Patent ID: 7102605
Filing Date: 2006-09-05
Classification: B82Y,G02F,G09G,G11C,H01L

Abstract:
1. An active matrix backplane used within a display, comprising: a plurality of pixels; a plurality of column transistors, wherein a column transistor within said plurality of column transistors applies a voltage across a subset of a plurality of pixel transistors; and/or a plurality of row transistors, wherein at least two row transistors within said plurality of row transistors turns a corresponding pixel transistor on and off; and a plurality of pixel transistors, wherein a pixel transistor within said plurality of pixel transistors controls a corresponding pixel within said plurality of pixels, wherein each pixel transistor within said plurality of pixel transistors, each column transistor within said plurality of column transistors and each row transistor within said plurality of row transistors are nanowire transistors comprising a plurality of nanowires extending between a first source electrode and a first drain electrode of the transistor, wherein the nanowires include a core made of a first material and a shell layer made of a second material disposed about said core, wherein said first material is compositionally different from said second material, and wherein each nanowire transistor comprises an average number of nanowires sufficient to at least charge and discharge a pixel at a desired rate.