An 8-bit, 40-instructions-per-second organic microprocessor on plastic foil

IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 284-291

  Myny, Kris ^a,b,c   Van Veenendaal, Erik ^d   Gelinck, Gerwin H ^e   Genoe, Jan ^a,c   Dehaene, Wim ^a,b   Heremans, Paul ^a,b  

^a IMEC   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c Katholieke Hogeschool Limburg   (Belgium)

^d Polymer Vision   (Netherlands)

^e HOLST CENTRE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Dual gate; flexible circuits; flexible microprocessor; flexible processor; organic circuits; organic microprocessor; organic processor; organic transistor; plastic circuits; plastic microprocessor; plastic processor

Indexed keywords

DUAL-GATE; FLEXIBLE CIRCUIT; FLEXIBLE PROCESSOR; ORGANIC CIRCUITS; ORGANIC PROCESSOR; ORGANIC TRANSISTOR; PLASTIC CIRCUIT; PLASTIC PROCESSORS;

ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING;

MICROPROCESSOR CHIPS;

EID: 84865988310     PISSN: 00189200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSSC.2011.2170635     Document Type: Article

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