Chinese Journal of Liquid Crystals and Displays, Volume. 37, Issue 8, 948(2022)
Research progress of flexible thin film transistors for E-paper
Fig. 1. Electronic paper display driven by OTFT on PI substrate.(a) Cross-section of one pixel;(b) Electrophoretic display bent to a curvature radius of about 1 cm[12].
Fig. 2. TFT performance. (a) Output characteristics of TFT on PET (L=10 µm,W=240 µm); (b) Uniformity of 100 TFT ON and OFF currents across a 60 × 80 active-matrix array[14].
Fig. 3. (a) Photograph of flexible display in operation while being bent to a radius of curvature of 5 mm; (b) TFT performance before and after flexing to a radius of curvature of 5 mm[14].
Fig. 4. (a) Transfer characteristics of polymer TFT; (b) Change of the on-current and off-current as function of exposure time to air[15].
Fig. 5. (a) On current,off current,and on/off ratio characteristics measured from 250 polymer OTFTs; (b) Threshold voltage and mobility variation measured from 250 polymer OTFTs[18].
Fig. 6. Simulated transfer characteristics of the OTFTs in BCBG structure (a) and BCTG structure (b)[19]
Fig. 7. Simulated gate drain parasitic capacitance (Cgd)as a function of Vgd.(a) BCBG structure; (b) BCTG structure[19].
Fig. 8. Transfer curves of U-type dual TFT(a) and dual-gate TFT (b) on a metal foil[23]
Fig. 9. Initial (Gray curves),heat treatment (Blue curves),and bias-temperature stress (Red curves)characteristics of a-Si∶H TFTs fabricated on stainless steel substrate at 250 ℃[24].
Fig. 10. (a)Transfer characteristics of an a-Si TFT on a plastic film before and after an environmental test at 85 ℃ and relative humidity of 85%; (b)Transfer characteristics of pixel TFT measured before and after 100 000 times bending test with r=5 mm[25].
Fig. 11. (a) Structure of conventional color electronic paper;(b) Novel “front drive” structure[28].
Fig. 12. Transmission spectra of each subpixel with and without transparent TFT[28]
Fig. 15. (a) Transfer characteristic curves,measured 10 times without gate bias stress; (b) Output characteristic curves[33].
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Zhi-wen GAO, Wei XU, Ri-hui YAO, Xiao-qin WEI, Jin-yao ZHONG, Yue-xin YANG, Xiao FU, Tai-jiang LIU, Hong-long NING, Jun-biao PENG. Research progress of flexible thin film transistors for E-paper[J]. Chinese Journal of Liquid Crystals and Displays, 2022, 37(8): 948
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Received: Mar. 30, 2022
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Published Online: Aug. 15, 2022
The Author Email: Hong-long NING (ninghl@scut.edu.cn)