High-Performance TFTs fabricated on plastic substrates

IEEE Electron Device Letters

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 486-488

  Lemmi, F ^a   Chung, W ^a   Lin, S ^a   Smith, P M ^a   Sasagawa, T ^a   Drews, B C ^a   Hua, A ^a   Stern, J R ^a   Chen, J Y ^a  

^a FlexICs Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADHESION; ANNEALING; CRYSTALLIZATION; EXCIMER LASERS; FLAT PANEL DISPLAYS; LEAKAGE CURRENTS; LIGHT EMITTING DIODES; PLASTIC FILMS; PLASTIC SHEETS; POLYSILICON; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MANUFACTURE; SUBSTRATES;

ACTIVE MATRIX ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DIODE; HIGH TEMPERATURE ANNEALING; LASER CRYSTALLIZATION; PLASTIC WAFERS;

THIN FILM TRANSISTORS;

EID: 3342978154     PISSN: 07413106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LED.2004.831208     Document Type: Article

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