TY - JOUR
T1 - Process design kit and design automation for flexible hybrid electronics
AU - Huang, Tsung Ching
AU - Lei, Ting
AU - Shao, Leilai
AU - Sivapurapu, Sridhar
AU - Swaminathan, Madhavan
AU - Li, Sicheng
AU - Bao, Zhenan
AU - Cheng, Kwang Ting
AU - Beausoleil, Raymond
N1 - Funding Information:
This material is based, in part, on research sponsored by Air Force Research Laboratory under agreement number FA8650-15-2-5401, as conducted through the flexible hybrid electronics manufacturing innovation institute, NextFlex. The U.S. Government is authorized to reproduce and distribute reprints for Governmental purposes notwithstanding any copyright notation thereon. The views and conclusions contained herein are those of the authors and should not be interpreted as necessarily representing the official policies or endorsements, either expressed or implied, of Air Force Research Laboratory or the U.S. Government. The authors would also like to thank Dr. Ta-ya Chu and Prof. Man Wong for their contributions.
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© 2019 SID.
PY - 2019
Y1 - 2019
N2 - High-performance low-cost flexible hybrid electronics (FHE) are desirable for applications such as internet of things (IoT) and wearable electronics. Carbon-nanotube (CNT) thin-film transistor (TFT) is a promising candidate for high-performance FHE, because of its high carrier mobility, superior mechanical flexibility, and material compatibility with low-cost printing and solution-processes. Flexible sensors and peripheral CNT-TFT circuits, such as decoders, drivers and sense amplifiers, can be printed and hybrid-integrated with thinned (<50µm) silicon chips on soft, thin, and flexible substrates for a wide range of applications from flexible displays to wearable medical devices. Here we report: 1) process design kit (PDK) to enable FHE design automation for large-scale FHE circuits, and 2) solution-process proven intellectual property (IP) blocks for TFT circuits design, including Pseudo-CMOS [1] flexible digital logic and analog amplifiers shown in Figure 1. The FHE-PDK is fully compatible with silicon design tools for hybrid-integrated flexible circuits.
AB - High-performance low-cost flexible hybrid electronics (FHE) are desirable for applications such as internet of things (IoT) and wearable electronics. Carbon-nanotube (CNT) thin-film transistor (TFT) is a promising candidate for high-performance FHE, because of its high carrier mobility, superior mechanical flexibility, and material compatibility with low-cost printing and solution-processes. Flexible sensors and peripheral CNT-TFT circuits, such as decoders, drivers and sense amplifiers, can be printed and hybrid-integrated with thinned (<50µm) silicon chips on soft, thin, and flexible substrates for a wide range of applications from flexible displays to wearable medical devices. Here we report: 1) process design kit (PDK) to enable FHE design automation for large-scale FHE circuits, and 2) solution-process proven intellectual property (IP) blocks for TFT circuits design, including Pseudo-CMOS [1] flexible digital logic and analog amplifiers shown in Figure 1. The FHE-PDK is fully compatible with silicon design tools for hybrid-integrated flexible circuits.
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U2 - 10.1002/sdtp.12894
DO - 10.1002/sdtp.12894
M3 - Conference article
AN - SCOPUS:85081165525
SN - 0097-966X
VL - 50
SP - 217
EP - 220
JO - Digest of Technical Papers - SID International Symposium
JF - Digest of Technical Papers - SID International Symposium
IS - Book 1
T2 - SID Symposium, Seminar, and Exhibition 2019, Display Week 2019
Y2 - 12 May 2019 through 17 May 2019
ER -