Integration of organic LED's and amorphous Si TFT's onto flexible and lightweight metal foil substrates

C. C. Wu, S. D. Theiss, G. Gu, M. H. Lu, J. C. Sturm, S. Wagner, S. R. Forrest

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Abstract

We report the integration of organic light emitting devices (OLED's) and amorphous Si (a-Si) thin-film transistors (TFT's) on both glass, and unbreakable and lightweight thin stainless steel foil substrates. The doped-polymer OLED's were built following fabrication of driver TFT's in a stacked structure. Due to the opacity of the steel substrate, top-emitting OLED structures were developed. It is shown that the a-Si TFT's provide adequate current levels to drive the OLED's at video brightness (∼100 cd/m2). This work demonstrates that lightweight and rugged TFT backplanes with integrated OLED's are essential elements for robust and highly portable active-matrix emissive flat-panel displays.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)609-612
Number of pages4
JournalIEEE Electron Device Letters
Volume18
Issue number12
DOIs
StatePublished - Dec 1997

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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