Active solid-state devices (e.g. – transistors – solid-state diode – Non-single crystal – or recrystallized – semiconductor... – Amorphous semiconductor material
Reexamination Certificate
2005-09-22
2008-03-18
Tran, Minhloan (Department: 2826)
Active solid-state devices (e.g., transistors, solid-state diode
Non-single crystal, or recrystallized, semiconductor...
Amorphous semiconductor material
C257S040000, C257S072000, C257S347000, C257SE21007, C977S762000, C977S763000, C977S764000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07345307
ABSTRACT:
The present invention is directed to thin film transistors using nanowires (or other nanostructures such as nanoribbons, nanotubes and the like) incorporated in and/or disposed proximal to conductive polymer layer(s), and production scalable methods to produce such transistors. In particular, a composite material comprising a conductive polymeric material such as polyaniline (PANI) or polypyrrole (PPY) and one or more nanowires incorporated therein is disclosed. Several nanowire-TFT fabrication methods are also provided which in one exemplary embodiment includes providing a device substrate; depositing a first conductive polymer material layer on the device substrate; defining one or more gate contact regions in the conductive polymer layer; depositing a plurality of nanowires over the conductive polymer layer at a sufficient density of nanowires to achieve an operational current level; depositing a second conductive polymer material layer on the plurality of nanowires; and forming source and drain contact regions in the second conductive polymer material layer to thereby provide electrical connectivity to the plurality of nanowires, whereby the nanowires form a channel having a length between respective ones of the source and drain regions.
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Leon Francisco
Pan Yaoling
Stumbo David P.
Filler Andrew L.
Liu Benjamin Tzu-Hung
Nanosys Inc.
Tran Minhloan
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