Patents by Inventor Nikolai Kaihovirta

Nikolai Kaihovirta has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 9543521
    Abstract: An organic semiconductor device selected from organic diodes, organic field effect transistors, and devices comprising an organic diode and/or organic field effect transistor and a method of producing such a device are provided. The organic semiconductor device comprises at least one semiconducting layer based on a diketopyrrolopyrrole (DPP) polymer. The semiconducting layer may effectively be protected against degradation by radiation and/or oxidation by adding at least one stabilizing agent selected from hydroxybenzophenones, hydroxyphenyl benzotriazoles, oxalic acid anilides, hydroxyphenyl triazines, hindered phenols and/or merocyanines to the DPP polymer layer. The stabilization is effective both during production and during usage of the device, while the device's electronic properties are retained. The stabilizing agent is preferably a UV absorbing agent or an antioxidant or anti-radical agent known from the field of organic polymer technology.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2017
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Nikolai Kaihovirta, Tero Mustonen, Subramanian Vaidyanathan, Jean-Luc Budry
  • Publication number: 20140306212
    Abstract: An organic semiconductor device selected from organic diodes, organic field effect transistors, and devices comprising an organic diode and/or organic field effect transistor and a method of producing such a device are provided. The organic semiconductor device comprises at least one semiconducting layer based on a diketopyrrolopyrrole (DPP) polymer. The semiconducting layer may effectively be protected against degradation by radiation and/or oxidation by adding at least one stabilizing agent selected from hydroxybenzophenones, hydroxyphenyl benzotriazoles, oxalic acid anilides, hydroxyphenyl triazines, hindered phenols and/or merocyanines to the DPP polymer layer. The stabilization is effective both during production and during usage of the device, while the device's electronic properties are retained. The stabilizing agent is preferably a UV absorbing agent or an antioxidant or anti-radical agent known from the field of organic polymer technology.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2012
    Publication date: October 16, 2014
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Nikolai Kaihovirta, Tero Mustonen, Subramanian Vaidyanathan, Jean-Luc Budry
  • Publication number: 20110175074
    Abstract: A circuit arrangement comprises a first electronic component, which is an organic field-effect transistor. It comprises a source electrode (111), a drain electrode (112), a channel region (113) and a gate electrode (114). A second electronic component is electrically coupled to the first electronic component. A membrane (101) exhibits ion-conductivity between the channel region (113) and the gate electrode (114). The membrane also exhibits ion-conductivity in a section (121) of the membrane that is located between a first part of the second electronic component and a second part of the second electronic component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2009
    Publication date: July 21, 2011
    Inventors: Ronald Osterbacka, Carl-Erik Wilen, Nikolai Kaihovirta, Carl-Johan Wikman, Tapio Mäkelä
  • Publication number: 20100032661
    Abstract: An organic field-effect transistor includes between an organic semiconductor layer (203) and a gate electrode (204) a polymer membrane (205) having a ion-conducting spatial area (206) between a channel region and the gate electrode. Due to the ion-conducting spatial area (206) a distance between the gate electrode and the organic semiconductor layer can be longer than that in an organic field-effect transistor according to the prior art.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2008
    Publication date: February 11, 2010
    Inventors: Ronald Osterbacka, Carl-Erik Wilen, Tomas Backlund, Nikolai Kaihovirta