Fabrication and characterization of flexible microwave single-crystal germanium nanomembrane diodes on a plastic substrate

IEEE Electron Device Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 160-162

  Qin, Guoxuan ^a   Yuan, Hao Chih ^b   Qin, Yuechen ^a   Seo, Jung Hun ^b   Wang, Yuxin ^c   Ma, Jianguo ^a   Ma, Zhenqiang ^b  

^a TIANJIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Wisconsin Electric Machines and Power Electronics Consortium   (United States)

^c Masterwork Machinery Company Ltd   (China)

Author keywords

Diodes; flexible electronics; germanium (Ge); microwave; nanomembrane

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE/PASSIVE; DEVICE PARAMETERS; DIODE STRUCTURE; FLEXIBLE DEVICE; HIGH FREQUENCY RESPONSE; NANOMEMBRANES; PERFORMANCE TRADE-OFF; PLASTIC SUBSTRATES; RADIO FREQUENCIES; SINGLE-CRYSTAL GERMANIUM;

DIODES; DISPLAY DEVICES; FABRICATION; FLEXIBLE DISPLAYS; FLEXIBLE ELECTRONICS; MICROWAVES; NANOSTRUCTURES;

GERMANIUM;

EID: 84873055195     PISSN: 07413106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LED.2012.2228464     Document Type: Article

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