ASU's Flexible Display Center and UT Dallas Develop Flexible CMOS Circuits.TEMPE, Ariz. -- Arizona State University's Flexible Display Center (FDC FDC - Floppy Disk Controller ) and the University of Texas at Dallas History The university was originally started as a research arm of Texas Instruments as the Graduate Research Center of the Southwest in 1961. The institute (by then renamed the Southwest Center for Advanced Studies) which at the time was located at Southern Methodist (UT Dallas) today announced that they have successfully produced CMOS (Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor) Pronounced "c-moss." The most widely used integrated circuit design. It is found in almost every electronic product from handheld devices to mainframes. circuitry on a flexible plastic substrate. Primarily designed to advance flexible electronics, the new plastic CMOS circuits have demonstrated exceptional power efficiency, one-third the power consumption of traditional thin film transistor circuitry, making flexible CMOS ideal for potential applications such as smart medical bandages or triage triage Division of patients for priority of care, usually into three categories: those who will not survive even with treatment; those who will survive without treatment; and those whose survival depends on treatment. patches. "The development of flexible CMOS transistors is a significant advance over existing circuits based on amorphous silicon Silicon that does not have a crystalline structure and which is not conductive. Contrast with polysilicon. ," said Bruce Gnade, vice president for research at UT Dallas. "This represents the first step towards creating higher-level flexible electronics circuitry, such as logic and memory." The research and development project has focused on integrating two types of thin film transistors (TFTs), N-type amorphous silicon and P-type organic silicon, to fabricate CMOS logic gates on flexible polyethylene napthalate (PEN), a high-temperature polyester film. The electrical duality between the NMOS (N-Channel MOS) Pronounced "n-moss." A type of microelectronic circuit used for logic and memory chips. NMOS transistors are faster than their PMOS counterpart and more of them can be put on a single chip. It is also used in CMOS design. See MOSFET. and PMOS (Positive channel MOS) Pronounced "p-moss." A type of microelectronic circuit in which the base material is positively charged. PMOS transistors were used in the first microprocessors and are still used in CMOS. transistors achieves dramatically reduced power consumption for flexible circuits. "Our research and development work with UT Dallas is designed to accelerate the development of flexible electronics. Today's announcement is the platform for achieving that goal," stated David Allee David S. Allee (born 1969) is an American photographer. Allee received an undergraduate degree in economics and government from Cornell University in 1991, and his MFA in Photography from the School of Visual Arts (2001), where he studied with Joel Sternfeld and Robert , Director of R&D for Backplane Electronics at the FDC. "Offering product flexibility has inherent benefits from a design perspective. It also offers the advantage of being extremely power efficient, especially when compared to rigid devices. Going forward, the capability we have demonstrated with UT Dallas will open up a world of possibilities in terms of applications." About the Flexible Display Center The FDC is a government - industry - academia partnership that's advancing full-color flexible display technology and fostering development of a manufacturing ecosystem to support the rapidly growing market for flexible electronic displays. FDC partners include many of the world's leading providers of advanced display technology, materials and process equipment. The FDC is unique among the U.S. Army's University centers, having been formed through a 10-year cooperative agreement with Arizona State University Arizona State University, at Tempe; coeducational; opened 1886 as a normal school, became 1925 Tempe State Teachers College, renamed 1945 Arizona State College at Tempe. Its present name was adopted in 1958. in 2004. This adaptable agreement has enabled the FDC to create and implement a collaborative partnership model now proven with over 20 engaged industry members, and to successfully deploy world-class wafer-scale R&D and GEN-II display-scale pilot production lines for rapid flexible display technology development and manufacturing supply chain commercialization. More information on the Flexible Display Center can be found at www.flexdisplay.asu.edu. About UT Dallas UT Dallas comprises seven schools, offers an array of interdisciplinary degree programs, and features a student population as diverse as its areas of study. With a current enrollment of more than 14,500 students and a world-class faculty that includes one Nobel laureate, members of the National Academies of Science and Engineering and active, news making researchers, UT Dallas aims to provide Texas and the nation with the benefits of education and research programs of the highest quality. By merging theory with practice in the classrooms and at the University's 36 research centers, we challenge students to investigate their own questions and create the future they envision for themselves. US News and World Report has ranked UT Dallas among the top three public universities in Texas. Both Kiplinger's Personal Finance Kiplinger's Personal Finance (KIP-lin-jerz) is a magazine that has been continuously published, on a monthly basis, from 1947 to the present day. It was the nation's first personal finance magazine, and prides itself on delivering "sound, unbiased advice in clear, Magazine and Consumer's Digest have ranked UT Dallas among the best values for public colleges nationally. Find out more at www.utdallas.edu. |
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