Molecular organic electronic circuits

ABSTRACT

Electronic energy disorder associated within amorphous and polycrystaline molecular organic thin film structures strongly affects the macroscopic observable behavior of organic field effect transistors (OFET) and poses practical challenges to implementing OFET circuits. It has been convenient to ignore the detailed physical processes associated with this disorder and model OFET behavior as equivalent to silicon FETs, but such simplifications limit our ability to develop integrated circuit technology as they fail to predict the true integrated OFET behavior. This talk will highlight the evolution of the organic electronic circuit technology and the challenges that lay ahead, emphasizing the need for physically accurate models of device behavior as the cornerstone of any future circuit advancements.

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INDEX TERMS

Primary Classification:
  B. Hardware
  B.7 INTEGRATED CIRCUITS
      B.7.0 General

General Terms:
Design, Experimentation, Measurement, Standardization

Keywords:
OFET, TFT, characterization, integrated circuits, organic transistor