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  • DC/AC Stability of In-Ga-Zn-O Thin-Film Transistors

    Creator:
    Zhou, Fan
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    The electrical stability of amorphous indium-gallium-zinc oxide (a-IGZO) thinfilmtransistors (TFTs) is investigated for flat-panel display applications. Althoughproducts incorporating a-IGZO TFT backplanes are already commercially available,e.g., iMac with 5K retina display, technical challenges need to be addressed for nextgenerationapplications, e.g., active-matrix organic light-emitting diode displays.Device stability is one crucial issue. The...
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    -IGZO TFT backplanes are already commercially available, e.g., iMac with 5K retina display, technical

  • Development of oxide semiconductors : materials, devices, and integration

    Creator:
    Chiang, Hai Q.
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    The aim of this dissertation is to develop oxide semiconductors by radio-frequency sputtering for thin-film transistor (TFT) applications. A variety of oxide semiconductors are used as the TFT channel layer, including indium gallium oxide (IGO), zinc tin oxide (ZTO), and indium gallium zinc oxide (IGZO). The variety of materials used...
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    semiconductor layer. IGZO-based TFTs with excellent stability are demonstrated, exhibiting almost no decrease

  • Amorphous oxide semiconductors in circuit applications

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    McFarlane, Brian Ross
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    The focus of this thesis is the investigation of thin-film transistors (TFTs) based on amorphous oxide semiconductors (AOSs) in two circuit applications. To date, circuits implemented with AOS-based TFTs have been primarily enhancement-enhancement inverters, ring oscillators based on these inverters operating at peak frequencies up to ~400 kHz, and two-transistor...
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    integrated IZO-based TFTs fabricated to date are found to be conductive and exhibit no gate modulation

  • 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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    for the Tasker-Chiang rf sputtering system and provided significant technical assistance during

  • Atomic solid state energy scale applied to novel thin-film solar absorbers

    Creator:
    Pelatt, Brian D.
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    The atomic solid state energy (SSE) scale is introduced as a tool for inorganic materials design. The SSE scale is obtained by assessing an average electron affinity (EA) (for a cation) or an average ionization potential (IP) (for an anion) for each atom using data from compounds having that specific...
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    troubleshoot problems. This research was funded by National Science Foundation under Grant No. CHE-0847970

  • Process development and modeling of thin-film transistors

    Creator:
    Hong, David
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    A class of high-performance thin-film transistor (TFT) channel materials has emerged involving oxides composed of heavy-metal cations (HMCs) with (n-1)d¹⁰ns⁰ (n≥4) electronic configurations. This thesis is devoted to the pursuit of three topics involving the development of these materials for TFT applications: modeling TFT currentvoltage characteristics, an exploratory method for...
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    source. Note that the magnitude of VGD and VGS with respect to VON and zero volts determine which

  • Discrete trap modeling of thin-film transistors

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    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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    , Aparna Guntupalli and Sesha Duvvuri, who are not only colleagues, but lifelong friends. No words can

  • Fabrication process assessment and negative bias illumination stress study of IGZO and ZTO TFTs

    Creator:
    Hoshino, Ken
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    Indium-gallium-zinc oxide (IGZO) and zinc-tin oxide (ZTO) are investigated for thin-film transistor (TFT) applications. Negative bias illumination stress (NBIS) is employed for electrical stability assessment. Unpassivated IGZO and ZTO TFTs suffer from severe NBIS instabilities. Zinc-tin-silicon oxide is found to be an effective passivation layer for IGZO and ZTO TFTs,...
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    n-type substrate and a dopant density of ! 4 "10 15 cm-3. Note that there is no weak

  • Development of zinc tin oxide-based transparent thin-film transistors

    Creator:
    Chiang, Hai Q.
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    The focus of this thesis involves development of highly transparent, n-channel, accumulation- mode thin-film transistors employing a zinc tin oxide (ZTO) channel layer. ZTO-based transparent thin-film transistors (TTFTs) show improved device performance compared to ZnO-based TTFTs. An estimated peak effective mobility for these devices as high as ~100 cm² V⁻¹sec⁻¹...
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    addition, the outstanding technical staff at OSU have made considerable contri- butions. If it were not

  • An n-sheet, state-space ACTFEL device model

    Creator:
    Hitt, John C.
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    The objective of the research presented in this thesis is to develop, implement, and demonstrate the utility of an n-sheet, state-space alternating-current thin-film electroluminescent (ACTFEL) device model. In this model, the phosphor layer is discretized into n + 1 layers, with band-to-band impact ionization, space charge creation/ annihilation, and luminescent...
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    has been instrumental in providing technical assistance and in-depth physical explanations for

