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

doi:10.1109/55.644086

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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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 language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	609-612
Number of pages	4
Journal	IEEE Electron Device Letters
Volume	18
Issue number	12
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/55.644086
State	Published - Dec 1997

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Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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