Macroelectronics: Perspectives on Technology and Applications

Author

Reuss, Robert H. ; Chalamala, Babu R. ; Moussessian, Alina ; Kane, Michael G. ; Kumar, Amrita ; Zhang, David C. ; Rogers, John A. ; Hatalis, Miltos ; Temple, Dorota ; Moddel, Garret ; Eliasson, Blake J. ; Estes, Michael J. ; Kunze, Joseph ; Handy, Erik S.

Author_Institution

Defense Adv. Res. Projects Agency Microsystems Technol. Office, Arlington, VA, USA

Volume

93

Issue

7

fYear

2005

fDate

7/1/2005 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1239

Lastpage

1256

Abstract

Flexible, large area electronics - macroelectronics - using amorphous silicon, low-temperature polysilicon, or various organic and inorganic nanocrystalline semiconductor materials is beginning to show great promise. While much of the activity in macroelectronics has been display-centric, a number of applications where macroelectronics is needed to enable solutions that are otherwise not feasible are beginning to attract technical and/or commercial interest. In this paper, we discuss the application drivers and the technology needs and device performance requirements to enable high performance applications to include RF systems.

Keywords

amorphous semiconductors; electronic products; elemental semiconductors; military equipment; nanostructured materials; silicon; thin film transistors; RF systems; TFT; amorphous silicon; flexible electronics; inorganic nanocrystalline semiconductor material; low-temperature polysilicon; macroelectronics; organic nanocrystalline semiconductor material; thin-film transistors; Active matrix liquid crystal displays; Active matrix technology; Amorphous silicon; Jacobian matrices; Laboratories; Microelectronics; Nanostructured materials; Semiconductor materials; Snow; Thin film transistors; Flexible electronics; large area electronics; macroelectronics; thin-film transistors (TFTs);

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Proceedings of the IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9219

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/JPROC.2005.851237

Filename

1461580