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http://dx.doi.org/10.5573/ieek.2013.50.2.098

Influence of Co-sputtered HfO2-Si Gate Dielectric in IZO-based thin Film Transistors  

Cho, Dong Kyu (Education program for samsung advanced integrated circuit, Pusan National University)
Yi, Moonsuk (Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Pusan National University)
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Journal of the Institute of Electronics and Information Engineers / v.50, no.2, 2013 , pp. 98-103 More about this Journal
Abstract
In this work, we investigated the enhanced performance of IZO-based TFTs with $HfSiO_x$ gate insulators. Four types of $HfSiO_x$ gate insulators using different diposition powers were deposited by co-sputtering $HfO_2$ and Si target. To simplify the processing sequences, all of the layers composing of TFTs were deposited by rf-magnetron sputtering method using patterned shadow-masks without any intentional heating of substrate and subsequent thermal annealing. The four different $HfSiO_x$ structural properties were investigated x-ray diffraction(XRD), atomic force microscopy(AFM) and also analyzed the electrical characteristics. There were some noticeable differences depending on the composition of the $HfO_2$ and Si combination. The TFT based on $HfSiO_x$ gate insulator with $HfO_2$(100W)-Si(100W) showed the best results with a field effect mobility of 2.0[$cm^2/V{\cdot}s$], a threshold voltage of -0.5[V], an on/off ratio of 5.89E+05 and RMS of 0.26[nm]. This show that the composition of the $HfO_2$ and Si is an important factor in an $HfSiO_x$ insulator. In addition, the effective bonding of $HfO_2$ and Si reduced the defects in the insulator bulk and also improved the interface quality between the channel and the gate insulator.
Keywords
Oxide TFT; IZO; $HfO_2$; Si; High-K;
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