Title :
A 1V printed organic DRAM cell based on ion-gel gated transistors with a sub-10nW-per-cell Refresh Power
Author :
Zhang, Wei ; Ha, Mingjing ; Braga, Daniele ; Renn, Michael J. ; Frisbie, C.Daniel ; Kim, Chris H.
Author_Institution :
Univ. of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
Abstract :
This paper presents an 8 × 8 DRAM array fabricated using an aerosol jet printer to demonstrate the feasibility of gain-cell DRAMs in a p-type-only organic thin film transistor (OTFT) technology. This printing method can accommodate functional inks with a variety of viscosities and has a patterning precision of 10 μm. The underlying design philosophy was to implement a general purpose memory array with full read and write capability that can be utilized for a range of applications including electrochromic displays and/or sensor sheet arrays. The basic read and write operations of the 3T OTF memory cell are illustrated. Each transistor has a channel width of 500μm and a channel length of 25μm.
Keywords :
DRAM chips; ink jet printing; thin film transistors; DRAM array; aerosol jet printer; electrochromic displays; general purpose memory array; ion gel gated transistor; organic thin film transistor technology; printed organic DRAM cell; refresh power; sensor sheet arrays; voltage 1 V; Arrays; Logic gates; Organic thin film transistors; Power demand; Random access memory;
Conference_Titel :
Solid-State Circuits Conference Digest of Technical Papers (ISSCC), 2011 IEEE International
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-61284-303-2
DOI :
10.1109/ISSCC.2011.5746339