Investigation of the low field leakage current mechanism in polysilicon TFT's

被引:21
作者
Lui, OKB [1 ]
Quinn, MJ
Tam, SWB
Brown, TM
Migliorato, P
Ohshima, H
机构
[1] Univ Cambridge, Dept Engn, Cambridge CB2 1PZ, England
[2] Seiko Epson Corp, Base Technol Res Ctr, Nagano, Japan
关键词
degradation; density-of-states; device modeling; laser recrystallization; leakage current; polysilicon TFT's; 2-D simulation;
D O I
10.1109/16.658833
中图分类号
TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
学科分类号
0808 ; 0809 ;
摘要
Following extensive characterization and simulation of the behavior of low-temperature laser recrystallized polysilicon thin-film transistors (TFT's), we propose a low field leakage current mechanism which explains to a good degree of accuracy at a low drain to source voltage (V-DS) the dependence of the leakage current on the device's active layer thickness, density-of-states (DOS), bias-stress degradation and active layer length.
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页码:213 / 217
页数:5
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