Abstract

Top gate a-InGaZnO (IGZO) thin-film transistors (TFTs) annealed at high temperature show excellent initial current–voltage (I–V) characteristics. However, when they are exposed to positive gate bias for a long time, hump can occur in the subthreshold region. This abnormal hump is accelerated at a higher positive gate voltage and mitigate by a negative gate voltage. While the strength of the hump is irrelevant to a change in channel width, it relies significantly on channel length. This phenomenon might be due to mobile Na ions diffused from a glass substrate migrating toward the back and edge side of the IGZO semiconductor by a vertical gate electric field. When a layer of Al2O3 is formed between the IGZO semiconductor and the glass substrate, the hump phenomenon could be successfully solved by serving as a barrier for Na ions moving into the IGZO.

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Title
Investigating an abnormal hump phenomenon in top gate a-InGaZnO thin-film transistors due to mobile sodium diffusion
Author
Park, So Hee 1 ; Kim, Min Young 1 ; Kim, Hyeong Wook 1 ; Oh, Changyong 2 ; Lee, Hyeong Keun 3 ; Kim, Bo Sung 4 

 Korea University, Department of Applied Physics, Sejong, Republic of Korea (GRID:grid.222754.4) (ISNI:0000 0001 0840 2678) 
 Korea University, Department of Applied Physics, Sejong, Republic of Korea (GRID:grid.222754.4) (ISNI:0000 0001 0840 2678); Korea University, E·ICT-Culture·Sports Track, Sejong, Republic of Korea (GRID:grid.222754.4) (ISNI:0000 0001 0840 2678) 
 Korea University, Division of Display and Semiconductor Physics, Sejong, Republic of Korea (GRID:grid.222754.4) (ISNI:0000 0001 0840 2678) 
 Korea University, Department of Applied Physics, Sejong, Republic of Korea (GRID:grid.222754.4) (ISNI:0000 0001 0840 2678); Korea University, E·ICT-Culture·Sports Track, Sejong, Republic of Korea (GRID:grid.222754.4) (ISNI:0000 0001 0840 2678); Korea University, Division of Display and Semiconductor Physics, Sejong, Republic of Korea (GRID:grid.222754.4) (ISNI:0000 0001 0840 2678) 
Pages
13714
Publication year
2023
Publication date
2023
Publisher
Nature Publishing Group
e-ISSN
20452322
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
2854688497
Copyright
© The Author(s) 2023. This work is published under http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (the “License”). Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and Conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License.