Semiconductor Nanomaterials for Flexible Technologies

CHAPTER 3

Fast Flexible ElectronicsMade from NanomembranesDerived from High-QualityWafers

Zhenqiang Ma Guoxuan Qin

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, USA

CONTENTS

Introduction

Strained silicon nanomembranes

Doping of silicon nanomembranes

Microwave thin-film transistors

Hybrid complementary thin-film transistors

Microwave flexible PIN diodes and switches

High-frequency flexible passives

References

INTRODUCTION

Flexible electronics employing organic semiconductors, amorphous and polycrystalline semiconductors have existed for many years. The organic polymer-based flexible electronics exhibit extraordinary flexibility, bendability and stretchability. Such excellent mechanical ...