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Upcoming Events

October 4 - 6, 2010
PRODI's Workshop andSeminar 2010:
Reel-to-Reel Production Systems for OLAE Devices

Fraunhofer IZM in Munich

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July 12 - 13, 2010
PRODI's Annual Intensive Course

IMEC, Leuven

In the framework of the European project PRODI, IMEC in Leuven is organizing a workshop for people developing technology  for organic and large area electronics to provide feedback on how inherent technology variations hamper yield and performance of organic and large area circuits. It is also discussed on how one can deal with these variations through design.

The first day of the workshop sources of variations are discussed in different lectures (dielectric roughness and thickness variations, roughness of the source-drain partnering technique, dimensional stability of the foil). We also show the relationship between the estimated variations and the calculated yield of organic RFID tags. Correspondence with the practical yield is also shown.

The second day of the workshop is implemented as a practical session. Attendants bring their own set of SEM pictures of the source-drain pattern (in electronic format) and an estimate is made on the transistor-to-transistor current variations will be made at the workshop. This can be combined with an estimate of the mobility degradation when the attendant brings also a set of AFM pictures showing the roughness of the gate dielectric.

Details on the workshop can be found here (PDF als download).
Registration is free, but required. Registration can be done for (1) only the first day or (2) for both days.

 

 

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Past Events

April 22, 2009
PRODI Intensive Course and Workshop

pmTUC, Chemnitz, Germany,
For details follow this link: http://www.prodi.tu-chemnitz.de

For PRODI and IAB members only: videos of the workshop

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November 24, 2008
PRODI workshop:
Bridging the gap between design and R2R technology

IMEC, Kapeldreef 75, 3001 Leuven, Belgium,
For details follow this link http://www.imec.be

Objective of the workshop:
Organic transistors have much broader variations than classical transistors. If one does not take this into account, larger circuit will never have a decent yield. More specific, it is known that the printing processes introduce additional variations on the devices which hamper performance and reduce yield. However, clever design can cope with these inherent variations and as a consequence overcome the limitations imposed by printing. The aim of the workshop (and panel discussion) is indeed to discuss these design issues in order to obtain larger working organic circuits.

Role of the workshop in the scope of the EC funded PRODI project:
Organic and large area electronic is an emerging field for future applications, where fabrication of polymer devices, printing processes and roll-to-roll manufacturing are key elements for future applications. The technology behind requires new and innovative manufacturing machinery for high volume and cost-efficient production. However, advanced production technologies are not able to overcome all challenges. The gap to the working product needs to be bridged by good circuit design.

Information on this workshop: inge.lariviere@imec.be

Workshop program:

13.00	welcome and coffee
13.15	Jan Genoe (IMEC, Belgium) workshop introduction and objectives
13.30	Prof. Eugenio Cantatore (TU Eindhoven, The Netherlands) Design aspects for organic circuits What is needed to make organic circuitry work? Different design approaches for both analog and digital organic circuits will be discussed.
14.00	Mike Hambsch (Technical University of Chemnitz, Germany) Design for roll-to-roll mass-printing Based on the experiences gained from printing of integrated circuits on roll-to-roll massprinting lines, we report on challenges and requirements in terms of simulation and design of mass-printed electronics as well as on concepts and solutions for this increasingly important question.
14.30	Kris Myny (IMEC, Belgium) Design of a 64 bit organic RFID tag In this talk we show the path from a detailed study of the parameter variation of organic devices over a wafer towards the design of a full organic RFID tag coupled to the RF field by an inductive antenna.
15.00	coffee break
15.30	Dieter Bode (IMEC, Belgium) Design for organic CMOS Recent progress on materials enables n-type mobilities that almost match p-type mobilities. This enables the route to viable organic CMOS. The obtained circuits are much better resistant to device parameter spread linked with production methods and can operate at much lower voltages. What approach should be taken to obtain organic CMOS with the lowest sensitivity to parameter spread?
16.00	Prof. Bill Eccleston (University of Liverpool, UK) Scaling advantages and circuit ideas for organic circuitry In the silicon world scaling has always been synonym to better performance and higher overall yield. But does this hold for organic circuitry? Furthermore, some advanced circuit ideas will be discussed.
16.30	Panel discussion Eugenio Cantatore, Mike Hambsch, Bill Eccleston, Jan Genoe Can good design ever cover for inherent variations in organic processes?