Short Channel Poly-Si TFT with Single Grain Boundary by Excimer Laser Annealing on Al-masked a-Si Layer

2002 ◽  
Vol 715 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sang-Hoon Jung ◽  
Jae-Hoon Lee ◽  
Min-Koo Han
Keyword(s):  
Grain Boundary ◽  
Laser Annealing ◽  
Thin Film Transistor ◽  
High Mobility ◽  
Silicon Layer ◽  
Silicon Thin Film ◽  
Short Channel ◽  
Excimer Laser Annealing ◽  
Boundary Density ◽  
Single Grain

AbstractA short channel polycrystalline silicon thin film transistor (poly-Si TFT), which has single grain boundary in the center of channel, is reported. The reported poly-Si TFT employs lateral grain growth method through aluminum patterns, which acts as a selective beam mask and a lateral heat sink during the laser irradiation, on an amorphous silicon layer. The electrical characteristics of the proposed poly-Si TFT have been considerably improved due to grain boundary density lowered. The reported short channel poly-Si TFT with single grain boundary exhibits high mobility as 222 cm2/Vsec and large on/off current ratio exceeding 1 × 108.

Study on Light Induced Leakage Current Related to Amorphous Silicon TFT Design

2007 ◽  
Vol 124-126 ◽  
pp. 259-262
Author(s):  
Jae Hong Jeon ◽  
Kang Woong Lee
Keyword(s):  
Thin Film ◽  
Amorphous Silicon ◽  
Leakage Current ◽  
Thin Film Transistor ◽  
Silicon Layer ◽  
Gate Electrode ◽  
Silicon Thin Film ◽  
Pattern Design ◽  
Conventional Design ◽  
The One

We investigated the effect of amorphous silicon pattern design regarding to light induced leakage current in amorphous silicon thin film transistor. In addition to conventional design, where amorphous silicon layer is protruding outside the gate electrode, we designed and fabricated amorphous silicon thin film transistors in another two types of bottom gated structure. The one is that the amorphous silicon layer is located completely inside the gate electrode and the other is that the amorphous silicon layer is protruding outside the gate electrode but covered completely by the source and drain electrode. Measurement of the light induced leakage current caused by backlight revealed that the design where the amorphous silicon is located inside the gate electrode was the most effective however the last design was also effective in reducing the leakage current about one order lower than that of the conventional design.

Large Area Electronics for Flat Panel Imagers Progress and Challenges

2002 ◽  
Vol 715 ◽  
Author(s):  
J.P. Lu ◽  
K. Van Schuylenbergh ◽  
J. Ho ◽  
Y. Wang ◽  
J. B. Boyce ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Thin Film ◽  
Thin Film Transistors ◽  
Laser Annealing ◽  
Thin Film Transistor ◽  
Large Area ◽  
Flat Panel ◽  
Excimer Laser Annealing ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Flat Panel Imagers ◽  
Large Area Electronics

AbstractThe technology of large area electronics has made significant progress in recent years because of the fast maturing excimer laser annealing process. The new thin film transistors based on laser processed poly silicon provide unprecedented performance over the traditional thin film transistors using amorphous silicon. They open up the possibility of building flat panel displays and imagers with higher integration and performance. In this paper, we will review the progress of poly-Si thin film transistor technology with emphasis on imager applications. We also discuss the challenges of future improvement of flat panel imagers based on this technology.

High Performance n- and p-channel Strained Single Grain Silicon TFTs using Excimer Laser

2009 ◽  
Vol 1153 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alessandro Baiano ◽  
Ryoichi Ishihara ◽  
Kees Beenakker
Keyword(s):  
High Performance ◽  
Laser Energy ◽  
Silicon Layer ◽  
Silicon Thin Film ◽  
High Laser ◽  
High Laser Energy ◽  
Single Grain ◽  
Czochralski Process ◽  
Low Temperature Process

AbstractIn this paper we investigate the carriers mobility enhancement of the n- and p-channel single-grain silicon thin-film transistors (SG-TFTs) by μ-Czochralski process at low-temperature process (< 350 °C). The high laser energy density nearby the ablation phenomenon that completely melts the silicon layer during the crystallization is responsible for high tensile strain and good crystal quality of the silicon grains, which lead carriers mobility enhancement.

Low-Temperature Polycrystalline Silicon Thin-Film Transistors and Circuits on Flexible Substrates

MRS Bulletin ◽  
2006 ◽  
Vol 31 (6) ◽  
pp. 461-465 ◽  
Author(s):  
P.C. van der Wilt ◽  
M.G. Kane ◽  
A.B. Limanov ◽  
A.H. Firester ◽  
L. Goodman ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Excimer Laser ◽  
Laser Annealing ◽  
Defect Density ◽  
Solid Phase ◽  
Flexible Substrates ◽  
Full Potential ◽  
Laser Crystallization ◽  
Silicon Thin Film ◽  
Excimer Laser Annealing ◽  
Si Films

AbstractLow-defect-density polycrystalline Si on flexible substrates can be instrumental in realizing the full potential of macroelectronics. Direct deposition or solid-phase crystallization techniques are often incompatible with polymers and produce materials with high defect densities. Excimer-laser annealing is capable of producing films of reasonable quality directly on polymer and metallic substrates. Sequential lateral solidification (SLS) is an advanced pulsed-laser-crystallization technique capable of producing Si films on polymers with lower defect density than can be obtained via excimer-laser annealing. Circuits built directly on polymers using these SLS films show the highest performance reported to date.

Enlargement of Poly-Si Film Grain Size by Excimer Laser Annealing and Its Application to High-Performance Poly-Si Thin Film Transistor

1991 ◽  
Vol 30 (Part 1, No. 12B) ◽  
pp. 3700-3703 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hiroyuki Kuriyama ◽  
Seiichi Kiyama ◽  
Shigeru Noguchi ◽  
Takashi Kuwahara ◽  
Satoshi Ishida ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Thin Film ◽  
Grain Size ◽  
Excimer Laser ◽  
High Performance ◽  
Laser Annealing ◽  
Thin Film Transistor ◽  
Excimer Laser Annealing ◽  
Si Thin Film
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