Contact resistance of inkjet-printed silver source-drain electrodes in bottom-contact OTFTs

IEEE/OSA Journal of Display Technology

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 48-53

  Chung, Seungjun ^a   Jeong, Jaewook ^a,b   Kim, Donghyun ^a   Park, Yunhwan ^a   Lee, Changhee ^a   Hong, Yongtaek ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Contact resistance; Inkjet printing; Organic thin film transistor (OTFT); Silver electrode; Transmission line method

Indexed keywords

BOTTOM-CONTACT; BOTTOM-CONTACT ORGANIC THIN-FILM TRANSISTOR; CHANNEL LENGTH; COMMON GATES; GATE DIELECTRIC LAYERS; ORGANIC SEMICONDUCTOR; ORGANIC THIN FILM TRANSISTORS; PENTACENES; RESISTANCE ANALYSIS; SEMICONDUCTOR LAYERS; SILVER ELECTRODE; SINTERING PROCESS; SOURCE-DRAIN; SOURCE-DRAIN ELECTRODES; TRANSMISSION LINE METHOD; TRANSMISSION LINE METHODS;

CHEMICAL SENSORS; CONTACT RESISTANCE; ELECTRIC LINES; ELECTRODES; GATE DIELECTRICS; SEMICONDUCTING ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; SINTERING; SURFACE PROPERTIES; THIN FILM TRANSISTORS; TRANSISTORS; TRANSMISSION LINE THEORY;

SILVER;

EID: 84855422838     PISSN: 1551319X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JDT.2011.2174963     Document Type: Article

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