Individually addressable AlInGaN micro-LED arrays with CMOS control and subnanosecond output pulses

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 21, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 811-813

  McKendry, Jonathan J D ^a   Rae, Bruce R ^a   Gong, Zheng ^a   Muir, Keith R ^b   Guilhabert, Benoit ^a   Massoubre, David ^a   Gu, Erdan ^a   Renshaw, David ^b   Dawson, Martin D ^a   Henderson, Robert K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

CMOS integrated circuits; Complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS); Driver circuits; GaN; Micro light emitting diodes (micro LEDs); Microdisplays; Optical feedback; Optical pulses; Optical transmitters; Physics; Pixel

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY METAL-OXIDE-SEMICONDUCTOR (CMOS); DRIVER CIRCUITS; GAN; MICRO-LIGHT-EMITTING DIODES (MICRO-LEDS); MICRODISPLAYS; OPTICAL PULSES; OPTICAL TRANSMITTERS;

CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; CURRENT DENSITY; DIELECTRIC DEVICES; DIODES; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; GALLIUM ALLOYS; GALLIUM NITRIDE; INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; LASER PULSES; LIGHT EMISSION; LIGHT EMITTING DIODES; LIGHT PULSE GENERATORS; LOCOMOTIVES; LUMPED PARAMETER NETWORKS; MOS CAPACITORS; PIXELS; RAILROAD CARS; SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM; SEMICONDUCTOR DIODES; SHIFT REGISTERS; TRANSMITTERS;

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EID: 67649246860     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2009.2019114     Document Type: Article

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