Silicon Based Flexible TFT Device Technologies (Printed Electronics and Photovoltaics Europe 2011)

Neil is the R&D Manager for Applied Materials' Flexible Electronics & Devices group at Applied's Technology Center in Alzenau, Germany and is engaged in research and development programs for touch panels, flexible solar cells and flexible TFT backplanes for the next generation of thin film electronic devices. The majority of this work is based upon the development of PECVD hardware and process development for the deposition of device quality silicon based layers. In addition Neil's group is responsible for the deposition of low defect density, ultra-low resistivity source, gate and drain contact metals and electro-optical window layers.

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