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Active Matrix for OLED Displays

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Handbook of Visual Display Technology

Abstract

Significant progress has been made in the past decade in AMOLED displays. Various prototypes such as 40-in. TVs have been demonstrated and mass production of small size AMOLEDs started in 2007 with continuous ramping up of volume. As current driven devices, OLEDs pose tremendous challenge in finding the right active matrix backplanes. As a result, various technologies have been and continue to be investigated for driving AMOLEDs. In this chapter, active matrix for OLEDs will be discussed based on the type of backplane technologies. This is followed by several other considerations in designing the active matrix such as the type of transistors and the image sticking problem. At the end of this chapter a brief summary and outlook for future research and development will be provided.

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Abbreviations

2T1C:

2 Transistors and 1 Capacitor

AMLCD:

Active Matrix Liquid Crystal Display

AMOLED:

Active Matrix Organic Light Emitting Diode

a-Si:

Amorphous Silicon

ELA:

Excimer Laser Annealing

LTPS:

Low Temperature Poly-Silicon

MIC:

Metal Induced Crystallization

PECVD:

Plasma Enhanced Chemical Vapor Deposition

RTA:

Rapid Thermal Annealing

SLS:

Sequential Lateral Solidification

SPC:

Solid Phase Crystallization

TFT:

Thin Film Transistor

μc-Si:

Microcrystalline Silicon

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  1. Universal Display Corporation, Ewing, NJ, USA

    Ruiqing Ma

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  1. Industrial Technology Research Institute, Hsinchu, Taiwan

    Janglin Chen

  2. Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham, UK

    Wayne Cranton

  3. Veritas et Visus, Texas, USA

    Mark Fihn

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Ma, R. (2012). Active Matrix for OLED Displays. In: Chen, J., Cranton, W., Fihn, M. (eds) Handbook of Visual Display Technology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-79567-4_80

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