Organic Electronics: Perspectives Towards Applications (Printed Electronics 2004)

Organic electronics is entering a product development phase, where production parameters, such as choice of substrate material, reliability, yield and variation of the electrical characteristics become important. It is essential, that the laboratory processes can be transferred into a manufacturing environment without fundamental changes.

 

Circuit design would benefit from the availability of complementary transistors. Fully integrated complementary ring oscillators on flexible substrates will be presented. The supply voltage of more complex organic circuits is usually in the range of tens of volts. The thickness of the gate dielectric could be lowered to about 2.5 nm by using self-assembled monolayers. These transistors can be operated around 1-2V.

 

In the presentation, we will demonstrate that both the readouts of the capabilities of the technology and the production parameters are sufficient to enter the product development phase.

 

 

Dr. Günter Schmid received his PhD degree from the University of Ulm (Germany) in 1993, where he was working in the field of organometallic chemistry and X-ray crystallography. In 1994 he joined the Laboratory for Molecular Structure and Bonding at the Texas A&M University for a postdoctoral position. In 1996 he moved to Corporate Research of the Siemens AG, where he was developing dielectrics for buffercoat, multi-chip module and on-chip interlayer/intermetal applications. In April 1999 Infineon Technologies AG evolved from the former semiconductor division of the Siemens AG. Currently he is working as a project manager (senior staff engineer) in the department Memory Products New Memory Platforms Materials and Technology. His current focus lies on ultra low cost electronics based on organic semiconductors and flexible polymeric substrates. G.S. is a member of the German Chemical Society (GDCh) and the German Society for Electrical Engineering, Electronics and Information Technology (VDE).

Infineon Technologies AG, Munich, Germany, offers semiconductor and system solutions for the automotive and industrial sectors, for applications in the wired communications markets, secure mobile solutions as well as memory products. With a global presence, Infineon operates in the US from San Jose, CA, in the Asia-Pacific region from Singapore and in Japan from Tokyo. In fiscal year 2003 (ending September), the company achieved sales of Euro 6.15 billion with about 32,300 employees world-wide. Infineon is listed on the DAX index of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange and on the New York Stock Exchange (ticker symbol: IFX).