CHARACTERISTICS OF POLYCRYSTALLINE-SI THIN-FILM TRANSISTORS FABRICATED BY EXCIMER-LASER ANNEALING METHOD

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KUBO, N [1 ]
KUSUMOTO, N [1 ]
INUSHIMA, T [1 ]
YAMAZAKI, S [1 ]
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[1] GIANT ELECTR TECHNOL CORP,TOKYO 103,JAPAN
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10.1109/16.324604
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TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
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0808 ; 0809 ;
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The electrical characteristics of excimer laser annealed (ELA) polycrystalline-Si thin film transistors (poly-Si TFT's) were investigated. These results were compared to those of poly-Si TFT fabricated by solid phase crystallization (SPC). From the temperature dependence of the drain current, the activation energies of n-type poly-Si TFT's were obtained. The activation energies have negative values under the gate voltage from 0 to 5 V. The negative activation energy together with small threshold voltage (V(th)) are the main characteristics of ELA poly-Si TFT. Temperature dependencies of V(th) and field effect mobility are very similar to those of SPC. From these results, it is concluded that the trap state density of ELA poly-Si TFT is very small and the electrical characteristics can be explained by the band tail states localized at the grain boundary.
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