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The Image Sensor Operating by Thin Film Transistor  

Hur Chang-wu (목원대학교 전자정보보호공학부)
Abstract
In this paper, the image sensor using the a-Si:H TFT is proposed. The optimum amorphous silicon thin film is deposited using plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition (PECVD). TFT and photodiode both with the thin film are fabricated and form image sensor. The photodiode shows that Idark is $10^{-12}A$, Iphoto is $10^{-9}A$ and Iphoto/Idark is $10^3$, respectively. In the case of a-Si:H TFT, it indicates that Ion/Ioff is $10^6$, the drain current is a few ${\mu}A$ and Vth is $2\~4$ volts. For the analysis on the fabricated image sensor, the reverse bias of -5 voltage in ITO of photodiode and $70{\mu}sec$ pulse in the gate of TFT are applied. The image sensor with good property was conformed through the measured photo/dark current.
Keywords
image sensor; a-Si:H TFT; a-Si:H Photodiode; PECVD;
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