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Passivation and Annealing for Improved Stability of High Performance IGZO TFTs

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 October 2014

T. Mudgal ,
N. Walsh ,
R.G. Manley  and
K.D. Hirschman
T. Mudgal
Affiliation:
Electrical & Microelectronic Engineering Department Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, New York, 14623, USA
N. Walsh
Affiliation:
Electrical & Microelectronic Engineering Department Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, New York, 14623, USA
R.G. Manley
Affiliation:
Corning Incorporated, Science and Technology, Corning, New York, 14870, USA
K.D. Hirschman
Affiliation:
Electrical & Microelectronic Engineering Department Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, New York, 14623, USA
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Abstract

The influence of annealing ambient conditions and deposited passivation materials on indium-gallium-zinc-oxide (IGZO) thin-film transistor (TFT) performance is investigated. Results from annealing experiments confirm that a nominal exposure to oxidizing ambient conditions is required, which is a function of temperature, time and gas environment. Nitrogen anneal with a controlled air ramp-down provided the best performance devices with a mobility (µsat) of 11-13 cm2/V·s and subthreshold slope (SS) of 135-200 mV/dec, with some hysteresis. Plasma-deposited passivation materials including sputtered quartz and PECVD SiO2 demonstrated a significant increase in material conductivity, which was not significantly reversible by an oxidizing ambient anneal. E-beam evaporated Al2O3 passivated devices that were annealed in air at 400 °C demonstrated improved stability over time and suppressed hysteresis in comparison to unpassivated devices. Devices which were passivated with B-staged bisbenzocyclobutene-based (BCB) resins and annealed in air at 250 °C also exhibited suppressed hysteresis.

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oxidethin filmpassivation
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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 1692: Symposium CC – New Materials and Processes for Interconnects, Novel Memory and Advanced Display Technologies , 2014 , mrss14-1692-cc12-02
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2014 

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