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US 10,135,015 B1Granted
Electrochemical clock and oscillator devices
AssigneePalo Alto Research Center Incorporated
InventorSean E. Doris
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Abstract
One embodiment provides an oscillator. The oscillator can include an organic electrochemical transistor, which comprises a channel and a dynamic gate. The channel can include one of: a conductive polymer, a conductive inorganic material, and a small-molecule material. An electrochemical potential of the dynamic gate can vary substantially periodically, thereby resulting in the organic electrochemical transistor having a drain current that varies substantially periodically.
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An oscillator, comprising:
- an organic electrochemical transistor, which comprises a channel and a dynamic gate, wherein the dynamic gate comprises an electrochemical reaction system comprising at least two cross-coupled reaction pathways;
- wherein the channel comprises one of:
- a conductive polymer, a conductive inorganic material, and a small-molecule material;
- and
- wherein an electrochemical potential of the dynamic gate varies substantially periodically, thereby resulting in the organic electrochemical transistor having a drain current that varies substantially periodically.
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A method for fabricating an oscillator, the method comprising:
- forming a channel, wherein the channel comprises one of:
- a conductive polymer, a conductive inorganic material, and a small-molecule material;
- and
- forming a dynamic gate coupled to the polymer-based channel, wherein the dynamic gate comprises an electrochemical reaction system comprising at least two cross-coupled reaction pathways;
- wherein an electrochemical potential of the dynamic gate varies substantially periodically, thereby resulting in the organic electrochemical transistor having a drain current that varies substantially periodically.
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An organic electrochemical transistor, comprising:
- a channel, wherein the channel comprises one of:
- a conductive polymer, a conductive inorganic material, and a small-molecule material;
- and
- a dynamic gate coupled to the polymer-based channel via a channel electrolyte,
- wherein the dynamic gate comprises a gate electrode and a counter-electrode separated from the gate electrode by a gate electrolyte, and wherein an electrochemical potential of the dynamic gate is time-varying, thereby resulting in the organic electrochemical transistor having a drain current that is time-varying.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.