Does TFT mobility impact pixel size in AMOLED backplanes?

IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices

Volumn 52, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 2386-2394

  Kumar, Anil ^a   Nathan, Arokia ^a   Jabbour, Ghassan E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b Arizona State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Active matrix organic light emitting diode (AMOLED) displays; Amorphous silicon (a Si); Thin film transistor (TFT)

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS SILICON; ELECTRON MOBILITY; LEAKAGE CURRENTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; THIN FILM TRANSISTORS; THRESHOLD VOLTAGE;

ACTIVE MATRIX ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DIODE (AMOLED) DISPLAYS; THRESHOLD VOLTAGE SHIFT;

LIGHT EMITTING DIODES;

EID: 27744524720     PISSN: 00189383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TED.2005.857937     Document Type: Article

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