DocumentCode
1966403
Title
Amorphous silicon current steering digital to analog converter
Author
Dey, Aritra ; Allee, David R.
Author_Institution
Flexible Display Center (FDC), Arizona State Univ., Tempe, AZ, USA
fYear
2011
fDate
19-21 Sept. 2011
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
4
Abstract
A 6-bit current steering D/A converter (DAC) is built using only n-channel amorphous silicon (a-Si:H) thin film transistors (TFT) and capacitors. The circuit is built on silicon using a low temperature process, compatible with flexible plastic substrates. The measurements show reasonably good characteristics, achieving a DNL of less than ±1.2 LSB and INL of less than ±1.8 LSB without calibration, at a conversion rate of 500 Hz.
Keywords
amorphous semiconductors; capacitors; digital-analogue conversion; elemental semiconductors; silicon; thin film transistors; DAC; capacitors; conversion rate; current steering D/A converter; flexible plastic substrates; n-channel amorphous silicon thin film transistors; word length 6 bit; Logic gates; Resistors; Semiconductor device measurement; Silicon; Substrates; Temperature measurement; Thin film transistors; DAC; DNL; INL; PECVD; PEN; a-Si:H;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Custom Integrated Circuits Conference (CICC), 2011 IEEE
Conference_Location
San Jose, CA
ISSN
0886-5930
Print_ISBN
978-1-4577-0222-8
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/CICC.2011.6055407
Filename
6055407
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