Ambipolar transistors typically suffer from large off-current inherently due to ambipolar conduction. Using a tri-gate transistor it is shown that it is possible to electrostatically switch ambipolar polymer transistors from ambipolar to unipolar mode. In unipolar mode, symmetric characteristics with an on/off current ratio of larger than 10^5 are obtained. This enables easy integration into low-power complementary logic and volatile electronic memories.

Ambipolar Organic Tri-Gate Transistor for Low-Power Complementary Electronics

TORRICELLI, Fabrizio;GHITTORELLI, MATTEO;KOVACS VAJNA, Zsolt Miklos;
2016-01-01

Abstract

Ambipolar transistors typically suffer from large off-current inherently due to ambipolar conduction. Using a tri-gate transistor it is shown that it is possible to electrostatically switch ambipolar polymer transistors from ambipolar to unipolar mode. In unipolar mode, symmetric characteristics with an on/off current ratio of larger than 10^5 are obtained. This enables easy integration into low-power complementary logic and volatile electronic memories.
2016
2015
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PE7_5 Micro- and nanoelectronics, optoelectronics
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Internazionale
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ambipolar semiconductors; complementary electronics, electronic memory; polymer transistors; Materials Science (all); Mechanics of Materials; Mechanical Engineering
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/adma.201503414/abstract;jsessionid=547E7DB6AA003992D282B7CAA538F0D4.f03t01
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Torricelli, Fabrizio; Ghittorelli, Matteo; Smits, Edsger C. P.; Roelofs, Christian W. S.; Janssen, René A. J.; Gelinck, Gerwin H.; KOVACS VAJNA, Zsolt...espandi
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