Advanced Materials, Vol.22, No.1, 72-72, 2010
Low-Voltage Ring Oscillators Based on Polyelectrolyte-Gated Polymer Thin-Film Transistors
A polyanionic electrolyte is used as gate insulator in top-gate p-channel polymer thin-film transistors. The high capacitance of the polyelectrolyte film allows the transistors and integrated circuits to operate below 1.5V. Seven-stage ring oscillators that operate at supply voltages down to 0.9V and exhibit signal propagation delays as low as 300 mu s per stage are reported.