1. AMORPHOUS FILM MICROSTRUCTURE AND ITS DEVICE APPLICATIONS: STRAIN SENSOR, MICROBOLOMETER, THIN FILM TRANSISTOR AND SOLAR CELL Open Access Author: Shin, Hang-beum Title: AMORPHOUS FILM MICROSTRUCTURE AND ITS DEVICE APPLICATIONS: STRAIN SENSOR, MICROBOLOMETER, THIN FILM TRANSISTOR AND SOLAR CELL Graduate Program: Electrical Engineering Keywords: hydrogenated amorphous siliconPECVDautonomous powered circuituncooled IR microbolometerstrain sensor arraythin film transistorflexible substrateTCAD simulationhigh TCR1/f noisenormalized Hooge parametersputtered germaniumZnO TFTa-Si:H solar cellcircuituncooled IR microbolometer File: Download Thesis_HB_20120515.pdf Committee Members: Thomas Nelson Jackson, Dissertation Advisor/Co-AdvisorThomas Nelson Jackson, Committee Chair/Co-ChairJoan Marie Redwing, Committee MemberSrinivas A Tadigadapa, Committee MemberMark William Horn, Committee Member