A novel LTPS-TFT pixel circuit compensating for TFT threshold-voltage shift and OLED degradation for AMOLED

IEEE Electron Device Letters

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 129-131

  Lin, Chih Lung ^a   Chen, Yung Chih ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Active matrix organic light emitting diode (AMOLED); Degradation; Low temperature polycrystalline silicon thin film transistors (LTPS TFTs)

Indexed keywords

POLYSILICON; THIN FILM TRANSISTORS; THRESHOLD VOLTAGE;

ACTIVE-MATRIX ORGANIC LIGHT-EMITTING DIODE; VOLTAGE-SOURCE METHOD;

ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DIODES (OLED);

EID: 33847421302     PISSN: 07413106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LED.2006.889523     Document Type: Article

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