Electronic Textiles with Electronic Devices on Ribbons
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1. A method of assembling an active CMOS circuit containing an electronic textile;
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providing ribbons containing PMOS transistors;
providing ribbons containing inorganic NMOS transistors; and
attaching said PMOS organic transistor ribbons in electrical contact with said inorganic NMOS transistors ribbons to provide a CMOS electronic textile.
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Abstract
Ribbons containing e.g. inorganic NMOS devices are assembled in electrical contact with ribbons containing e.g. PMOS devices (preferably organic) to enable flexible electronic textile circuits to be inexpensive and practical for a wide variety of functions. The use of ribbons provides flexibility, reduces costs, and allows testing during assembly and different processes to be efficiently used for different components. This is apparently the first time that ribbons (especially inorganic-device-containing ribbons) have been interconnected to form a flexible CMOS electronic textile.
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18 Claims
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1. A method of assembling an active CMOS circuit containing an electronic textile;
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providing ribbons containing PMOS transistors; providing ribbons containing inorganic NMOS transistors; and attaching said PMOS organic transistor ribbons in electrical contact with said inorganic NMOS transistors ribbons to provide a CMOS electronic textile. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A method of providing an electronic textile, comprising:
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providing ribbons containing thin-film transistors; and placing said ribbons in direct or indirect electrical contact to electrically interconnect said ribbons to provide an electronic textile with static memory cells. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A method of assembling an electronic textile;
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providing ribbons containing non-single-crystal inorganic semiconductor devices directly or indirectly electrically connected to surface contacts; and assembling said ribbons with electrical interconnections through said surface contacts into an electronic textile. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18)
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