RF Transceiver Functionalities from Aggressively Scaled Metal Oxide TOLAE Technologies

• Applicants: Dr.-Ing. Michael Jank; Professor Dr.-Ing. Robert Weigel
• Subject Area: Electronic Semiconductors, Components and Circuits, Integrated Systems, Sensor Technology, Theoretical Electrical Engineering
• Term: from 2015 to 2024
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 273176178

Alternating-Contact thin-film transistors (ACTFTs) provide new degrees of freedom for device optimization and deployment. This project specifically aims at providing cost-effective implementation of flexible RF circuits through the use of short channel ACTFTs with self-aligned contacts. With the Chair of Electron Devices and the Institute of Electronics Engineering of the FAU Erlangen-Nuremberg, two renowned institutes of semiconductor electronics and RF circuit technology work hand in hand on the integrated development of RF circuits and systems. Based on metal oxide ACTFTs, key components of receivers and transmitters (e.g. low noise amplifiers, oscillators, or mixers) are implemented on flexible substrates. New perspectives for thin, flexible applications in industrial, consumer and textile / wearable electronics are presented.

• DFG Programme: Priority Programmes
• Subproject of: SPP 1796: High Frequency Flexible Bendable Electronics for Wireless Communication Systems (FFLexCom)
• Co-Investigator: Professorin Dr.-Ing. Amelie Hagelauer