Abstract
Amorphous InGaZnO (a
IGZO) thin film transistors (TFTs) with different annealing temperatures (200 3 5 0 °C ) were
fabricated intentionally by radio frequency magnetron sputtering. The instability of a IGZO TFTs was described by
density of states (DOS) based on the experimentally obtained activation energy ( E A ) in temperature stress studies and it
was used to optimize the annealing conditions for a IGZO TFTs. It was of in terest to note that under annealing at 300 °C in air,
the performance and stability of a IGZO TFTs was improved significantly by increasing the annealing time to 110 min . The
a IGZO TFT annealed at 300 °C for 110 min with a field effect mobility of 5.78 cm 2 /Vs, a threshold voltage of 3.51 V, a higher
on/off current ratio of 3 × 1 0 6 and a smaller subthreshold swing of 0.15 V/decade is very promising for driving devices in flat
panel displays..
Keywords
InGaZnO TFTs, Temperature stress studies, Density of states.
Citation
CUNPING QIN, JUN YANG, BOWEN WANG, TAO XU, XINGWEI DING, Optimization of annealing conditions in air for InGaZnO thin film transistors by temperature stress studies, Optoelectronics and Advanced Materials - Rapid Communications, 12, 7-8, July-August 2018, pp.407-412 (2018).
Submitted at: Dec. 1, 2017
Accepted at: Aug. 9, 2018