Transparent electronics / John F. Wager, Douglas A. Keszler, Rick E. Presley.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wager, John F. (John Fisher)

Contributor:

Keszler, Douglas A., 1957-

Presley, Rick E.

Louis A. Duhring Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Transparent electronics.

Physical Description:

viii, 212 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Springer, [2008]

Summary:

This monograph is essentially the first roadmap for transparent electronics. It will define and assess what and where the field is, where it is going, and what needs to happen to get it there. Although the central focus of this monograph involves transparent electronics, many of the materials, devices, circuits, and process integration strategies discussed will be of great interest to researchers working in other emerging fields, including printed electronics, large-area electronics, low-cost electronics, and disposable electronics.

Contents:

1.1 A technology in a hurry 1

1.2 Pre-history 2

1.2.1 Transparent conducting oxides (TCOs) 2

1.2.2 Thin-film transistors (TFTs) 5

1.3 The stage is now set 8

2 A Review of Prior Work 9

2.1 Origins 9

2.1.1 Transparent electronics - 2003 13

2.1.2 Transparent electronics - 2004 17

2.1.3 Transparent electronics - 2005 25

2.1.4 Transparent electronics - 2006 30

2.2 Perspective & Outlook 37

3 Applications 39

3.1 Looking into a crystal ball 39

3.2 A technology appraisal 39

3.3 An application smorgasbord 44

3.4 Applications in retrospective 56

4 Materials 57

4.1 Device components 57

4.2 n-type semiconductor channel materials 58

4.3 Amorphous oxide semiconductors 67

4.4 p-type semiconductors 71

4.4.1 Copper oxides and chalcogenides 71

4.4.2 Rhodium oxides 76

4.4.3 Nanomaterials 77

4.4.4 Prospects for p-type semiconductors in transparent electronics 77

4.5 Dielectrics 78

4.5.1 Gate dielectrics 78

4.5.2 Interlevel dielectrics 82

5 Devices 83

5.1 Transparent electronics devices 83

5.2 Passive, linear devices 84

5.2.1 Resistors 84

5.2.2 Capacitors 87

5.2.3 Inductors 89

5.3 Two-terminal devices 91

5.3.1 pn junctions 91

5.3.2 Schottky barriers 94

5.3.3 Heterojunctions 102

5.3.4 Metal-insulator-semiconductor (MIS) capacitors 105

5.4 Transparent thin-film transistors (TTFTs) 110

5.4.1 Ideal behavior 111

5.4.2 Non-ideal behavior 115

5.4.3 Device stability 138

5.4.4 Alternative TTFT device types 144

5.5 Alternative transistors 148

6 Transparent Circuits 153

6.2 Exemplary transparent circuit process flow 153

6.2.1 Transparent ring oscillator process flow 153

6.3 Exemplary transparent circuits 160

6.3.1 Transparent inverters and ring oscillators 160

6.3.2 Full-wave rectifier 163

6.3.3 Level-shifting circuits 164

6.3.4 AMLCD transparent switch 165

6.3.5 AMOLED backplane 168

6.3.6 Transparent charge-coupled devices (CCDs) 178

6.4 Barely scratching the surface 182

7 The Path Forward 183.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [189]-208) and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Louis A. Duhring Fund.

ISBN:

9780387723419

0387723412

OCLC:

153582153