{"id":264,"date":"2020-08-18T13:04:24","date_gmt":"2020-08-18T12:04:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.origenal-project.eu\/?p=264"},"modified":"2020-08-19T12:01:46","modified_gmt":"2020-08-19T11:01:46","slug":"the-first-operational-amplifier-based-on-a-two-dimensional-material","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.origenal-project.eu\/?p=264","title":{"rendered":"The first operational amplifier based on a two-dimensional material"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Researchers from the ORIGENAL project have realized the first operational amplifier based on the two-dimensional semiconductor MoS2<\/sub>, reaching a key milestone towards the vision of a flexible electronics all based on two dimensional materials. This result has just appeared in the journal Nature Electronics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Thanks to its excellent electronic and mechanical properties, the two-dimensional semiconductor MoS2<\/sub> is a promising material for applications in flexible electronics. These advantages have been already demonstrated mainly at the single device level, but so far the variability of the devices hindered the realization of larger and more complex circuits, such as operational amplifiers. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now, a team of scientists led by Thomas M\u00fcller (TU Wien) has demonstrated the first operation amplifier all-based on MoS2<\/sub>. This is a milestone towards real-life applications of two-dimensional (2D) materials because it demonstrates the high level of reproducibility and the process maturity achieved by MoS2 <\/sub>technology. Indeed, the variability of the MoS2 <\/sub>devices realized is comparable to that achieved by silicon technology.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Optical microscope image of the operational amplifier: 64 Operational amplifiers and test devices (left image) and a zoom into one operational amplifier containing 12 MoS2<\/sub> transistors (right image). <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Operational amplifiers are fundamental building blocks for analog electronics. Numerous functionalities \u2013 from simple amplifiers to more complex systems like adders, integrators, differentiators, buffers, and filers \u2013 can be implemented using the same operational amplifier. From this point of view, operational amplifiers are the crucial element for developing flexible circuits all based on 2D materials, overcoming the actual limitation where sensors based on 2D materials are interfaced with traditional silicon-based components. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe gain of our operational amplifier is still not as high as in commercial silicon devices\u201d, says Thomas M\u00fcller, \u201cbut we believe that a more fault-tolerant design, improvements in processing and material quality and, most importantly, the development of CMOS technology in 2D materials will bring it to a competitive level\u201d. The gain of the new operational amplifier is 36 dB, and it is the highest value achieved so far using a thin-film-transistor technology, which is the underlying technology in flexible electronics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The MoS2<\/sub> operational\namplifier is also a milestone for the ORIGENAL project \u2013 an Horizon 2020\nFET-Open project that aims at achieving a massive 3D-integration of electronic\ncircuits, by folding circuits realized with a thin-film-transistor technology\non thin foil substrate. \u201cFor flexible and foldable electronics as targeted by\nORIGENAL, a high-performance transistor technology is essential to achieve\ncompetitive performance parameters.\u201d \nsays Daniel Neumaier, project coordinator of ORIGENAL. \u201cThis work\ndemonstrates that MoS2<\/sub> is the best available material to realize\ncomplex and state-of-the-art circuits using a thin-film-transistor technology\nas envisioned in our project.\u201d   <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The work is the result of a collaboration between TU Wien, AMO GmbH, University of Pisa, and Wuppertal University. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bibliographic information:
<\/strong>\u201cAnalogue two-dimensional semiconductor electronics\u201d
Dmitry K. Polyushkin Stefan Wachter, Lukas Mennel, Maksym Paliy, Giuseppe Iannaccone, Gianluca Fiori, Daniel Neumaier, Barbara Canto and Thomas Mueller, Nature Electronics (2020).
DOI: https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1038\/s41928-020-0460-6<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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