Ultralow voltage pressure sensors based on organic FETs and compressible capacitors

IEEE Electron Device Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 801-803

  Lai, Stefano ^a   Cosseddu, Piero ^a,b   Bonfiglio, Annalisa ^a,b   Barbaro, Massimo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

^b S3 Centre   (Italy)

Author keywords

Organic FETs; pressure sensor; thin film devices; ultralow voltage devices

Indexed keywords

DIFFERENT PRESSURES; FLEXIBLE SUBSTRATE; NOVEL STRUCTURES; ORGANIC FET; PHYSICAL SEPARATION; PRESSURE SENSITIVE; ULTRALOW VOLTAGE; WORKING PRINCIPLES;

CAPACITORS; ORGANIC FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTORS; SILICONES; THIN FILM DEVICES;

PRESSURE SENSORS;

EID: 84878294695     PISSN: 07413106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LED.2013.2257660     Document Type: Article

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