Preface |
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1 Thin-Film Transistor Technologies on the Move? From Backplane Driver to Ubiquitous Circuit Enabler? |
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1.1 Backplanes for Active Matrix Displays |
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2 | (1) |
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1.1.2 Low-Temperature Polycrystalline Silicon |
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3 | (1) |
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1.1.3 Organic Thin-Film Transistors |
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3 | (1) |
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1.1.4 Metal-Oxide Thin-Film Transistors |
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4 | (1) |
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1.1.5 Current TFT Technology Overview |
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5 | (1) |
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1.1.6 Options for Flexible Displays |
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6 | (1) |
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1.2 Large Area Sensors and Circuits (On Foil) |
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7 | (2) |
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2 Organic and Metal-Oxide Thin-Film Transistors |
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9 | (24) |
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2.1 Device Configurations |
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9 | (1) |
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10 | (4) |
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2.2.1 Operation Principle of a Single-Gate Transistor |
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10 | (3) |
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2.2.2 Technology Options for Multiple Threshold Voltages |
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13 | (1) |
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2.3 Typical Layout Rules in the Technologies Used in This Book |
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14 | (1) |
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2.4 Technologies Used in This Book |
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15 | (10) |
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2.4.1 Organic p-Type Technology of Polymer Vision |
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15 | (1) |
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2.4.2 Organic p-Type Dual-Gate Technology of Polymer Vision |
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16 | (3) |
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2.4.3 Pentacene (p-Type) Thin-Film Transistors on Al2O3 as Gate Dielectric |
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19 | (2) |
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2.4.4 a-IGZO (n-Type) Technology on Al2O3 as Gate Dielectric |
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21 | (1) |
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2.4.5 Hybrid Complementary Organic/Metal-Oxide Technology |
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22 | (1) |
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2.4.6 Hybrid Complementary Organic/Metal-Oxide Technology on PEN-Foil |
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23 | (2) |
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2.5 Trends in Circuit Integration |
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25 | (6) |
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25 | (1) |
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26 | (3) |
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29 | (2) |
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31 | (2) |
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33 | (41) |
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33 | (2) |
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35 | (1) |
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36 | (29) |
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3.3.1 Single VT, Depletion-Load, or Zero-VGS-Load Logic |
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37 | (1) |
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3.3.1.1 VTC of the Zero-VGS-Load Inverter |
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38 | (3) |
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3.3.1.2 Static Parameters of the Zero-VGS-Load Inverter |
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41 | (3) |
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3.3.1.3 Dynamic Behavior of the Zero-VGS-Load Inverter |
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44 | (8) |
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3.3.2 Dual VT, Zero-VGS-Load Logic by Dual-Gate TFTs |
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52 | (1) |
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3.3.2.1 VTC of a Dual- VT Zero- VGS-Load Inverter |
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53 | (1) |
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3.3.2.2 Dual-Gate Zero-VGS-Load Inverter |
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54 | (1) |
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3.3.2.3 Optimized Dual-Gate Zero-VGS-Load Inverter |
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55 | (2) |
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3.3.3 Single VT, Enhancement-Load, or Diode-Load Logic |
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57 | (1) |
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3.3.3.1 VTC of the Diode-Load Inverter |
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58 | (2) |
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3.3.3.2 Static Behavior of the Diode-Load Inverter |
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60 | (1) |
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3.3.3.3 Dynamic Behavior of the Diode-Load Inverter |
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61 | (2) |
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3.3.4 Dual VT, Diode-Load Logic in Dual-Gate Technologies |
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63 | (2) |
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65 | (6) |
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3.4.1 VTC of the Complementary Inverter |
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65 | (2) |
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3.4.2 Static Behavior of the Complementary Inverter |
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67 | (1) |
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67 | (1) |
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3.4.3 Dynamic Behavior of the Complementary Inverter |
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3.4.3.1 Study of the Complementary Inverter Capacitances |
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68 | (3) |
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71 | (2) |
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3.6 Suggestions to Improve the Inverter Performance |
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73 | (1) |
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3.6.2 Self-Aligned Technology |
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73 | (1) |
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74 | (18) |
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4.2 Sources of Process Variation |
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75 | (2) |
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4.3 Influence of Parameter Variation on the Yield of Logic Circuits |
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77 | (2) |
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4.4 How to Cope with WID and D2D Parameter Variations |
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79 | (11) |
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4.4.1 Designing with WID Variations |
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80 | (6) |
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4.4.2 Designing with D2D Variations -- Corner Analysis |
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86 | (1) |
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4.4.3 Adaptive Back-Gate Control for Threshold Voltage Compensation |
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87 | (2) |
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4.4.4 Variability and Large Area Electronics |
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89 | (1) |
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90 | (2) |
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92 | (32) |
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5.1 RFID and the Road Map for Low-Cost RFID Tags |
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93 | (4) |
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5.2 A Fully Integrated, 64-Bit Organic RFID Tag |
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97 | (7) |
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5.2.2 RFID Measurement Setup |
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98 | (1) |
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5.2.3 Organic Transponder Chip |
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99 | (1) |
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100 | (3) |
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5.2.5 Organic RFID Tag Using DC Load Modulation |
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103 | (1) |
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5.3 Adding More Complexity to the Transponder Chips |
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104 | (4) |
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5.4 Can We Meet the Data Rate Targets for EPC Transponder Chips? |
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108 | (6) |
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5.4.1 Organic Transponder Chips |
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109 | (1) |
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5.4.2 Metal-Oxide NFC Chips |
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110 | (2) |
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5.4.3 Faster Transponder Chips by Other Logic Types |
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112 | (2) |
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5.5 Bi-Directional Communication |
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114 | (4) |
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5.6 RFID Transponder Chips with Increased Robustness |
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118 | (4) |
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122 | (2) |
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6 Design Case: Organic Microprocessor |
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124 | (19) |
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124 | (1) |
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6.2 Technology and Logic Family |
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125 | (2) |
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6.3 Architecture and Measurement Results of the Organic ALU-Foil |
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127 | (7) |
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6.4 Integrated Organic Microprocessor on Foil |
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134 | (1) |
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6.5 Second Generation Thin-Film Processor |
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135 | (6) |
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141 | (2) |
Bibliography |
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143 | (16) |
Index |
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