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Paper transistors

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MacGyverS2000

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Transistors (FETs) printed onto paper... the specs are supposed to rival those of today's thin-film type.

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That kind of work is going on all over the world. I saw a demonstration in Linköping last year. And there are several more.
Gunnar Englund
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I wonder how absorption of ambient moisture into the paper affects the performance, i.e. leakage currents and capacitive effects.

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These guys used paper as a substrate back in 2002.


I hope that babelfish can translate parts of the article. Try this paragraph, it is the fourth paragraph in the article:

Till skillnad från transistorerna som finns i dagens integrerade kretsar är papperstransistorn helt platt, tvådimensionell. Den tar litet större utrymme men är nödvändigt eftersom papprets skrovliga yta inte är lämplig för arbete i tre dimensioner. Fördelen är att man slipper flera lager och därmed kan trycka transistorn i ett enda moment.



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