Polysilicon Source-Gated Transistors for Mixed-Signal Systems-on-Panel
Author(s) -
Radu A. Sporea,
Xiaojun Guo,
J. M. Shan,
S. Ravi P. Silva
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
ecs transactions
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.235
H-Index - 52
eISSN - 1938-6737
pISSN - 1938-5862
DOI - 10.1149/1.3481265
Subject(s) - transistor , electronic circuit , electronics , analogue electronics , field effect transistor , voltage , electrical engineering , materials science , electronic engineering , computer science , optoelectronics , engineering
The performance benefits of using source-gated transistors (SGTs) in analog large-area electronic circuits are examined practically and via numerical simulations. In current mirror circuits made using thin-film technology, significant advantages are observed for SGT implementations. A comparison of current mirrors implemented with standard field effect transistors (FETs) and SGTs shows that the SGT version can operate at a lower voltage and has larger output dynamic range for a given device geometry. The results are explained in relation to the saturation mechanisms of the SGT and are supported by experimental measurements of polysilicon devices
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