Title :
Placement Optimization of Flexible TFT Digital Circuits
Author :
Liu, Chester ; Ma, En-Hua ; Wei, Wen-En ; Li, James Chien-Mo ; Cheng, I-Chun ; Yeh, Yung-Hui
Author_Institution :
Nat. Taiwan Univ., Taipei, Taiwan
Abstract :
Mechanical strain significantly affects thin-film transistor (TFT) device mobility; thus, strain awareness is indispensable to flexible TFT circuit design. This article presents a strain-aware placement technique to enhance TFT logic circuit performance in the presence of mechanical stress.
Keywords :
internal stresses; logic circuits; logic design; semiconductor device manufacture; thin film transistors; TFT logic circuit; flexible TFT circuit design; flexible TFT digital circuits; mechanical strain; mechanical stress; placement optimization; strain awareness; strain-aware placement technique; thin-film transistor cicruit; Logic gates; Organic thin film transistors; Strain measurement; Thin film transistors; Transistors; design and test; digital circuits; flexible TFT; placement optimization;
Journal_Title :
Design & Test of Computers, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/MDT.2011.92
