Improvement of photo-induced negative bias stability of oxide thin film transistors by reducing the density of sub-gap states related to oxygen vacancies

Kyoung Seok Son, Joon Seok Park, Tae Sang Kim, Hyun Suk Kim, Seok Jun Seo, Sun Jae Kim, Jong Baek Seon, Kwang Hwan Ji, Jae Kyeong Jeong, Myung Kwan Ryu, Sangyoon Lee

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Abstract

The optical absorption in the sub-gap region of amorphous indium zinc oxide films and the photo-induced negative bias stability of the resulting thin film transistors were studied. As the indium ratio increases, optical absorption via sub-gap states increases, and the threshold voltage degradation under negative bias temperature stress (NBTS) with light illumination becomes more severe. By applying high pressure anneal treatments in oxygen ambient, the density of sub-gap states is reduced by an order of magnitude compared to air-annealed devices. Consequently, significant improvements are observed in the threshold voltage shifts and the stretched exponential parameters under NBTS with light illumination.

Original languageEnglish
Article number122108
JournalApplied Physics Letters
Volume102
Issue number12
DOIs
StatePublished - 25 Mar 2013

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