Affiliation:
1. Functional Polymers Research Laboratory Tosoh Corporation 1–8 Kasumi Yokkaichi Mie 510‐8540 Japan
2. Research Center for Organic Electronics (ROEL) Yamagata University 4‐3‐16 Jonan Yonezawa Yamagata 992‐8510 Japan
Abstract
AbstractIntegration of organic thin‐film transistor (OTFT) devices with a wireless data transmission system such as 2.4‐GHz Bluetooth low energy (BLE) is a significant requirement for activating the Internet of Thing (IoT) ecosystem based on a vast number of sensors, while conventional OTFT circuits have problems with their high output impedance and the need for multiple power supplies. Here, a wireless, real‐time, and flexible sodium ion sensing system composed of a printed Na+ sensor, printed OTFT‐based amplifiers, inorganic passive elements, a BLE module, and a 3‐V sheet‐type battery is demonstrated. The printed organic amplifier circuits based on dual threshold technology and dual‐gate structure are combinable with a BLE module because of their low output impedance of 50 kΩ and operate with 3‐V single supply as well as improving operational stability under illumination. The sensitivity to Na+ concentration is improved from 53.7 to 242.5 mV dec−1 (4.5 times higher) by the OTFT‐based amplifier, and the data is transmitted in real‐time to a tablet via the BLE wireless communication.
Subject
Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials