The Characteristics of Amorphous-Oxide-Semiconductor Thin-Film-Transistors According to the Active-Layer Structure

국문 초록 (Abstract)

비정질 인듐-갈륨-아연 산화물 박막트랜지스터를 모델링 하여서, 능동층의 구조, 두께, 평형상태의 전자밀도 에 대응하는 박막트랜지스터의 특성을 연구하였다. 단일 능동층 박막트랜지스터의 경우, 능동층이 얇을 때 높은 전계 효과이동도를 보였다. 문턱전압의 절대값은 능동층의 두께가 20 nm일 때 최저치를 보였으며, 문턱전압이하 기울기는 두께에 대한 의존성을 보이지 않았다. 복층구조 능동층의 경우, 하부의 능동층이 높은 평형상태 전자밀도를 가질 때 보다 우수한 스위칭 특성을 보였다. 이 경우에도 능동층의 두께가 얇을 때에 높은 전계효과 이동도를 보였다. 높은 평형상태 전자밀도의 능동층의 두께를 증가시키면 문턱전압은 음의 방향으로 이동하였다. 문턱전압이하 기울기는 능 동층의 구조에 대하여 특별한 의존성을 보이지 않았다. 이상과 같은 데이터는 산화물반도체 박막트랜지스터 능동층의 구조, 두께, 도핑비율을 최적화함에 효과적으로 사용될 것으로 기대된다.

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

Amorphous indium-gallium-zinc-oxide thin-film-transistors (TFTs) were modeled successfully. Dependence of TFT characteristics on structure, thickness, and equilibrium electron-density of the active layer was studied. For mono-active-layer TFTs, a thinner active layer had higher field-effect mobility. Threshold voltage showed the smallest absolute value for the 20 nm active-layer. Subthreshold swing showed almost no dependence on active-layer thickness. For the double-active-layer case, better switching performances were obtained for TFTs with bottom active layers with higher equilibrium electron density. TFTs with thinner active layers had higher mobility. Threshold voltage shifted in the minus direction as a function of the increase in the thickness of the layer with higher equilibrium electron-density. Subthreshold swing showed almost no dependence on active-layer structure. These data will be useful in optimizing the structure, the thickness, and the doping ratio of the active layers of oxide-semiconductor TFTs.

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