S-parameter characterization of submicrometer low-voltage organic thin-film transistors

IEEE Electron Device Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 520-522

  Zaki, Tarek ^a,b   Rodel, Reinhold ^c   Letzkus, Florian ^b   Richter, Harald ^b   Zschieschang, Ute ^c   Klauk, Hagen ^c   Burghartz, Joachim N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

^b Institut fur Mikroelektronik Stuttgart   (Germany)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR FESTKÖRPERFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cutoff frequency; organic thin film transistors; scattering parameters; semiconductor device modeling

Indexed keywords

DC TRANSCONDUCTANCE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; LOW SUPPLY VOLTAGES; ORGANIC THIN FILM TRANSISTOR (OTFTS); ORGANIC THIN FILM TRANSISTORS; S-PARAMETER CHARACTERIZATION; S-PARAMETER MEASUREMENTS; VARIOUS CHANNELS;

CUTOFF FREQUENCY; SCATTERING PARAMETERS; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MODELS; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; THIOPHENE;

THIN FILM TRANSISTORS;

EID: 84875686629     PISSN: 07413106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LED.2013.2246759     Document Type: Article

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