Inverter circuits on glass substrates based on ZnO-nanoparticle thin-film transistors

Solid-State Electronics

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 11-16

  Wolff, K ^a   Hilleringmann, U ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADERBORN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Inverter circuit; Low cost electronics; Nanoparticles; Thin film transistors; ZnO

Indexed keywords

DEVICE PERFORMANCE; GLASS SUBSTRATES; INTEGRATION TECHNIQUES; INVERTER CIRCUIT; LOW-COST ELECTRONICS; LOW-POWER CONSUMPTION; METAL-INSULATOR-SEMICONDUCTOR FIELD-EFFECT TRANSISTORS; OPTICAL CHARACTERISTICS; PEAK GAIN; POLY(4-VINYLPHENOL); PROCESS TEMPERATURE; STATIC-POWER DISSIPATION; SUPPLY VOLTAGES; ZNO; ZNO NANOPARTICLES;

GATE DIELECTRICS; GATES (TRANSISTOR); GLASS; METAL INSULATOR BOUNDARIES; MIS DEVICES; NANOPARTICLES; SUBSTRATES; THIN FILM TRANSISTORS; TRANSISTORS; ZINC OXIDE;

THIN FILM CIRCUITS;

EID: 80455164632     PISSN: 00381101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sse.2011.07.012     Document Type: Article

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