作者: Keisuke Ide , Yutomo Kikuchi , Kenji Nomura , Mutsumi Kimura , Toshio Kamiya
DOI: 10.1063/1.3633100
关键词: Threshold voltage 、 Bistability 、 Annealing (metallurgy) 、 Optoelectronics 、 Subthreshold conduction 、 Crystallographic defect 、 Amorphous solid 、 Materials science 、 Transistor 、 Thin-film transistor
摘要: Operation characteristics of amorphous In-Ga-Zn-O (a-IGZO) thin-film transistors (TFTs) were improved to a subthreshold voltage swing (S) of 217 mV (decade)− 1, a mobility of∼ 11.4 cm2 (Vs)− 1, and a threshold voltage (Vth) of 0.1 V by O3 annealing at a temperature as low as 150° C. However, the O3 annealing at 300° C caused serious deterioration and exhibited a bistable transition between a large S state and a large Vth state. This transition is attributed to incorporation of excess oxygen and associated subgap defects with a negative-U …