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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 22, 2000
Filed:
Dec. 20, 1996
Zhenan Bao, North Plainfield, NJ (US);
Ananth Dodabalapur, Millington, NJ (US);
Yi Feng, Bridgewater, NJ (US);
Venkataram Reddy Raju, New Providence, NJ (US);
Lucent Technologies Inc., Murray Hill, NJ (US);
Abstract
A process for fabricating thin film transistors in which the active layer is an organic semiconducting material with a carrier mobility greater than 10.sup.-3 cm.sup.2 /Vs and a conductivity less than about 10.sup.-6 S/cm at 20.degree. C. is disclosed. The organic semiconducting material is a regioregular (3-alkylthiophene) polymer. The organic semiconducting films are formed by applying a solution of the regioregular polymer and a solvent over the substrate. The poly (3-alkylthiophene) films have a preferred orientation in which the thiophene chains has a planar stacking so the polymer backbone is generally parallel to the substrate surface.