Printed organic transistors and complementary ring oscillators operatable at 200 mV

Abstract

Applications of organic thin-film transistors (OTFTs) include wearable health monitors and next-generation internet-of-things (IoT) systems driven by small power supply of energy-harvesting. Such application requires low voltage and low power consumption organic integrated circuits. In this paper, we demonstrate complementary integrated circuits based on printed p-type and n-type OTFTs operatable at an ultralow supply voltage of 200 mV. For that purpose, threshold voltages were finely tuned by dual-gate structure and self-assembled monolayer. Complementary inverter-based ring oscillators operated at small supply voltages down to 200 mV and exhibited a power consumption as small as 6 pW per stage.