Investigation of polysilicon thin-film transistor technology for RF applications

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 58, Issue 12 PART 1, 2010, Pages 3444-3451

  Chen, Yi Jan Emery ^a   Lee, Yuan Jiang ^a   Yu, Yueh Hua ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Integrated circuits (ICs); liquid crystal display (LCD); phase locked loop (PLL); polysilicon; RF; system on panel (SoP); thin film transistor (TFT)

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE MATRIX LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAYS; CIRCUIT DESIGNS; EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES; EQUIVALENT-CIRCUIT MODEL; LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY (LCD); LOW TEMPERATURE POLYCRYSTALLINE SILICON; LTPS-TFT; MAXIMUM FREQUENCY OF OSCILLATIONS; OPERATION FREQUENCY RANGES; PHASE-LOCKED LOOP (PLL); POLYSILICON THIN-FILM TRANSISTORS; POWER CONSUMPTION; RF; RF APPLICATIONS; ROOT MEAN SQUARES; SUPPLY VOLTAGES; SYSTEM ON PANEL;

DC POWER TRANSMISSION; INTEGRATED CIRCUIT MANUFACTURE; INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; JITTER; LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAYS; LIQUID CRYSTALS; PHASE LOCKED LOOPS; POLYSILICON; TECHNOLOGY; THIN FILM CIRCUITS;

THIN FILM TRANSISTORS;

EID: 78650268197     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMTT.2010.2076911     Document Type: Conference Paper

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