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Comprehensive Review

Technological Innovation of Thin-Film Transistors: Technology Development, History, and Future

Yoshitaka Yamamoto

(Received February 27, 2012; accepted April 1, 2012; published online May 18, 2012)

The scale of the liquid crystal display industry has expanded rapidly, driven by technological innovations for thin-film transistors (TFTs). The TFT technology, which started from amorphous silicon (a-Si), has produced large TVs, and low-temperature polycrystalline silicon (poly-Si) has become a core technology for small displays, such as mobile phones. Recently, various TFT technological seeds have been realized, indicating that new information appliances that match new lifestyles and information infrastructures will be available in the near future. In this article, I review the history of TFT technology and discuss the future of TFT technological development from the technological innovation viewpoint.

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DOI: 10.1143/JJAP.51.060001

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