Effects of carrier concentration, indium content, and crystallinity on the electrical properties of indium-tin-zinc-oxide thin-film transistors

Kyungsoo Jang, Jayapal Raja, Youn Jung Lee, Doyoung Kim, Junsin Yi

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Abstract

We report the effects of carrier concentration (NCH), indium (In) content, and crystallinity (Xc) on the electrical properties of indium-tin-zinc-oxide (ITZO) thin-film transistors (TFTs). The ITZO TFT with the lowest NCH, In content, and amorphous phase at the optimized oxygen flow rate has high field-effect mobility a (μFE) of 37.2 cm 2/V·s, high ON/OFF current ratio (ION/I OFF) of ∼1×107, and low subthreshold swing (S.S) of 0.93. With increasing NCH, In content, and Xc, μ FE, ION/IOFF, and S.S surprisingly degraded to 14.4 cm2/V·s, ∼4 × 10 4, and 4.01, respectively. Our high ITZO TFTs with μFE of 37.2 cm2/V·s, obtained thorough control of the NCH, In content, and Xc, was suitable for application to next generation ultrahigh resolution displays as well as high frame rate displays.

Original languageEnglish
Article number6558796
Pages (from-to)1151-1153
Number of pages3
JournalIEEE Electron Device Letters
Volume34
Issue number9
DOIs
StatePublished - 2013

Keywords

  • Carrier concentration
  • crystallinity
  • In content
  • Indium-Tin-Zinc-oxide (ITZO)
  • next-generation displays
  • thin-film transistor (TFT)

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