Actuator-Control Circuit Based On Otfts And Flow-Rate Estimation For An All-Organic Fluid Pump

In this paper, we report the design of an organic thinfilm transistor (OTFT) driver circuit for the actuator of an organic fluid pump, which can be integrated in a portable-size fully-organic artificial lung. Compared to traditional pump designs, lightness, compactness and scalability are achieved by adopting a creative pumping mechanism with a completely organic-material-based system concept. The transportable fluid volume is verified to be flexibly adjustable, enabling on-demand controllability and scalability of the pump's fluid-flow rate. The simulations, based on an accurate surface-potential OTFT compact model, demonstrate that the necessary driving waveforms can be efficiently generated and adjusted to the actuator requirements. At the actuator-driving-circuit frequency of 0.98 Hz, an all-organic fluid pump with 40 cm length and 0.2 cm height is able to achieve a flow rate of 0.847 L/min, which satisfies the requirements for artificial-lung assist systems to a weakened normal lung.