Oliver Muth

Electronic passports with AMOLED displays

— The development of high-security ID systems calls for never-ending technical and economic innovation. As long as documents and items of high material or immaterial value continue to exist, there will always be attempts to copy or manipulate them. A revolutionary product concept for new ID systems with novel functionality and applications is described and the worlds first ePassport containing a thin, bendable active-matrix light-emitting-diode (AMOLED) display without an internal battery is presented.

Future high security ID documents based on innovative microsystem technologies

The development of novel and highly secure ID systems calls for ongoing technical and economic innovation. In 2005, the German ePassport was introduced by Bundesdruckerei GmbH. The embedded electronic components are based on well-known silicon technology and a conventional wired antenna. In order to implement new types of contactless high-security ID documents, this paper describes the development of novel system integration technologies based on flexible electronics. This new technology concept makes it possible to integrate electrical, mechanical, optical, biochemical components and interfaces to form suitable building blocks for future ID documents. These smart systems place extreme demands on heterogeneous system integration. This is the reason why the ID security document is becoming a main technology driver in microsystem technology [1].

26.4: Invited Paper: ID Document Technologies with Bendable AMOLED Displays

The development of highly secure ID systems requires ongoing technical and economic innovation. Document fraud poses a huge security risk, not only for individual users but also for society at large [1]. In this paper, we describe a revolutionary product concept for new ID systems with novel functionality and applications. We present the worlds first ePassport with a thin, bendable active matrix light emitting diode (AMOLED) display without an internal battery.