Research

 

Research Theme:

Flexible and Wearable Electronics


Research Threads:

  1. ■Device Physics and Integrated Circuits: Device Engineering and Fabrication of Non-Crystalline Semiconductors.

  2. ■Mechanics: Interplay between the Mechanics of Flexible Substrates and the Electronic Properties of Semiconductor Devices

  3. ■Energy Harvesting: Particularly focused on applications in flexible electronics (eg. polymer piezoelectrics)

  4. ■Reliability of Flexible Electronic Systems: Self Healing of Open Circuit Faults (to improve the reliability of interconnects on flex), ESD protection


Publications:

https://scholar.google.co.in/citations?user=lGDW06kAAAAJ&hl=en


Patents:

1. S. Sambandan,J. Northrup, R.A. Street, Self assembly of field emission tips by capillary bridge formations US Patent:8,430,705

2. S. Sambandan, R. A. Street, Textured gate for high current thin film transistors, US Patent: 20,130,001,689

3. S. Sambandan, A. Arias, G. Whitting, Thin film field effect transistor with dual semiconductor layers, US Patent:8,288,799.

4. S. Sambandan, R. A. Street and A. Arias, Horizontal coffee-stain method using control structure to pattern self-organized line structures, US Patent: 8,268,725.

5. S. Sambandan, R. A. Street and A. Arias, Vertical coffee-stain method for forming self-organized line structures, US Patent: 8,158,465.

6. S. Sambandan, W. S. Wong and R. A. Street, Large area electronic sheet and pixel circuits with disordered semiconductors for sensor actuator interface, US Patent: 8,411,075.

7. S. Sambandan, W. S. Wong, R. A. Lujan, S. J. Limb and R. A. Street, Structure and method for flexible sensor array, US Patent: 7,824,949.

8. W. S. Wong, M. L. Chabinyc, P. Qi, S. Sambandan,Flexible nanowire sensors and field-effect devices for testing toner, US Patent: 8,000,613.9. W. S. Wong, S. Sambandan, T. Nga, and R. A. Street,Charge mapping memory array formed of materials with mutable electrical characteristics, US Patent: 7,679,951.

10. WS Wong, S Sambandan, TN Ng, RA Street, Memory cell, EP Patent 2,073,211

11. J. Daniel, S. Sambandan, Conformal sensor tape, US Patent: 8,047,049.

12. R. A. Street, J.P.Lu and S. Sambandan,Flexible segmented image sensor,US Patent: 7,742,090.

13. S. Sambandan, K. Sakariya, P. Servati, and A. Nathan, A pixel circuit for AMOLED displays, CA Patent: 08898614.

14. S. Sambandan, P. Servati, and A. Nathan, Method and system for calibrating a light emitting device display, CA Patent: 2,528,641.

15. S. Sambandan, K. Sakariya, P. Servati, and A. Nathan, Optimising the voltage programmed pixel driver for AMOLED displays-pixel select and drive stages, CA Patent: 2454757 A1.

16. B. K. Thakur, P. Bhattacharya, S. Sambandan, Low Power Electrostatic Discharge Protection Circuit TEMP/E-1/43747/2016-CHE (filed)

17. S. Sambandan, K. Raghunandan, A. Nair, Electrical gradient augmented fluid filtration apparatus TEMP/E-1/24825/2014-CHE (filed)

  1. 18.S. Sambandan, G. Saravanavel, K. Raghunandan A flexible profilometer TEMP/E-1/24691/2014-CHE (filed)

  2. 19. S. Sambandan, K. Prakash, A desalination device 1506/CHE/2013 (filed)