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Process design kit and design automation for flexible hybrid electronics

  • Tsung Ching Huang
  • , Ting Lei
  • , Leilai Shao
  • , Sridhar Sivapurapu
  • , Madhavan Swaminathan
  • , Sicheng Li
  • , Zhenan Bao
  • , Kwang Ting Cheng
  • , Raymond Beausoleil

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Abstract

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.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publication2019 International Symposium on VLSI Design, Automation and Test, VLSI-DAT 2019
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
ISBN (Electronic)9781728106557
DOIs
StatePublished - Apr 2019
Event2019 International Symposium on VLSI Design, Automation and Test, VLSI-DAT 2019 - Hsinchu, Taiwan, Province of China
Duration: Apr 22 2019Apr 25 2019

Publication series

Name2019 International Symposium on VLSI Design, Automation and Test, VLSI-DAT 2019

Conference

Conference2019 International Symposium on VLSI Design, Automation and Test, VLSI-DAT 2019
Country/TerritoryTaiwan, Province of China
CityHsinchu
Period4/22/194/25/19

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering
  • Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality
  • Instrumentation
  • Computer Networks and Communications
  • Hardware and Architecture

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