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From polymer transistors toward printed electronics

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 March 2011

W. Clemens ,
W. Fix ,
J. Ficker ,
A. Knobloch  and
A. Ullmann
W. Clemens*
Affiliation:
PolyIC GmbH & Co. KG, Paul-Gossen-Str. 100, 91052 Erlangen, Germany
W. Fix
Affiliation:
PolyIC GmbH & Co. KG, Paul-Gossen-Str. 100, 91052 Erlangen, Germany
J. Ficker
Affiliation:
PolyIC GmbH & Co. KG, Paul-Gossen-Str. 100, 91052 Erlangen, Germany
A. Knobloch
Affiliation:
PolyIC GmbH & Co. KG, Paul-Gossen-Str. 100, 91052 Erlangen, Germany
A. Ullmann
Affiliation:
PolyIC GmbH & Co. KG, Paul-Gossen-Str. 100, 91052 Erlangen, Germany
*
a) Address all correspondence to this author. e-mail: wolfgang.clemens@polyic.com
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Abstract

Printed organic circuits have the potential to revolutionize the spread of electronic applications. This will be enabled by inexpensive and fast fabrication with printing techniques using soluble organic materials. Two main challenges have to be mastered on the way towards printed electronics. First, the development of stable transistors and an adapted chip design for organic materials, and second, the development of a reliable fabrication process. We present our results on high performance polymer transistors, mainly based on poly-3alkylthiophene (P3AT) as semiconducting material. Fast circuits up to 200 kHz and stable circuits with operation lifetimes of more than 1000 h under ambient conditions without any encapsulation are shown. We also report on a fully printed, all organic ring oscillator.

Keywords

PolymerThin filmMicroelectronics
Type
Reviews—Organic Electronics Special Section
Information
Journal of Materials Research , Volume 19 , Issue 7 , July 2004 , pp. 1963 - 1973
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2004

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