The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 20, 2016
Filed:
Feb. 22, 2013
Melissa Alyson Smith, Cambridge, MA (US);
Akintunde I. Akinwande, Newton, MA (US);
Melissa Alyson Smith, Cambridge, MA (US);
Akintunde I. Akinwande, Newton, MA (US);
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA (US);
Abstract
A flexible high-voltage thin-film transistor includes a gate electrode, a source electrode, a drain electrode, a dielectric layer, and a flexible semiconductor layer. The flexible semiconductor layer serves as a channel for the transistor and is in electrical communication with the source electrode and the drain electrode. The drain electrode is laterally offset from the gate electrode. The dielectric layers is configured and arranged with respect to other elements of the transistor such that the transistor is stably operable to facilitate switching of relatively high drain voltages using relatively small controlling gate voltages.