A highly sensitive and low-noise IR photosensor based on a-SiGe as a sensing and noise filter: Toward large-sized touch-screen LCD panels

Journal of the Society for Information Display

Volumn 19, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 855-860

  Han, Sang Youn ^a   Kim, Dae Cheol ^b   Cho, Byeonghoon ^b   Jeon, Kyung Sook ^a   Seo, Seung Mi ^a   Seo, Mi Seon ^a   Jung, Suk Won ^a   Jeong, Kihun ^b   Kim, Woong Kwon ^b   Yang, Sung Hoon ^a   Kim, Nam Heon ^b   Song, Junho ^b   Kong, Hyang Shik ^a   Kim, Hyung Guel ^b  

^a SAMSUNG Electronics   (South Korea)

^b Samsung LCD Development Center   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Amorphous SiGe; Bandpass filter; Infrared photosensor; Thin film transistor; Touch screen panel

Indexed keywords

BAND PASS; CANDIDATE MATERIALS; HIGHLY SENSITIVE; IR SENSOR; LCD PANELS; LOW NOISE; MULTI-TOUCH; NOISE FILTERS; PHOTORESPONSES; PHOTOSENSOR; TOUCH-SCREEN PANEL; VISIBLE LIGHT;

AMORPHOUS SILICON; BANDPASS FILTERS; LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAYS; PHOTOSENSITIVITY; SENSORS; SILICON; THIN FILM TRANSISTORS; TOUCH SCREENS; VIBRATING SCREENS;

SILICON ALLOYS;

EID: 84863337520     PISSN: 10710922     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1889/JSID19.12.855     Document Type: Article

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