Complementary inverter based on ZnO thin-film transistors

Dunan Hu; Genyuan Yu; Ruqi Yang; Honglie Lin; Jianguo Lu

doi:10.1088/1674-4926/24090040

Journal of Semiconductors, Volume. 46, Issue 6, 062303(2025)

Complementary inverter based on ZnO thin-film transistors

Dunan Hu¹, Genyuan Yu^2、*, Ruqi Yang¹, Honglie Lin¹, and Jianguo Lu^1、**

¹State Key Laboratory of Silicon and Advanced Semiconductor Materials, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China

²Hebei Semiconductor Research Institute, Shijiazhuang 050051, China

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Category: Research Articles

Received: Sep. 21, 2024

Accepted: --

Published Online: Jun. 30, 2025

The Author Email: Genyuan Yu (GYYu), Jianguo Lu (JGLu)

DOI:10.1088/1674-4926/24090040

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