Abstract:
Various examples are provided for ambipolar vertical field effect transistors (VFETs). In one example, among others, an ambipolar VFET includes a gate layer; a source layer that is electrically percolating and perforated; a dielectric layer; a drain layer; and a semiconducting channel layer. The semiconducting channel layer is in contact with at least a portion of the source layer and at least a portion of the dielectric layer and the source layer and the semiconducting channel layer form a gate voltage tunable charge injection barrier. Another example includes an ambipolar vertical field effect transistor including a dielectric surface treatment layer. The semiconducting channel layer is in contact with at least a portion of the source layer and at least a portion of the dielectric surface treatment layer and where the source layer and the semiconducting channel layer form a gate voltage tunable charge injection barrier.
Abstract:
Various embodiments are provided for dilute source enabled vertical organic light emitting transistors. In various embodiments, a display panel includes an array of pixels. In one embodiment, among others, at least one pixel includes a switching transistor and a driving transistor coupled to the switching transistor, where the driving transistor is configured to emit light responsive to activation by the switching transistor. The driving transistor may be a dilute source enabled vertical organic light emitting transistor (DS- VOLET). The switching transistor may include a dilute source enabled vertical-field effect transistor (DS-VFET). In another embodiment, a double dilute source enabled vertical-field effect transistor (DS-VFET) includes a first DS-VFET coupled to a second DS-VFET.
Abstract:
Various examples are provided for brightness compensation in a display. In one example, a method includes identifying an IR voltage drop effect on a pixel supplied by a supply voltage line and generating a brightness signal for the pixel based at least in part on the IR voltage drop effect. In another example, a method includes calculating values of IR voltage drop corresponding to pixels fed by a common supply voltage line and providing a data line signal to each pixel that compensates for the IR voltage drop. In another example, a display device includes a matrix of pixels and a brightness controller configured to determine an IR voltage drop effect on a pixel of the matrix and generate a brightness signal for the pixel based at least in part on the IR voltage drop effect and a temporal average pixel brightness within one refreshing cycle associated with the pixel.
Abstract:
Embodiments of the invention relate to vertical field effect transistor that is a light emitting transistor. The light emitting transistor incorporates a gate electrode for providing a gate field, a first electrode comprising a dilute nanotube network for injecting a charge, a second electrode for injecting a complementary charge, and an electroluminescent semiconductor layer disposed intermediate the nanotube network and the electron injecting layer. The charge injection is modulated by the gate field. The holes and electrons, combine to form photons, thereby causing the electroluminescent semiconductor layer to emit visible light. In other embodiments of the invention a vertical field effect transistor that employs an electrode comprising a conductive material with a low density of states such that the transistors contact barrier modulation comprises barrier height lowering of the Schottky contact between the electrode with a low density of states and the adjacent semiconductor by a Fermi level shift.