Ink-jet-printed organic thin-film transistors for low-voltage-driven CMOS circuits with solution-processed AlOX gate insulator

IEEE Electron Device Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 307-309

  Kim, Sung Hoon ^a   Lee, Sun Hee ^a   Kim, Youn Goo ^a   Jang, Jin ^a  

^a Kyung Hee University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) integrated circuits; low voltage; organic semiconductor (OSC); solution process; thin film transistor (TFT)

Indexed keywords

CMOS CIRCUITS; CMOS INVERTERS; COMPLEMENTARY METAL OXIDE SEMICONDUCTORS; GATE INSULATOR; LOW-VOLTAGE; N-CHANNEL; ORGANIC THIN FILM TRANSISTORS; OSCILLATION FREQUENCY; PENTACENES; PROPAGATION DELAY TIME; RING OSCILLATOR; SOLUTION PROCESS; SOLUTION-PROCESSED; THIN-FILM TRANSISTOR (TFTS); TIPS-PENTACENE;

CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; DIELECTRIC DEVICES; GATE DIELECTRICS; SEMICONDUCTING ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; THIN FILM TRANSISTORS;

INK JET PRINTERS;

EID: 84873055415     PISSN: 07413106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LED.2012.2228461     Document Type: Article

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