High Performance Transistors on Flexible Substrates

This Small Business Technology Transfer Research Phase II project continues the successful work initiated under our Phase 1 program to develop a novel low temperature processing technology for the fabrication of low resistance ohmic source-drain contacts for high performance, nanowire transistors on low-temperature plastic substrates. In Phase I, we developed the instrument design, setup and initial process parameters for an innovative low temperature contact technology. We successfully applied the process to fabricate prototype nanowire-based transistors. In Phase II, we will continue to develop and optimize the processes to fabricate commercially-relevant prototype, CMOS, large area, flexible, nanowire-based transistor circuits on plastic. Through the characterization and modeling of these devices, we will develop a complete understanding of the potential application areas and performance limits of this unique technology for electronics applications, and particularly for RF electronics applications, for which conventional TFTs are not likely to be suitable.