Materials and Processes for Flexible Electronics

COFFEE_KLATCH · Invited

Abstract

High speed, high performance computation will continue to be dominated by silicon-based microelectronics for the foreseeable future. However, there are many applications that would benefit from the development of large area, distributed electronic systems, especially if the systems were rugged, flexible, and inexpensive per square foot, even if individual device performance was relatively low. Our group recently demonstrated organic semiconductor based, photolithographically defined rectifiers operating at 14 MHz, depletion load inverters with a gain of $>$20, and hybrid flexible CMOS. I will present results on substrates, materials and devices that are compatible with low temperature, flexible substrates, with specific applications for electronic textiles, flexible displays and CMOS. This work is supported in part by the Army Research Labs, DOE, Texas Instruments and Military Tech, LLC.

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Authors

  • Bruce Gnade

    Grand Valley State University, STC, Health Physics Society, The University of Texas at San Antonio, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas, PIEAS, Pakistan, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX and PIEAS Pakistan, Rutgers University, Department of Physics, Texas A\&M University, College Station, TX 77843, Waxahachie Global High School, Waxahachie, TX, University of Texas at San Antonio, Tohoku University Institute of Materials Research, University of Alberta Department of Physics, Istanbul University Department of Physics, Geophysical Institute, Tohoku University, Japan, Planetary Plasma and Atmospheric Research Center, Tohoku University, Japan, Solar-Terrestrial Environment Laboratory, Nagoya University, Japan, Austin Community College, Dallas Baptist University, Angelo State University, Lake Highlands High School, Baylor University, Waco, TX, Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, TX, Paul Laurence Dunbar High School, Fort Worth, TX, Success High School, Fort Worth, TX, Dept. of Math., Univ. of New Mexico, Depts. of Materials Science and Engineering and Chemistry, University of Texas at Dallas