Polycrystalline Silicon Thin-Film Transistors on Flexible Steel Foil Substrates for Complementary-Metal-Oxide-Silicon Technology

Abstract:

• Periodical: Solid State Phenomena (Volume 93)
• Pages: 3-12
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/SSP.93.3
• Online since: June 2003
• Authors: Ming Wu, James C. Sturm, Sigurd Wagner
• Keywords: Complementary Metal-Oxide-Semiconductor Circuit, Polycrystalline Silicon, Steel Foil Substrate, Thin Film Transistor

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