Thin Film Transistors with High Mobility and High Threshold Voltage Stability Made Using Hot Wire Chemical Vapor Deposition

2006 ◽  
Vol 45 (5B) ◽  
pp. 4309-4312 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ruud E. I. Schropp
Keyword(s):  
Thin Film ◽  
Chemical Vapor Deposition ◽  
Threshold Voltage ◽  
Vapor Deposition ◽  
Thin Film Transistors ◽  
Voltage Stability ◽  
High Mobility ◽  
Chemical Vapor ◽  
High Threshold ◽  
Hot Wire

Thin-film transistors deposited by hot-wire chemical vapor deposition

2003 ◽  
Vol 430 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 220-225 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. Stannowski ◽  
J.K. Rath ◽  
R.E.I. Schropp
Keyword(s):  
Thin Film ◽  
Chemical Vapor Deposition ◽  
Vapor Deposition ◽  
Thin Film Transistors ◽  
Chemical Vapor ◽  
Hot Wire

Hot-wire CVD a-Si:H TFT on Plastic Substrates

2006 ◽  
Vol 910 ◽  
Author(s):  
Farhad Taghibakhsh ◽  
K.S. Karim
Keyword(s):  
Thin Film ◽  
Chemical Vapor Deposition ◽  
Amorphous Silicon ◽  
Vapor Deposition ◽  
Thin Film Transistors ◽  
Gate Dielectric ◽  
Chemical Vapor ◽  
Plastic Substrate ◽  
Hot Wire ◽  
Low Leakage

AbstractFabrication of hot-wire chemical vapor deposition (HWCVD) of amorphous silicon (a-Si) thin film transistors (TFT) on thin polyamide sheets is reported. A single graphite filament at 1500 °C was used for HWCVD and device quality amorphous silicon films were deposited with no thermal damage to plastic substrate. Top-gate staggered thin film transistors (TFTs) were fabricated at 150°C using hot-wire deposited a-Si channel, Plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition (PECVD) silicon nitride gate dielectric, and microcrystalline n+ drain/source contacts. Low leakage current of 5×10-13 A, high switching current ratio of 1.3×107, and small sub threshold swing of 0.3 V/dec was obtained for TFTs with aspect ratio of 1300μm/100μm. The field effect mobility was extracted to be 0.34 cm2/V.s.

scholarly journals A Comparison between Thin-Film Transistors Deposited by Hot-Wire Chemical Vapor Deposition and PECVD

10.30544/128 ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
pp. 7-14
Author(s):  
Meysam Zarchi ◽  
Shahrokh Ahangarani
Keyword(s):  
Thin Film ◽  
Chemical Vapor Deposition ◽  
Amorphous Silicon ◽  
Vapor Deposition ◽  
Thin Film Transistors ◽  
Chemical Vapor ◽  
Silicon Films ◽  
Intrinsic Stress ◽  
Hot Wire ◽  
Microcrystalline Silicon

The effect of new growth techniques on the mobility and stability of amorphous silicon (a-Si:H) thin film transistors (TFTs) has been studied. It was suggested that the key parameter controlling the field-effect mobility and stability is the intrinsic stress in the a-Si:H layer. Amorphous and microcrystalline silicon films were deposited by radiofrequency plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition (RF-PECVD) and hot-wire chemical vapor deposition (HW-CVD) at 100 ºC and 25 ºC. Structural properties of these films were measured by Raman Spectroscopy. Electronic properties were measured by dark conductivity, σd, and photoconductivity, σph. For amorphous silicon films deposited by RF-PECVD on PET, photosensitivity's of >105 were obtained at both 100 º C and 25 ºC. For amorphous silicon films deposited by HW-CVD, a photosensitivity of > 105 was obtained at 100 ºC. Microcrystalline silicon films deposited by HW-CVD at 95% hydrogen dilution show σph~ 10-4 Ω-1cm-1, while maintaining a photosensitivity of ~102 at both 100 ºC and 25 ºC. Microcrystalline silicon films with a large crystalline fraction (> 50%) can be deposited by HW-CVD all the way down to room temperature.

Thin-Film Transistors based on Hot-Wire Amorphous Silicon on Silicon Nitride

1999 ◽  
Vol 557 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. Stannowski ◽  
H. Meiling ◽  
A. M. Brockhoff ◽  
R. E. I. Schropp
Keyword(s):  
Thin Film ◽  
Chemical Vapor Deposition ◽  
Silicon Nitride ◽  
Glow Discharge ◽  
Silicon Dioxide ◽  
Amorphous Silicon ◽  
Vapor Deposition ◽  
Thin Film Transistors ◽  
Chemical Vapor ◽  
Hot Wire

AbstractWe present state-of-the-art thin-film transistors (TFTs) incorporating amorphous silicon i-layers deposited by hot-wire chemical vapor deposition. The TFTs are deposited on glow-discharge silicon nitride as well as on thermally-grown silicon dioxide. The devices on silicon nitride have a field-effect mobility above 0.7 cm2/Vs, a threshold voltage around 2 V and a sub-threshold slope as low as 0.5 V/dec. As commonly observed, the TFTs on silicon-dioxide have higher values for the threshold voltage and the sub-threshold slope. In the annealed state the hot-wire TFTs show almost the same properties as TFTs deposited by conventional plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition. Nevertheless, the stress-time dependent behavior under prolonged gate-voltage stress at elevated temperature is different from that of the glow-discharge devices. The hot-wire TFTs are clearly more stable than their glow-discharge counterparts. Furthermore, we found differences in the stress behavior of the hot-wire TFTs deposited on silicon nitride and silicon dioxide.

Towards an All-Hot-Wire TFT: Silicon Nitride and amorphous Silicon deposited by Hot-Wire Chemical Vapor Deposition

2001 ◽  
Vol 664 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. Stannowski ◽  
M.K. van Veen ◽  
R.E.I. Schropp
Keyword(s):  
Thin Film ◽  
Chemical Vapor Deposition ◽  
Silicon Nitride ◽  
Electrical Properties ◽  
Substrate Temperature ◽  
Amorphous Silicon ◽  
Vapor Deposition ◽  
Thin Film Transistors ◽  
Chemical Vapor ◽  
Hot Wire

ABSTRACTWe present thin-film transistors with both amorphous silicon and silicon nitride deposited by hot-wire chemical vapor deposition. Hot-wire amorphous silicon with good electrical properties was deposited from the decomposition of silane at a substrate temperature of 250°C. For Hot-wire silicon nitride we used silane and ammonia at a substrate temperature of 340°C. In this paper we address structural and electrical properties of this material. A high ammonia flow results in porous films that exhibit post-deposition oxidation. By limiting the ammonia/silane ratio to 30, compact layers with a hydrogen content of only 10 at.% and a refractive index of 1.95 are obtained. Using this layer as gate dielectric results in thin-film transistors with good switching behavior and a field-effect mobility of 0.3 cm2/Vs.

Improved mobility of amorphous silicon thin-film transistors deposited by hot-wire chemical vapor deposition on glass substrates

1997 ◽  
Vol 70 (20) ◽  
pp. 2714-2716 ◽  
Author(s):  
V. Chu ◽  
J. Jarego ◽  
H. Silva ◽  
T. Silva ◽  
M. Reissner ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Thin Film ◽  
Chemical Vapor Deposition ◽  
Amorphous Silicon ◽  
Vapor Deposition ◽  
Thin Film Transistors ◽  
Chemical Vapor ◽  
Hot Wire ◽  
Silicon Thin Film ◽  
Glass Substrates
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