• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Precision Engineering Conference
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• 2006.05a
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• pp.595-596
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• 2006

The flexible organic thin film transistor (OTFT) array to use as a switching device for an organic light emitting diode (OLED) was designed and fabricated in the microcontact printing and low-temperature processes. The gate, source, and drain electrode patterns of OTFT were fabricated by microcontact printing which is high-resolution lithography technology using polydimethylsiloxane(PDMS) stamp. The OTFT array with dielectric layer and organic active semiconductor layers formed at room temperature or at a temperature tower than $40^{\circ}C$. The microcontact printing process using SAM(self-assembled monolayer) and PDMS stamp made it possible to fabricate OTFT arrays with channel lengths down to even nano size, and reduced the procedure by 10 steps compared with photolithography. Since the process was done in low temperature, there was no pattern transformation and bending problem appeared. It was possible to increase close packing of molecules by SAM, to improve electric field mobility, to decrease contact resistance, and to reduce threshold voltage by using a big dielecric.

• 한국정보디스플레이학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2009.10a
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• pp.563-565
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• 2009

We introduce the new modification approaches of photocrosslinkable poly (4-vinylphenol) (PVP) for low hysteresis organic thin film transistors (OTFTs). The dielectric layers were composed of different PVP resin, low molecular melamine, and halogen free photo-initiator. The low hysteresis OTFT from one of the organic gate dielectrics has been realized. The electrical performance of low hysteresis OTFT with photocrosslinkable PVP exhibited a field-effect mobility of 0.2 cm2/Vs, a threshold voltage of - 0.04V, hysteresis of 0.4V.

• 한국정보디스플레이학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2007.08b
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• pp.1336-1339
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• 2007

Since organic thin film transistor (OTFT) provides simple and low cost processes, its application to the OTFT display has been studied. We developed an RC oscillator using organic thin film transistor and inverters with bootstrapping transistors. Device parameters were optimized by the simulation and OTFT RC oscillators were fabricated. The oscillator frequency and its dependence on resistance and bias voltage were studied. The organic TFT is adequate for low cost and simple process integrated circuits. The frequency of oscillation was simulated and measured. It is acceptable for low-cost microelectronic device and flat panel displays.

• 한국정보디스플레이학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2007.08b
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• pp.1636-1638
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• 2007

We report on low-voltage pentacene TFTs with a Al2O3/OTS as a gate dielectric. Improving device characteristics, we performed chemical modification of self-grown Al2O3 surface with an octadecyltrichlorosilane(OTS) self-assembled monolayer(SAM). As the result of this combination, the mobility was improved from 0.3 to $0.45\;cm^2/Vs$. In addition, we examined that the SAM dipole electric field have an influence on gate leakage current, transfer and output characteristics.

• Proceedings of the Polymer Society of Korea Conference
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• 2006.10a
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• pp.170-170
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• 2006

[ ${\pi}-conjugated$ ] organic and polymeric semiconductors are receiving considerable attention because of their suitability as an active layer for electronic devices. An organic inverter with a full swing and a high gain can be obtained through the good qualities of the transfer characteristics of organic thin-film transistors (OTFTs); for example, a low leakage current, a threshold voltage ($V_{th}$) close to 0 V, and a low sub-threshold swing. One of the most critical problems with traditional organic inverters is the high operating voltage, which is often greater than 20 V. The high operating voltage may result in not only high power consumption but also device instabilities such as hysteresis and a shift of $V_{th}$ during operation. In this paper, low-voltage and little-hysteresis pentacene OTFTs and inverters in conjunction with PEALD $Al_{2}O_{3}\;and\;ZrO_{2}$ as the gate dielectrics are demonstrated and the relationships between the transfer characteristics of OTFT and the voltage transfer characteristics (VTCs) of inverter are investigated.

• 한국정보디스플레이학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2009.10a
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• pp.907-909
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• 2009

Low voltage operated top gated polymer transistors were fabricated with a high permittivity polymer, P(VDF-TrFE) and F8T2 as a gate dielectric and semiconducting layer, respectively. The operating voltage of transistors was effectively reduced under -10 V and typical threshold voltages were as low as -1 ~ -4 V with the reasonable charge carrier mobility of $10^{-3}cm^2$/Vs for the amorphous polymer. The large hysteresis in transfer curve was improved effectively by annealing at low temperature.

• 한국정보디스플레이학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2006.08a
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• pp.190-193
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• 2006

we implemented pentacene TFTs able to operate at low voltage less than 2V by using ultrathin Al2O3 layer as a gate insulator. The OTFTs exhibited a mobility of $0.27{\pm}0.05\;cm^2/Vs$, an outstanding subthreshold slope of $0.109{\pm}0.027$, and an on/off current ratio of $2.87{\pm}1.07{\times}10^4$. OTFT operated at low voltage, producing 3.5uA at $V_GS$= 2V and $V_DS$= 1.5V.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2006.10a
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• pp.22-23
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• 2006

A new current-driving pixel circuit for active-matrix organic light-emitting diodes (AMOLEDs), composed of four organic thin-film transistors (OTFTs) and one capacitor, is proposed using a current scaling method. Designing pixel circuits with OTFTs has many problems due to the instability of the OTFT parameters with still unknown characteristics of the material. Despite the problems in using OTFTs to drive the pixel circuit, our work could be set as a goal for future OTFT development. The simulation results show enhanced linearity between input data and OLEO luminescence at low current levels as well as successfully compensating the variation of the OTFTs, such as the threshold voltage and mobility.

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers
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• v.36 no.6
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• pp.588-593
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• 2023

The advantage of OTFT technology is that large-area circuits can be manufactured on flexible substrates using a low-cost solution process such as inkjet printing. Compared to silicon-based inorganic semiconductor processes, the process temperature is lower and the process time is shorter, so it can be widely applied to fields that do not require high electron mobility. Materials that have utility as electrode materials include carbon that can be solution-processed, transparent carbon thin films, and metallic nanoparticles, etc. are being studied. Recently, a technology has been developed to facilitate charge injection by coating the surface of the Al electrode with solution-processable titanium oxide (TiOx), which can greatly improve the performance of OTFT. In order to commercialize OTFT technology, an appropriate method is to use a complementary circuit with excellent reliability and stability. For this, insulators and channel semiconductors using organic materials must have stability in the air. In this study, carbon-doped Mo (MoC) thin films were fabricated with different graphite target power densities via unbalanced magnetron sputtering (UBM). The influence of graphite target power density on the structural, surface area, physical, and electrical properties of MoC films was investigated. MoC thin films deposited by the unbalanced magnetron sputtering method exhibited a smooth and uniform surface. However, as the graphite target power density increased, the rms surface roughness of the MoC film increased, and the hardness and elastic modulus of the MoC thin film increased. Additionally, as the graphite target power density increased, the resistivity value of the MoC film increased. In the performance of an organic thin film transistor using a MoC gate electrode, the carrier mobility, threshold voltage, and drain current on/off ratio (I_on/I_off) showed 0.15 cm²/V·s, -5.6 V, and 7.5×10⁴, respectively.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers Conference
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• 2007.06a
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• pp.230-231
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• 2007

we fabricated a pentacene thin-film transistor with an $Al_2O_3$ layer of ALD as a gate insulator and obtained a device with better electrical characteristics at low operating voltages (below 16V). This device was found to have a field-effect mobility of $0.03cm^2/Vs$, a threshold voltage of -6V, an subthreshold slope of 1 V/decade, and an on/off current ratio of $10^6$.