Design for Low Power and Reliable Flexible Electronics: Self-Tunable Cell-Library Design

IEEE/OSA Journal of Display Technology

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 206-215

  Huang, Tsung Ching ^a   Cheng, Kwang Ting ^a  

^a University of California   (United States)

Author keywords

cell library; flexible electronics; flip flop; latch; low power; roll to roll; shift register; Thin film transistor (TFT)

Indexed keywords

CELLS; CYTOLOGY; FLIP FLOP CIRCUITS; INTEGRATED CIRCUIT MANUFACTURE; SHIFT REGISTERS; THIN FILM TRANSISTORS;

CELL LIBRARY; CIRCUIT RELIABILITY; DESIGNING COMPLEX; DEVICE DEGRADATION; LATCH; LOW POWER; LOW SUPPLY VOLTAGES; ROLL TO ROLL;

FLEXIBLE ELECTRONICS;

EID: 85008013254     PISSN: 1551319X     EISSN: 15589323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JDT.2008.2010273     Document Type: Article

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