Sheet-type braille displays by integrating organic field-effect transistors and polymeric actuators

IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 202-209

  Kato, Yusaka ^a   Sekitani, Tsuyoshi ^a   Takamiya, Makoto ^a   Doi, Masao ^a   Asaka, Kinji ^b   Sakurai, Takayasu ^a   Someya, Takao ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

Author keywords

Braille display; Large area electronics; Organic transistor; Polymer actuator; Tactile display

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTORS; PLASTIC FILMS; POLYMERS; SEMICONDUCTING ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; TACTILE READING AIDS;

BRAILLE DISPLAY; ORGANIC TRANSISTOR; POLYMER ACTUATOR; TACTILE DISPLAY;

DISPLAY DEVICES;

EID: 33847682178     PISSN: 00189383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TED.2006.888678     Document Type: Article

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