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Runxiao Shi, Tengteng Lei, Zhihe Xia, Man Wong. Low-temperature metal–oxide thin-film transistor technologies for implementing flexible electronic circuits and systems[J]. Journal of Semiconductors, 2023, 44(9): 091601. doi: 10.1088/1674-4926/44/9/091601
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Runxiao Shi, Tengteng Lei, Zhihe Xia, Man Wong, Low-temperature metal–oxide thin-film transistor technologies for implementing flexible electronic circuits and systems[J]. Journal of Semiconductors, 2023, 44(9), 091601 doi: 10.1088/1674-4926/44/9/091601
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Low-temperature metal–oxide thin-film transistor technologies for implementing flexible electronic circuits and systems
DOI: 10.1088/1674-4926/44/9/091601
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Abstract
Here we review two 300 °C metal–oxide (MO) thin-film transistor (TFT) technologies for the implementation of flexible electronic circuits and systems. Fluorination-enhanced TFTs for suppressing the variation and shift of turn-on voltage (VON), and dual-gate TFTs for acquiring sensor signals and modulating VON have been deployed to improve the robustness and performance of the systems in which they are deployed. Digital circuit building blocks based on fluorinated TFTs have been designed, fabricated, and characterized, which demonstrate the utility of the proposed low-temperature TFT technologies for implementing flexible electronic systems. The construction and characterization of an analog front-end system for the acquisition of bio-potential signals and an active-matrix sensor array for the acquisition of tactile images have been reported recently. -
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