Microwave ZnO thin-film transistors

IEEE Electron Device Letters

Volumn 29, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1024-1026

  Bayraktaroglu, Burhan ^a   Leedy, Kevin ^a   Neidhard, Robert ^a  

^a AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

FET; ON OFF ratio; Pulsed laser deposition; Subthreshold voltage swing; Thin film transistors (TFTs); Zinc oxide (ZnO)

Indexed keywords

GALLIUM ALLOYS; MICROWAVES; SEMICONDUCTING ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; SEMICONDUCTING ZINC COMPOUNDS; SILICON COMPOUNDS; THIN FILM DEVICES; THIN FILM TRANSISTORS; ZINC OXIDE;

FET; ON/OFF RATIO; PULSED LASER DEPOSITION; SUBTHRESHOLD VOLTAGE SWING; THIN-FILM TRANSISTORS (TFTS); ZINC OXIDE (ZNO);

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES;

EID: 50649114009     PISSN: 07413106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LED.2008.2001635     Document Type: Article

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