Mechanism of Non-Ideal Transfer Characteristic at Low Drain Voltage in Metal-Capped Amorphous Oxide Thin Film Transistor
- Authors
- Lee, Ji Ye; Lee, Sang Yeol
- Issue Date
- Feb-2022
- Publisher
- Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
- Keywords
- amorphous oxide semiconductor; Electric variables; Electrodes; Electron devices; hump phenomenon.; metal capping; Metals; Semiconductor device measurement; Stress; Thin film transistors; thin-film transistor
- Citation
- IEEE Journal of the Electron Devices Society, v.10, pp.40 - 44
- Journal Title
- IEEE Journal of the Electron Devices Society
- Volume
- 10
- Start Page
- 40
- End Page
- 44
- URI
- https://scholarworks.bwise.kr/gachon/handle/2020.sw.gachon/83828
- DOI
- 10.1109/JEDS.2021.3130586
- ISSN
- 2168-6734
- Abstract
- Issues of amorphous oxide semiconductors (AOSs) thin-film transistors (TFTs) mainly focus on improving electrical performance and stability. Currently, the hump, the abnormal transfer characteristic, is also an essential factor of AOSs TFT. The hump phenomenon was observed for AOS-TFTs with a metal capping (MC) layer under various measurement conditions. The mobility in the MC TFT was improved from 14.8 cm/Vs to 19.2 cm2/Vs compared to that of the conventional TFTs. The improved electrical characteristics in the MC structure are representative of the carrier injection effect and the change of the current path. This reason reveals that the MC structure has a hump phenomenon under the low drain to source voltage (VDS). The hump characteristic does not significantly affect the overall MC TFT characteristics (transfer characteristic, improved electrical characteristics through MC structure, etc.). In addition, it was confirmed that it exhibits very stable hump characteristics through repeated measurements and uniformity. It was found that two current paths are formed mainly due to carrier injection from the metal capping layer in the hump phenomenon observed at low VDS. These divided current paths can lead to two on-currents (Ion) in the transfer curve. Many studies have recently been conducted to fabricate semiconductor devices with multi-values such as 0, 1, and 2. This divided current path could propose a simple method to achieve multi-values with an easy process. Author
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