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The most common transistor technologies for making active matrix displays and sensors use hard ceramic materials for the semiconducting active layer [1]. To enable flexible displays and electronics, FlexEnable has pioneered an alternative manufacturing approach which uses soft, flexible organic materials as the active layers [2–4]. Organic thin film transistor (OTFT) backplanes using FlexiOMTM materials can be fabricated in standard flat panel display factories which are repurposed for the novel material set. A primary benefit for using OTFT is the inherent durability that comes from removing the brittle ceramic layers. This feature can be further exploited by proactively stretching the devices to conform to more attractive form factor products. This paper will discuss the electrical performance of a state‐of‐the‐art OTFT device and impact of a thermoforming process on switching characteristics.

One of the challenges in see-through AR headsets is rendering outdoor scenes when there is high ambient brightness. This is because in such conditions the luminance of real objects becomes comparable to or higher than the maximum luminance of the virtual object, severely impacting the virtual image contrast. One solution to this is to use LC-based ambient dimming cells to modulate background brightness. However, conventional glass LC cells add unwanted weight and volume to headsets and cannot be biaxially curved. This talk will explain how a breakthrough liquid crystal optics technology built on ultra-thin, light bioplastic films instead of glass uniquely enables active-matrix pixelated ambient dimming on biaxially curved surfaces.