contacts
    • Organic: PEDOT:PSS, PANI, others
    • Metals: Gold, Silver, Aluminum, others

Reflective and Emissive Display Integration

• Display Design
• Flexible circuit design
• Display simulation and modeling
• Flexible circuit simulation and modeling
• Display layout
• Circuit layout
• Display Tooling layout (masks, fixtures, hardware)
• Electro-optic design and modeling
• Display packaging and assembly
• High density interconnect assembly
• TAB, COF, COG Assembly
• Final Display Test
• Display Characterization
• Display Design Verification and Test Structures
• Demonstrator Design and Hardware
• SMT Assembly and Rework
  

Related ASU Research Programs and Capabilities:

• Center for Solid State Electronics Research (CSSER): Nanostructures: Molecular Beam Epitaxy and Optoelectronics; Materials and Process Fundamentals; Low Power Electronics, Bio and Molecular Electronics; MEMS and Nano-fluidics; High-K Dielectrics and Nano-magnetics
• WINTech: Wireless Integrated Nanotechnologies, incl. communications components, telemetry, antennas
• BioDesign Institute
• Photonics: IR Displays
• MEMS: Capacitive Sensors and Accelerometers
• Center for Advanced Photovoltaics
• Center for Solid State Science (CSSS)