Abstract
There is a growing interest in the design and fabrication of flexible and rugged
electronics particularly for large-area displays and sensor arrays. In this work, we describe the fabrication of amorphous silicon (a-Si:H) thin film transistors (TFTs) on a Kapton substrate which can be permanently deformed into a spherical cap shape. This level of strain would crack uniform a-Si:H device films. To prevent fractures in our TFT structure, the silicon and silicon nitride layers of the TFTs are patterned to create isolated device islands. After deformation, these brittle islands can remain crack-free, and the TFTs achieve comparable device behavior despite average strain in the substrate in excess of 5%.
electronics particularly for large-area displays and sensor arrays. In this work, we describe the fabrication of amorphous silicon (a-Si:H) thin film transistors (TFTs) on a Kapton substrate which can be permanently deformed into a spherical cap shape. This level of strain would crack uniform a-Si:H device films. To prevent fractures in our TFT structure, the silicon and silicon nitride layers of the TFTs are patterned to create isolated device islands. After deformation, these brittle islands can remain crack-free, and the TFTs achieve comparable device behavior despite average strain in the substrate in excess of 5%.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 1355-1359 |
| Number of pages | 5 |
| Journal | Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids |
| Volume | 299-302 |
| Issue number | Part 2 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 1 Apr 2002 |
| Event | 19th International Conference on Amorphous and Microcrystalline Semiconductors - Nice, France Duration: 27 Aug 2001 → 31 Aug 2001 |
Keywords
- large-area displays
- sensor arrays
- spherical domes