Highly flexible AM-OLED display with integrated gate driver using amorphous silicon TFT on ultrathin metal foil

IEEE/OSA Journal of Display Technology

Volumn 6, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 565-570

  Yoo, Juhn Suk ^a   Jung, Sang Hoon ^a   Kim, Yong Chul ^a   Byun, Seung Chan ^a   Kim, Jong Moo ^a   Choi, Nack Bong ^b   Yoon, Soo Young ^a   Kim, Chang Dong ^a   Hwang, Yong Kee ^a   Chung, In Jae ^a  

^a LG Display Co Ltd   (South Korea)

^b Lehigh University   (United States)

Author keywords

AM OLED; amorphous silicon TFT; backplane; flexible; integrated gate driver; metal substrate

Indexed keywords

AM-OLED; BACKPLANES; FLEXIBLE; GATE DRIVERS; METAL SUBSTRATE;

COLOR; FLEXIBLE DISPLAYS; METAL FOIL; STAINLESS STEEL;

AMORPHOUS SILICON;

EID: 77958580321     PISSN: 1551319X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JDT.2010.2048998     Document Type: Article

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