Effects of various gate materials on electrical degradation of a-Si:H TFT in industrial display application

Ching Yuan Ho; Yaw Jen Chang

doi:10.1016/j.sse.2015.10.006

Effects of various gate materials on electrical degradation of a-Si:H TFT in industrial display application

Ching Yuan Ho, Yaw Jen Chang

Department of Mechanical Engineering

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Both aluminum (Al) and copper (Cu), acting as transmission lines in the hydrogenated amorphous silicon of a thin film transistor (a-Si:H TFT), were studied to investigate electrical degradation including electron-migration (EM) and threshold voltage (V_t) stability and recovery performance. Under long-term current stress, the Cu material exhibited excellent resistance to EM properties, but a passivated SiN_x crack was observed due to fast heat conductivity. By applying electrical stress on the gate and drain for 5 × 10⁴ s, the power-law time dependency of the threshold voltage shift (ΔV_t) indicated that the defective state creation dominated the TFT device's instability. The presence of drain stress increased the overall ΔV_t because the high longitudinal field induced impact ionization and then, enhanced hot-carrier-induced electron trapping within the gate SiN_x dielectric. An annealing effect prompted a stressed a-Si:H TFT back to virgin status. This study proposes better ΔV_t stability and excellent resistance against electron-migration in a Cu gate device which can be considered as a candidate for a transmission line on prolonged TFT applications.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	130-134
Number of pages	5
Journal	Solid-State Electronics
Volume	116
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sse.2015.10.006
Publication status	Published - 2016 Feb

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Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
Condensed Matter Physics
Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Materials Chemistry

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Effects of various gate materials on electrical degradation of a-Si:H TFT in industrial display application

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