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Ultralow-power organic complementary circuits

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  • Hagen Klauk

    (Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research, Heisenbergstrasse 1, 70569 Stuttgart, Germany)

  • Ute Zschieschang

    (Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research, Heisenbergstrasse 1, 70569 Stuttgart, Germany)

  • Jens Pflaum

    (University Stuttgart, Third Institute of Physics, Pfaffenwaldring 57, 70550 Stuttgart, Germany)

  • Marcus Halik

    (Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg, Institute of Polymer Materials, Martensstrasse 7, 91058 Erlangen, Germany)

Abstract

Organics on a roll Organic transistors and circuits show great promise for the realization of futuristic roll-up displays, adaptive sensors for humanoid robots and ubiquitous radio-frequency identification tags. But today's organic circuits require operating voltages of 15 to 30 volts (10 to 20 batteries' worth), and they draw enough power to drain those batteries in a day. To overcome this major hurdle, Hagen Klauk et al. have developed a method of fabricating organic circuits that run on a single 1.5-volt battery for several years. The key to the method is the use of a layer of an insulating organic material just one molecule thick; although the layer is very thin, it leaks only a small amount of current, while it provides for a large capacitance. Two different types of organic semiconductors are used to fabricate transistors, logic gates and ring oscillators.

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  • Hagen Klauk & Ute Zschieschang & Jens Pflaum & Marcus Halik, 2007. "Ultralow-power organic complementary circuits," Nature, Nature, vol. 445(7129), pages 745-748, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:445:y:2007:i:7129:d:10.1038_nature05533
    DOI: 10.1038/nature05533
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