  • Characterization of alternating-current thin-film SrS:Ce electroluminescent devices

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    Thuemler, Robert L.
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    exhibit no dynamic space charge. The exact nature of native defects in SrS:Ce ACTFEL devices is not well

  • Alternating-current thin-film electroluminescent device physics and modeling

    Creator:
    Douglas, Allan A.
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    Alternating-current thin-film electroluminescent (ACTFEL) devices are used in the formation of pixels in flat panel displays. ACTFEL flat panel displays have many advantages over other flat panel technologies. Specifically, ACTFEL panels are emissive displays, they have high brightness, wide viewing angles, and rugged construction. Although much is already known about...
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    typical C-V curve. 12 Furthermore, note that these calculations assume that there is no spatial

  • Electrical characterization of n-type aluminum gallium arsenide

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    Kim, Seung-bae
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    . Sample NOlOAS is subjected to no optical processing whereas sample NO10 is subjected to dislocation

  • Novel ACTFEL phosphor development

    Creator:
    Ang, Wie Ming
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    The goal of this thesis is to identify and to explore novel ACTFEL phosphor materials. Several important materials properties relevant to ACTFEL phosphor development are identified. All of these properties cannot be obtained simultaneously. Therefore, several key phosphor materials properties are identified as critical to the development of an ACTFEL...
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    continous guidance and with much valuable advice, both technical and personnal. His professionalism, hard

  • Inorganic thin-film solar cells

    Creator:
    Spies, Jack Alexander
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    The primary objective of this thesis is to explore new absorber and p-type window layer materials for thin-film solar cell applications. A new thin-film electron beam deposition system has been installed, is now operational, and has been used to deposit several types of solar cell absorber layers. Material investigations include...
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    into electrical energy, no other energy source would be needed to meet the world’s power needs. This

  • Development, fabrication, and characterization of transparent electronic devices

    Creator:
    Hoffman, Randy L.
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    The objective of this thesis is to provide an initial demonstration of the feasibility of constructing highly transparent active electronic devices. Such a demonstration is successfully achieved in the fabrication of ZnO-based thin film transistors (TFTs) exhibiting transparency greater than ~90% in the visible portion of the electromagnetic spectrum and...
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    (b) for an ideal inter- face (i.e. no interfacial dipole or fixed charge). Note that the insula- tor

  • ACTFEL phosphor deposition by RF sputtering

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    Ang, Wie Ming
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    to Jim Krebs, Chuck Meitt le, Art Nee ley, and Leon Ungier for their technical assistance without

  • Investigation of ultra-thin In-Ga-Zn-O thin-film transistors

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    Chiang, Tsung-Han
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    The objective of the work reported herein is to explore the impact of decreasing channel thickness on radio-frequency (RF) sputtered amorphous indium-gallium-zinc oxide (a-IGZO) thin-film transistors (TFTs) electrical performance through the evaluation of drain current versus gate voltage (I[subscript D] − V[subscript G]) transfer curves. For a fixed set of...
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    a graduate student and researcher. I am grateful for his patience with my technical writing

  • Electrical characterization and aging studies of green ZnS: Tb AC thin-film electroluminescent devices

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    Kumar, Manoj, 1972-
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    the phosphor, insulators and electrodes when no external bias is applied. When an external voltage is

  • Electronic Conduction Mechanisms in Insulators

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    Chiang, Tsung-Han
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    The research presented herein focuses on electrical assessment of oxide thin films as insulators. The current density-electric field (J-E) characteristics of four insulators of dramatically different electrical quality are assessed in terms of their operative electronic conduction mechanisms. Conduction in the two high-quality insulators is dominated by Ohmic conduction and...
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    of knowledge and techniques received has advanced my own skills as a researcher, technical writer

  • A study of deep levels of AlGaAs/GaAs heterojunction bipolar transistors

    Creator:
    Huang, Chun-ta
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    A study of deep levels of the emitter region of a heterojunction bipolar transistor is investigated using deep level transient spectroscopy (DLTS), deep level admittance spectroscopy (DLAS), thermally stimulated capacitance (TSCAP), and capacitance-voltage (C-V) profiling. The DX center, with an activation energy of 0.45 eV, is the only deep level...
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    0.0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1.0 Equiv. Al Mole Fraction, x no applied pressure D x=0.19, P=7.1, 10.6

