Flexible liquid crystal displays driven by organic thin film transistors on polymeric substrates

Author

Sheraw, C.D. ; Zhou, L. ; Huang, J.R. ; Jia, L. ; Nichols, J.A. ; Kuo, C.C. ; Gundlach, D.J. ; Jackson, T.N. ; Kane, M.G. ; Hill, I.G. ; Hammond, M.S. ; Campi, J. ; Greening, B.K. ; Francl, J. ; West, J.

Author_Institution

Center for Thin Film. Devices, Pennsylvania State Univ., University Park, PA, USA

fYear

2001

fDate

25-27 June 2001

Firstpage

181

Lastpage

182

Abstract

Organic thin film transistors (OTFTs) have become very attractive for a variety of low-cost electronic applications such as smart cards, RF identification tags and flat panel displays. OTFTs have the inherent advantage that they can be processed at much lower temperatures than a-Si:H and poly-Si TFTs, making them compatible with inexpensive, lightweight, and flexible polymeric substrates. The integration of OTFTs with organic light emitting diodes or liquid crystals on polymeric substrates allows flexible active matrix displays. Recently, researchers at Philips Research Laboratories reported the first OTFT-driven liquid crystal display on a glass substrate. The authors report the first active matrix liquid crystal display fabricated using OTFTs on a flexible polymeric substrate.

Keywords

flat panel displays; liquid crystal displays; organic semiconductors; polymer dispersed liquid crystals; polymers; thin film transistors; OTFT-driven liquid crystal display; OTFTs; flat panel displays; flexible active matrix displays; flexible liquid crystal displays; flexible polymeric substrate; flexible polymeric substrates; liquid crystals; organic thin film transistors; polymer-dispersed liquid crystals; polymeric substrates; Active matrix liquid crystal displays; Flat panel displays; Liquid crystal displays; Liquid crystal polymers; Organic light emitting diodes; Organic thin film transistors; Radio frequency; Smart cards; Substrates; Thin film transistors;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Device Research Conference, 2001

Conference_Location

Notre Dame, IN, USA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7014-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/DRC.2001.937923

Filename

937923