A depletion-mode In-Ga-Zn-O thin-film transistor shift register embedded with a full-swing level shifter

IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices

Volumn 58, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 3012-3017

  Kim, Binn ^a,b   Choi, Seung Chan ^b   Lee, Jeong Soo ^a   Kim, Sun Jae ^a   Jang, Yong Ho ^b   Yoon, Soo Young ^b   Kim, Chang Dong ^b   Han, Min Koo ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b LG Display Co Ltd   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Depletion mode; full swing; In Ga Zn O thin film transistors (IGZO TFTs); level shifter; shift register

Indexed keywords

CLOCK FREQUENCY; CLOCK SIGNAL; DEPLETION MODES; FULL-SWING; HIGH-VOLTAGES; LEVEL SHIFTER; OUT OF PHASE; OUTPUT PULSE;

GALLIUM; SEMICONDUCTING ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; SHIFT REGISTERS; ZINC;

THIN FILM TRANSISTORS;

EID: 80052095399     PISSN: 00189383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TED.2011.2157926     Document Type: Article

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