  • 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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    -type substrate and a dopant density of ! 4 "10 15 cm-3. Note that there is no weak accumulation

  • 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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    United States Display Consortium, and the NSF (IGERT grant no. 0549503). To the optimist the glass is

  • Modeling and development of p-type thin-film transistors

    Creator:
    Spiegelberg, Matthew Craig
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    The primary focus of this thesis involves modeling and development of p-type thin-film transistors (p-TFTs), moving towards the realization of a filly transparent thin-film transistor (TTFT). The modeling portion of this thesis emphasizes the development of physics-based TFT models, specifically focusing on the elucidation of non-ideal current-voltage characteristic behavior. A...
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    Laboratory under grant number XAT-4-33624-11, the U.S. National Science Foundation under grant no. DMR

  • High resolution electroluminescent display using active matrix approach

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    Khormaei, Iranpour
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    Electroluminescent Display Using Active Matrix Approach Chapter I. INTRODUCTION Recent technical advances require

  • Phosphor development for alternating-current thin-film electroluminescent applications

    Creator:
    Nguyen, Tin T.
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    supplying substrates, assisting in various experiments, and for technical support. Thanks to Dr. Laura

  • Fabrication and characterization of ACTFEL devices

    Creator:
    Keir, Paul D.
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    The goal of this thesis is the identification and synthesis of high-luminance, primary color alternating-current thin-film electroluminescent (ACTFEL) devices. Special attention is paid to the synthesis of primary color green ACTFEL devices because of the lack of an adequate primary green ACTFEL phosphor and the dominance of green wavelengths in...
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    research by providing substrates and offering technical assistance. TABLE OF CONTENTS Page 1

  • Assessment of High Mobility Oxide Thin-Film Transistors

    Creator:
    Stewart, Kevin A.
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    The trend towards higher resolution, faster refresh rate active-matrix liquid-crystal displays (AMLCDs) as well as the emergence of active-matrix organic light-emitting diode (AMOLED) displays is driving the demand for amorphous oxide semiconductor thin-film transistors (AOS TFTs) with higher mobility. A physics-based model for carrier transport in an amorphous semiconductor is...
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    their technical contributions to this work as well as making this a pleasant environment to work in

  • p-type transparent electronics

    Creator:
    Valencia, Melinda Marie
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    The objective of this thesis is to contribute to the development of p-type materials for transparent electronics applications. Thin films of ®-BaCu2S2, a p-type semi-transparent semiconductor, are fabricated and characterized. ®-BaCu2S2 has a transmittance of 60% to 80 % in the visible portion of the electromagnetic spectrum. The mobility, conductivity,...
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    . This work was funded by the U.S. National Science Foundation under Grant No. DMR-0071727 and by the

  • Amorphous metal thin films as a platform for solution processing

    Creator:
    Landau, Nicholas P.
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    The research presented herein represents an effort to combine the ultra-smooth surface of an amorphous metal thin film (AMTF) with a solution-processed dielectric synthesized via prompt inorganic condensation (PIC). Analysis of dielectric film quality is carried out via electrical measurements of metal-insulator-metal (MIM) diodes. Anneals at 500 and 700 °C...
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    INTRODUCTION 1 2 LITERATURE REVIEW AND TECHNICAL BACKGROUND 2 2.1 Overview of Amorphous Materials

  • Development and characterization of AlInN as an alternating-current thin-film electroluminescent display phosphor

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    Mueller, Matthew R.
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    fabricated to date. No crystallinity is observed in the AlInON thin-films after annealing at temperatures of

  • Hot carrier degradation of sub-micron n-channel MOSFETs subject to static stress

    Creator:
    Aminzadeh, Payman G.
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    Hot carrier effects in sub-micron lightly doped drain (LDD) n-channel MOSFETs under static (DC) stress are studied in order to establish the degradation mechanisms of such devices. Degradation is monitored as a function of time at various gate voltages. Under accelerated aging conditions (i.e. large drain voltages) the gate voltage...
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    S. Hui for their technical assistance. The financial support provided by Intel Corporation is

  • 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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    Keszler in the Chemistry Department who provided technical support and immense knowledge furthering this

  • Al-In-Sn-O thin-film transistors

    Creator:
    Stewart, Kevin A.
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    The aim of the research undertaken for this thesis was to develop a new high-performance amorphous oxide semiconductor (AOS) for use as a channel layer in a thin-film transistor (TFT). AOS TFTs offer higher electron mobility than the established amorphous silicon based technology. A new channel material comprised of aluminum...
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    for their technical contributions to this work as well as making this a pleasant environment to work

