Amorphous Silicon Thinfilm Transistors

Over the last decade there have been major advances in the characterization of amorphous silicon for use in solar cells, TFT liquid crystal displays, photodetectors, LEDs and xerographic devices.

Authors: Bindal, Ahmet, Hamedi-Hagh, Sotoudeh
Describes Silicon Nanowire (SNW) Transistors, as vertically constructed MOS n and p-channel transistors, with low static and dynamic power consumption and small layout footprint;
Targets System-on-Chip (SoC) design, supporting very high transistor count (ULSI), minimal power consumption requiring inexpensive substrates for packaging;
Enables fabrication of different types of memory on the same chip, such as capacitive cells and transistors with floating gates that can be used as DRAMs and Flash memories