An amorphous oxide semiconductor thin-film transistor route to oxide electronics

Current Opinion in Solid State and Materials Science

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 53-61

  Wager, John F ^a   Yeh, Bao ^a   Hoffman, Randy L ^b   Keszler, Douglas A ^c  

^a Oregon State University   (United States)

^b HEWLETT PACKARD COMPANY   (United States)

^c OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Active matrix liquid crystal display (AMLCD); Active matrix organic light emitting diode (AMOLED); Amorphous oxide semiconductor (AOS); Flat panel displays; Indium gallium zinc oxide (IGZO); Oxide electronics; Thin film transistor (TFT)

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS FILMS; DISPLAY DEVICES; ELECTROPHORETIC DISPLAYS; FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTORS; FLAT PANEL DISPLAYS; INDIUM; LIGHT EMITTING DIODES; LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAYS; ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DIODES (OLED); OXIDE SEMICONDUCTORS; SEMICONDUCTING INDIUM; SEMICONDUCTING ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; SEMICONDUCTOR DIODES; THIN FILM CIRCUITS; THIN FILMS; TRANSISTORS; ZINC; ZINC OXIDE;

ACTIVE MATRIX LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAYS; ACTIVE MATRIX ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DIODE (AM-OLED); AMORPHOUS OXIDE SEMICONDUCTORS; INDIUM GALLIUM ZINC OXIDES; OXIDE ELECTRONICS;

THIN FILM TRANSISTORS;

EID: 84902794197     PISSN: 13590286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cossms.2013.07.002     Document Type: Review

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