Printer and Method for Manufacturing Electronic Circuits and Displays

摘要

A printer for forming an electronic device utilizing microencapsulated electrically active material includes a locally variable attractive field member that is controlled to selectively apply an attractive field at locations so that a layer of field attractive microcapsules can be formed. The field attractive microcapsules comprise an electrically reactive material. The locally variable attractive field member has an optoelectric and/or an optomagnetic coating formed on it for generating an attractive field in response to light impinging on the coating. A method of forming a thin, lightweight display includes forming a display stratum comprising light emitting pixels for displaying information. The display stratum is fabricated by printing conductive polymer microcapsules. Electronic devices are fabricated by printing patterns of electrically reactive microcapsules at discrete locations. A battery stratum fabricated by the inventive printing method provides electrical energy to the display components.