• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers Conference
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• 2005.07a
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• pp.445-446
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• 2005

This letter reports the fabrication of polycrystalline silicon thin-film transistors (poly-Si TFT) on flexible plastic substrates using amorphous silicon (a-Si) precursor films by sputter deposition. The a-Si films were deposited with mixture gas of argon and helium to minimize the argon incorporation into the film. The precursor films were then laser crystallized using XeCl excimer laser irradiation and a four-mask-processed poly-Si TFTs were fabricated with fully self-aligned top gate structure.

• 한국정보디스플레이학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2004.08a
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• pp.746-748
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• 2004

a-Si TFTs with field-effect mobility of 1.2 $cm^2$/V-s have been fabricated on plastic substrate. Pixel circuits on plastic for AMOLED were made with the same low-temperature fabrication process. The circuits compensate for $V_T$-shift, exhibit high output current, retain functionality and drive current level during long-time continuous operation.

• Electronics and Telecommunications Trends
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• v.31 no.3
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• pp.122-130
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• 2016

빠르게 발전해 가는 IT기술 덕분에 누구든지 언제 어디서나 원하는 정보를 얻을 수 있는 유비쿼터스 시대가 도래한 지금, 더 얇고 더 가벼우면서 휴대하기 쉬운 경박단소한 디스플레이가 휴대용 기기의 기본 요구사항이 되고 있다. 더 나아가 형태변형이 가능하고 떨어뜨려도 깨지지 않는 유연하면서도 질긴 특성을 바탕으로 종이처럼 접거나 휘어지고, 두루마리처럼 말 수 있는 이른바 '플렉서블 디스플레이'에 대한 요구가 점점 커지고 있어 국가별, 기업별로 관련 연구개발 경쟁이 치열하게 전개되고 있다. 이에 본 자료에서는 플렉서블 디스플레이용 기판의 최근의 기술 현황을 살펴보고 향후 관련기술의 전개방향을 살펴본다.

• 한국정보디스플레이학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2006.08a
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• pp.1382-1385
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• 2006

We have studied ink-jet printing method for patterning of conductive line on flexible plastic substrates. Synthesized copper nano-particles of ${\sim}40\;nm$ were used for the conductive ink and the printed patterns exhibit a smooth line whose line width is about $100\;{\mu}m$.

• 한국정보디스플레이학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2004.08a
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• pp.41-43
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• 2004

Plasma polymerized para-xylene ($PP_PX$) deposited by plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition (PECVD) was used as the barrier layer on the polyethylene terephthalate (PET) substrate to improve lifetime of the flexible organic light-emitting diodes (FOLEDs). The $PP_PX$ barrier layer deposited on top of the PET substrate with plasma power of 30 W at deposition pressure of 0.2 torr showed transmittance spectra good enough to be applied in FOLED on PET substrates. FOLEDs with the $PP_PX$ barrier layer (barrier-FOLEDs) showed similar I-V and B-V characteristics to FOLEDs without the $PP_PX$ layer (control-FOLEDs). The lifetime of barrier-FOLED was two times longer than that of the control-FOLED. With $PP_PX$ passivation layers, lifetimes of both control and barrier-FOLEDs were improved by more than 4 times. These results show that PECVD deposited $PP_PX$ layers can be used as barrier layers for FOLEDs on plastic substrates as well as passivation layers for general OLEDs.

• Electronic Materials Letters
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• v.14 no.6
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• pp.749-754
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• 2018

Previous studies have reported on the mechanical robustness and chemical stability of flexible amorphous indium gallium zinc oxide (a-IGZO) thin-film transistors (TFTs) on plastic substrates both in flat and curved states. In this study, we investigate how the polyimide (PI) substrate affects hydrogen concentration in the a-IGZO layer, which subsequently influences the device performance and stability under bias-temperature-stress. Hydrogen increases the carrier concentration in the active layer, but it also electrically deactivates intrinsic defects depending on its concentration. The influence of hydrogen varies between the TFTs fabricated on a glass substrate to those on a PI substrate. Hydrogen concentration is 5% lower in devices on a PI substrate after annealing, which increases the hysteresis characteristics from 0.22 to 0.55 V and also the threshold voltage shift under positive bias temperature stress by 2 ${\times}$ compared to the devices on a glass substrate. Hence, the analysis and control of hydrogen flux is crucial to maintaining good device performance and stability of a-IGZO TFTs.

• Proceedings of the Korean Vacuum Society Conference
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• 2012.02a
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• pp.203-203
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• 2012

The SWCNTs network are formed on various plastic substrates such as poly(ethylene terephthalate) (PET), polyimide (PI) and soda lime glass using roll-to-roll printing and spray process. Selective patterning of carbon nanotubes film on transparent substrates was performed using a femtosecond laser. This process has many advantages because it is performed without chemicals and is easily applied to large-area patterning. It could also control the transparency and conductivity of CNT film by selective removal of CNTs. Furthermore, selective cutting of carbon nanotube using a femtosecond laser does not cause any phase change in the CNTs, as usually shown in focused ion beam irradiation of the CNTs. The patterned SWCNT films on transparent substrate can be used electrode layer for touch panels of flexible or flat panel display instead indium tin oxide (ITO) film.

• 한국정보디스플레이학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2006.08a
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• pp.1539-1543
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• 2006

We have developed self-aligned imprint lithography (SAIL) technology, an innovative method for roll-to-roll (R2R) fabrication of electronic devices on flexible plastic substrates. In this paper, we present the first R2R-produced ${\alpha}$-Si TFTs built on a polyimide substrate using the SAIL process, and prove the feasibility of this technology to enable R2R fabrication of flexible display active matrix (AM) backplanes with high precision and throughput.

• 한국정보디스플레이학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2005.07a
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• pp.808-810
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• 2005

Inexpensive large area arrays of thin film transistors (TFTs) on flexible substrates will enable many new display products that cannot be cost effectively manufactured by conventional means. This paper presents a new approach for low cost manufacturing of electronic devices using roll-to-roll (R2R) processes exclusively. It was developed in partnership by Hewlett Packard Laboratories and Iowa Thin Film Technologies (ITFT), a solar cell manufacturer. The approach combines ITFT's unique processes for vacuum deposition and etching of semiconductors, dielectrics and metals on continuous plastic webs with a method HP has invented for the patterning and aligning the multiple layers of a TFT with sub-micron accuracy and feature size.

• 한국정보디스플레이학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2005.07a
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• pp.374-377
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• 2005

We proposed a new fabrication method for stable flexible LCDs using stamping method with durable elastomer such as poly(dimethylsiloxane) (PDMS). In the device, the LC molecules are isolated in pixels where LCs are surrounded by PDMS microstructure, and two substrates are tightly attached by phase separated polymer layer. The electro-optic characteristics of our cell are comparable to those of normal sample without PDMS microstructure. We propose cost-effective roll-to-roll process for large size of plastic LCDs with our method.