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Fabrication of thin Film Transistor on Plastic Substrate for Application to Flexible Display

Flexible 디스플레이로의 응용을 위한 플라스틱 기판 위의 박막트랜지스터의 제조

  • 배성찬 (경북대학교 전자·전기공학부) ;
  • 오순택 (경북대학교 전자·전기공학부) ;
  • 최시영 (경북대학교 전자·전기공학부)
  • Published : 2003.07.01
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Abstract

Amorphous silicon (a-Si:H) based TFT process has been studied at the maximum temperature of 15$0^{\circ}C$ with 25${\mu}{\textrm}{m}$ thick flexible and adhesive tape type polyimide foil substrate, which has benefit on handling a rugged, flexible plastic substrate trough sticking simply it to glass. This paper summarize the process procedure of the TFT on the plastic substrate and shows its electrical characteristics in comparison with glass substrate using primarily the ON/OFF current ratio and the field effect mobility as the quality criterion. The a-SiN:H coating layer played an important role in decreasing surface roughness of plastic substrate, so leakage current of TFT was decreased and mobility was increased. The results show that high quality a-Si:H TFTs can be fabricated on the plastic substrates through coating a rough plastic surface with a-SiN:H.

25㎛ 두께의 폴리이미드 박핀 기판을 glass 기판에 부착하여 최대 온도 150℃에서 비정질 실리콘 TFT를 제작하였다. 본 논문은 plastic 기판 위에 TFT가 제작되는 공정 절차를 요약하고 glass 위에 제작된 TFT와 ON/OFF 전달특성과 전계효과 이동도를 서로 비교해 보았다. a-SiN:H 코팅층은 plastic 기판의 표면 거칠기를 감소시키는 중요한 역할을 하여 TFT의 누설전류를 감소시키고 전계효과 이동도를 증가시켰다. 따라서 a-SiN:H 코팅층을 이용하여 plastic 기판에 양철의 TFT를 제작하였다.

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