High-performance flexible TFT circuits using TIPS pentacene and polymer blend on plastic

IEEE Electron Device Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1571-1573

  Choi, Min Hee ^a   Kim, Byung Soon ^a   Jang, Jin ^a  

^a Kyung Hee University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Electronic circuits; flexible substrate; organic thin film transistor (TFT) (OTFT); solution process

Indexed keywords

FLEXIBLE SUBSTRATE; HIGH MOBILITY; HIGH-PERFORMANCE CIRCUITS; LOW THRESHOLD VOLTAGE; ORGANIC THIN FILM TRANSISTORS; OUTPUT WAVEFORM; PENTACENES; POLYIMIDE SUBSTRATE; POLYMER BLENDING; RADIUS OF CURVATURE; RING OSCILLATOR; SOLUTION PROCESS; SUPPLY VOLTAGES; SWITCHING SPEED; TFT CIRCUITS; TIPS-PENTACENE;

BLENDING; NETWORKS (CIRCUITS); POLYIMIDES; THIN FILM TRANSISTORS;

CHEMICAL SENSORS;

EID: 84867901975     PISSN: 07413106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LED.2012.2213294     Document Type: Article

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