  • Nontraditional amorphous oxide semiconductor thin-film transistor fabrication

    Creator:
    Sundholm, Eric Steven
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    Fabrication techniques and process integration considerations for amorphous oxide semiconductor (AOS) thin-film transistors (TFTs) constitute the central theme of this dissertation. Within this theme three primary areas of focus are pursued. The first focus involves formulating a general framework for assessing passivation. Avoiding formation of an undesirable backside accumulation layer...
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    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 2. LITERATURE REVIEW AND TECHNICAL BACKGROUND . . . . . . . . . 3 2.1 Thin-Film Transistors

  • Sine burst waveform aging and electro-optic characterization of ALE ZnS:Mn ACTFEL devices for head-mounted active matrix displays

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    Mendes, James Kevin
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    high voltages in a small area. FEDs are still in an early development stage and have many technical

  • Alternating-current thin-film electroluminescent device fabrication and characterization

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    Baukol, Beau
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    support of this research by providing technical advice, SrS:Cu devices for characterization, and

  • Contact resistance and stability assessment of oxide-based thin film transistors

    Creator:
    Hung, Celia M.
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    This thesis focuses on two aspects of oxide-based thin-film transistors (TFTs), contact resistance and instability assessment. First, determination of the contact resistance of indium tin oxide (ITO) on two wide-band gap semiconductors, zinc oxide (ZnO) and indium gallium oxide (IGO), is attempted and the effects of contact resistance on device...
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    patience, knowledge, and training. Todd Schecter for providing computer/technical support throughout my

  • Development of Cu-based Thin Films for Optoelectronic Applications

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    Angelos, Gregory S.
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    CIGS and CdTe based commercial thin-film solar cells (TFSCs) require an absorber thickness greater than 2 µm and 4 µm, respectively, to adequately absorb the solar spectrum. To efficiently extract photoexcited electrons, these TFSCs require relatively defect-free absorbers with high-minority carrier mobility (> 100 cm2V−1s−1) and long lifetime (> 10...
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    . . . . . . . . . . . 65 4.1 Equilibrium energy band diagram for a basic drift-based TFSC. Note that band bending occurs

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

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    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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    grateful for Dr. Douglas Keszler in the Chemistry Department who provided technical support and immense

  • SPICE modeling of ACTFEL devices and OLEDs

    Creator:
    Bender, Jeffrey P.
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    The achievements of this thesis are the development of several models for the SPICE (Simulation Program with Integrated Circuit Emphasis) simulation of alternating-current thin-film electroluminescent (ACTFEL) devices, organic light-emitting devices (OLEDs), and polymer light-emitting devices (PLEDs). First, an ACTFEL model based on the built-in HSPICE Fowler-Nordheim tunneling diode is developed,...
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    Center of Ex- cellence, Grant No. MDA 972-93-1-0030, and by the Defense Advanced Research Projects

  • Novel phosphor development for alternating-current thin-film electroluminescent devices

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    Maddix, Crystal M.
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    thank Sey-Shing Sun of Planar Systems for helping with technical issues and supplying substrates

  • Oxide phosphors deposited by activated reactive evaporation for ACTFEL device applications

    Creator:
    Yokoyama, Tomoe
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    The goal of this thesis study is to develop an activated reactive evaporation (ARE) system and to demonstrate its utility by fabricating-alternating current thin-film electroluminescent (ACTFEL) oxide phosphor devices. ARE entails evaporation in an activated gas. The main ARE system components are three thermal evaporation sources, a microwave power supply,...
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    would like to thank Manfred Dittrich and Chris Tasker for their technical support in the development

  • 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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    support, but also friendship. A special thanks to Chris Tasker, without whom, nothing would work and no

  • Low-cost deposition methods for transparent thin-film transistors

    Creator:
    Norris, Benjamin J.
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    The objective of this dissertation is to introduce low-cost processing methods for the fabrication of ZnO transparent thin-film transistors (TTFTs). A novel method for depositing ZnO body layers via spin-coating of a zinc nitrate-based spin solution is presented. The processing conditions of spin-coated ZnO are optimized to produce continuous and...
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    . National Science Foundation under Grant No. DMR-0071727 and by the Army Research Office under Contract No

  • 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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    Basic Energy Sciences under Contract No. DE-AC36-08GO28308 to NREL. TABLE OF CONTENTS Page 1