The Dutch research institute TNO, in collaboration with the Belgian research center Imec and the firm Polymer Vision, a processor is created which consists of organic transistors on a plastic substrate have been made.
The plastic processors, or actually organic transistors on a plastic substrate are applied, are 8bits-alu’s. They consist of a plastic sheet containing 3381 transistors, while a plastic sheet with 612 transistors the instruction code of the processors. The plastic processor measures 19,6 in the 17.2 millimeters, while the instruction sheet to 7.2 in to 6.4 millimeters covers.
The transistors on the plastic are organic transistors and were built up from pentaceen and insulating components. The conductive components of metal built up. The transistors have an operating voltage of 10 to 20V and input power at 10V is 92 microwatt per processor. The 8bit processor has a clock speed of 6Hz. That low velocity makes the processors are unsuitable for pcs, but the flexible, fuel-efficient processors may be in, for example, the packaging industry can be used.
The production of the plastic processors’ is the result of a collaboration between Imec, TNO, the Catholic University of Leuven, the Holst Center and Polymer Vision. In turn, the Holst Centre, a subsidiary of Imec and TNO, while Polymer Vision is a spin-off of Philips.
