Abstract:
The specification describes source/drain contact material that is compatible with organic semiconductors in thin film transistor integrated circuits. The contact material is nickel/gold wherein the nickel is plated as Ni-P on a base conductor, preferably TiN x , by electroless plating, and the gold overlay is deposited by displacement plating. It was found, unexpectedly, that forming Ni/Au contacts in this way extends the lifetime of TFT devices substantially.
Abstract:
A device in which one or more thin film transistors are monolithically integrated with a light emitting diode is disclosed. The thin film transistor has an organic semiconductor layer. The light emitting layer of the light emitting diode is also an organic material. The device is fabricated economically by integrating the fabrication of the thin film transistor and the light emitting diode on the substrate and by employing low cost fabrication techniques.
Abstract:
The present invention is directed to a class of blue emitting materials, that, when placed in EL devices with an emitter layer and a hole transporter layer, provide EL devices that emit white light. The blue-emitting material has a non-polymeric molecular structure that comprises a five or six-membered heterocyclic moiety selected from the groups consisting of oxazole, imidazole, quinoline and pyrazine with at least three organic substituents pendant thereto. The blue-emitting materials of the present invention have certain characteristics that allow them to be formed into films with advantageous properties. The films formed from these materials are amorphous (i.e they have a crystal size less than about 1000 Å). The thickness of the films of the blue-emitting material is less than 600 Å in the devices of the present invention.
Abstract:
An electronic odor sensor includes first and second amplifiers (42 1 to 42 N ), a biasing network (52 1 to 52 N ), and a device (56) connected to receive the output signals from the first and second amplifiers. The device (56) is configured to correlate the received output signals to the presence or absence of an odor. The first and second amplifiers have respective first and second organic semiconductor layers (53 1 to 53 N ) and are configured to produce output signals responsive to the conductivities of their respective organic semiconductor layers. The conductivities of the organic semiconductor layers are responsive to voltages applied to associated ones of the amplifiers and to the presence of the odor. The biasing network applies the voltages to the amplifiers.
Abstract:
Optical modulators and switches for use in telecommunications systems are disclosed having solid-state crystalline optical material comprised of III-V, II-VI, and IV semiconductor nanocrystals embedded in a polymer matrix. In a preferred embodiment, the crystalline material comprises CdSe crystals sized at less than 5.8 nm in diameter and more preferably at less than about 4 nm in diameter and advantageously embedded in poly(vinyl pyridine). The crystalline material sandwiched between two electrodes defines an optical modulator. In one preferred embodiment, the crystalline material with ten-percent crystal embedded in a polymer will exhibit with an applied voltage of 100V, a differential absorbance spectra (ΔA) of about 50 cm -1 at wavelengths of about 610 nm and a differential refractive index (Δn) of about 10 -4 at wavelengths of about 625 nm.
Abstract:
The specification describes thin film transistor integrated circuits wherein the TFT devices are field effect transistors with inverted structures. The interconnect levels are produced prior to the formation of the transistors. This structure leads to added flexibility in processing. The inverted structure is a result of removing the constraints in traditional semiconductor field effect device manufacture that are imposed by the necessity of starting the device fabrication with the single crystal semiconductor active material. In the inverted structure the active material, preferably an organic semiconductor, is formed last in the fabrication sequence.
Abstract:
The present invention is directed to a class of blue emitting materials, that, when placed in EL devices with an emitter layer and a hole transporter layer, provide EL devices that emit white light. The blue-emitting material has a non-polymeric molecular structure that comprises a five or six-membered heterocyclic moiety selected from the groups consisting of oxazole, imidazole, quinoline and pyrazine with at least three organic substituents pendant thereto. The blue-emitting materials of the present invention have certain characteristics that allow them to be formed into films with advantageous properties. The films formed from these materials are amorphous (i.e they have a crystal size less than about 1000 Å). The thickness of the films of the blue-emitting material is less than 600 Å in the devices of the present invention.
Abstract:
The specification describes source/drain contact material that is compatible with organic semiconductors in thin film transistor integrated circuits. The contact material is nickel/gold wherein the nickel is plated as Ni-P on a base conductor, preferably TiN x , by electroless plating, and the gold overlay is deposited by displacement plating. It was found, unexpectedly, that forming Ni/Au contacts in this way extends the lifetime of TFT devices substantially.