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  • Fabrication and characterization of thin-film transistor materials and devices

    Creator:
    Hong, David
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    A class of inorganic thin-film transistor (TFT) semiconductor materials has emerged involving oxides composed of post-transitional cations with (n-1)d¹⁰ns⁰ (n≥4) electronic configurations. This thesis is devoted to the pursuit of topics involving the development of these materials for TFT applications: Deposition of zinc oxide and zinc tin oxide semiconductor layers...
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    Dissertation
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    : Fabrication and Characterization of Thin-film Transistor Materials and Devices. Abstract approved: John F

  • Development of high efficiency solar absorbers

    Creator:
    Ravichandran, Ram
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    Current cadmium telluride and copper indium gallium diselenide thin-film solar cells (TFSCs) utilize thick absorbers (2 - 4 μm). For efficient carrier extraction in these TFSCs, the absorber layer requires high carrier mobilities and a long minority carrier lifetime, which necessitates the use of a high purity, defect-free thin film....
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    : Development of High Efficiency Solar Absorbers . Abstract approved: John F. Wager Current cadmium telluride

  • Discrete trap modeling of thin-film transistors

    Creator:
    Yerubandi, Ganesh Chakravarthy
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    A discrete trap model is developed and employed for elucidation of thin-film transistor (TFT) device physics trends. An attractive feature of this model is that only two model parameters are required, the trap energy depth, E[subscript T], and the trap density, N[subscript T]. The most relevant trends occur when E[subscript...
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    Masters Thesis
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    :_____________________________________________________ John F. Wager A discrete trap model is developed and employed for elucidation of thin-film

  • Thermally-stable amorphous metal thin films

    Creator:
    McGlone, John M.
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    Amorphous metal thin films (AMTFs) are of potential use for metal-insulator-metal (MIM) tunnel diode applications due to their ultra-smooth surfaces, a consequence of their amorphous microstructure. The objective of this thesis is to design a thermally-stable AMTF capable of maintaining MIM tunnel diode performance after a post-deposition anneal in excess...
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    : Thermally-Stable Amorphous Metal Thin Films. Abstract approved: John F. Wager Amorphous metal thin films

  • Development of Amorphous Metal Thin Films for Thermal Inkjet Printing and Microelectronics

    Creator:
    McGlone, John M.
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    Due to a lack of grain boundaries, an amorphous metal thin film (AMTF) possesses advantageous mechanical properties and enhanced chemical stability that is potentially useful for thermal inkjet (TIJ) printing applications. The use of an AMTF as a TIJ resistor or cavitation plate could lead to a thinner TIJ cavitation...
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    . Abstract approved: John F. Wager Due to a lack of grain boundaries, an amorphous metal thin film (AMTF

  • Physical vapor deposition of novel thin-film solar absorbers

    Creator:
    Waters, Benjamin E.
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    Current leading thin-film solar cell technologies, i.e., cadmium telluride (CdTe) and copper indium gallium diselenide (CIGS), employ elements which are either toxic (Cd), or rare and/or expensive (In, Te, Ga, and Cd). The aim of this thesis is to investigate new, abundant, non-toxic p-type semiconductors for potential solar absorber application....
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    Masters Thesis
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    : Physical Vapor Deposition of Novel Thin-Film Solar Absorbers Abstract approved: John F. Wager Current

  • Manufacture and characterization of novel ACTFEL materials and devices

    Creator:
    Bender, Jeffrey P.
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    The aim of this dissertation is to develop non-traditional approaches to alternating-current thin-film electroluminescent (ACTFEL) device fabrication. ACTFEL technology suffers from a lack of adequately bright and efficient primary-color phosphors and cannot presently compete in the low-cost display market. Therefore the research presented in this dissertation focuses on an exploration...
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    : Manufacture and Characterization of Abstract approved. John F/Wager The aim of this dissertation is to

  • Transparent electronics : thin-film transistors and integrated circuits

    Creator:
    Presley, Rick E.
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    This thesis focuses on two aspects of transparent electronics, SnO₂ transparent thin-film transistors (TTFTs) and transparent circuits. Both depletion- and enhancement-mode SnO₂ TTFTs are realized. The maximum effective mobility for the depletion- and enhancement-mode devices are 2 cm²V⁻¹s⁻¹ and 0.8 cm²V⁻¹s⁻¹, respectively. A variety of techniques to decrease the carrier...
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    Masters Thesis
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    F. Wager This thesis focuses on two aspects of transparent electronics, SnO2 transpar- ent thin

  • Instability and temperature-dependence assessment of IGZO TFTs

    Creator:
    Hoshino, Ken
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    Amorphous oxide semiconductors (AOSs) are of great current interest for thin-film transistor (TFT) channel layer applications. In particular, indium gallium zinc oxide (IGZO) is under intense development for commercial applications because of its demonstrated high performance at low processing temperatures. The objective of the research presented in this thesis is...
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    Masters Thesis
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    F. Wager Amorphous oxide semiconductors (AOSs) are of great current interest for thin- film

  • Zinc tin oxide thin-film transistor current mirror circuits

    Creator:
    Feller, Layannah Elizabeth
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    The central focus of this thesis is the design, fabrication and characterization of amorphous oxide semiconductor (AOS) thin-film transistor (TFT) current mirrors. The thin-film deposition and circuit fabrication methods used to realize zinc tin oxide (ZTO) TFT current mirrors are addressed in order to elucidate the processing challenges for this...
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    . Title: Zinc Tin Oxide Thin-Film Transistor Current Mirror Circuits Abstract approved: John F. Wager