European Network Quadriga

The Quadriga Project is a joint initiative of the European Commission, the Directorate General of Information Technology & Media and 4 Collaboration Action Projects within the seventh Framework Programme:

OPERA - PolyNet - PolyMap - Prodi

Main and common objective of all four collaborative projects is to foster the position of Europe as a gravitation point in the research regarding organic & large area electronics and at the same time to foster the position of Europe as a main hub in this new sector of industry emerging out of this technology area. Ultimate objective of all four projects is to contribute to the creation of new start-ups and to contribute to the creation of knowledge based employment. It is all about the future of organics in Europe! 

  

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Framework 7, Objective ICT 2007.3.2:
Organic and large area electronics, visualisation and display systems

Objective:
Organic and large-area technologies for logic, memory and light-emitting functionalities addressing e-paper, smart systems on tags, low-cost RFIDs, lab on chip devices, intelligent packaging, displays, signage, and intelligent lighting systems.
Emphasis will be:
on large-area and low-cost manufacturing technologies like printing involving additive processes and related materials; on new device structures; on advanced modelling, simulation, and characterisation for circuit design; on encapsulation, interconnects and system in foil integration; on innovative sensing, energy storage and scavenging, and power management functions. Attention should be paid to the overall manufacturing aspects including cost, capital investment and environmental impact.
Support measures will include access to advanced manufacturing and design competences, training and education for organic and large area electronics, joint user assessment of prototype equipment from European suppliers and will develop synergies between the electronics and the printing sectors on circuit design, manufacturing equipment and standardisation.
Advanced visualisation systems and novel display technologies. Visualisation systems extending colour gamut and dynamic range beyond current state-of-the-art, taking into account human vision and perceptual models. They should support multi-viewer, unaided and unrestricted 3D viewing, as well as natural interaction modalities. This includes signal acquisition, processing and representation technologies for 3D-systems. Research results are to be integrated into working prototypes addressing key professional and consumer applications. Further outcomes will be portable display systems such as zero-power 'ruggedised' displays, flexible and/or transparent devices, energy efficient microprojectors, and lightweight high-resolution vision glasses.