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Title: Carbon nanotube network thin-film transistors on flexible/stretchable substrates

Patent ·
OSTI ID:1244219

This disclosure provides systems, methods, and apparatus for flexible thin-film transistors. In one aspect, a device includes a polymer substrate, a gate electrode disposed on the polymer substrate, a dielectric layer disposed on the gate electrode and on exposed portions of the polymer substrate, a carbon nanotube network disposed on the dielectric layer, and a source electrode and a drain electrode disposed on the carbon nanotube network.

Research Organization:
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
AC02-05CH11231
Assignee:
The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, CA)
Patent Number(s):
9,299,940
Application Number:
14/065,218
OSTI ID:
1244219
Resource Relation:
Patent File Date: 2013 Oct 28
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

References (13)

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Thin Film Nanotube Transistors Based on Self-Assembled, Aligned, Semiconducting Carbon Nanotube Arrays journal November 2008
Wafer-Scale Fabrication of Separated Carbon Nanotube Thin-Film Transistors for Display Applications journal December 2009
Macroelectronic Integrated Circuits Using High-Performance Separated Carbon Nanotube Thin-Film Transistors journal November 2010
Fundamental Limits on the Mobility of Nanotube-Based Semiconducting Inks journal October 2010
Medium-scale carbon nanotube thin-film integrated circuits on flexible plastic substrates journal July 2008
Flexible high-performance carbon nanotube integrated circuits journal February 2011
Thin-film semiconductor device with field plate patent November 1994
Electrical devices containing a carbon nanotube switching layer with a passivation layer disposed thereon and methods for production thereof patent December 2013

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