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The performance of organic thin-film transistors (OTFT's) has improved
significantly in the last several years and it now appears likely tha
t they will find application in low-cost large-area electronic applica
tions, Active-matrix displays are of special interest and integration
of OTFT's with organic light-emitting devices (OLED's) in all-organic
displays is particularly attractive, The device requirements for activ
e-matrix OLED displays are very similar to those of active-matrix liqu
id-crystal displays (AMLCD's) and can be satisfied with OTFT's fabrica
ted using stacked pentacene active layers. Such devices have demonstra
ted held-effect mobility near 1.5 cm(2)/V.s, on/off current ratio near
10(8), near-zero threshold voltage, and subthreshold slope less than
1.6 V/decade, These characteristics are similar to those obtained with
hydrogenated amorphous silicon (a-Si:H) devices and such devices woul
d allow the use of polymeric substrates with advantages in weight, rug
gedness, and cost compared to glass substrates currently used with a-S
i:H devices in AMLCD's.