• Journal of the Korean institute of surface engineering
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• v.30 no.1
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• pp.57-62
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• 1997

Green-emitting $ZnGa_2O_4$ : Mn phosphors were synthesized by a thermal method and their low-voltage cathodoluminescent characteristics were examined for the field emitter display (FED) application. Low efficiency of $ZnGa_2O_4$ : Mn phosphors could be ascribed to the low penetration depth of into phosphors, which might results in charge accumulation on the phosphors screen. For increasing cathodoluminescent of $ZnGa_2O_4$ : Mn under low voltage excitation, wide band-gap oxide materials were added to the $ZnGa_2O_4$: Mn powder. It is found that the luminance can be increased by 20%. Measurement of leakage current on the phosphor screen shows that the enhancement of low-voltage cathodoluminescent by additive materials is mainly due to the consumption of surface charges on the phosphor.

• Journal of the Korean Ceramic Society
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• v.40 no.7
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• pp.652-656
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• 2003

The green emitting phosphor, BnGa$_2$O$_4$:Mn thin films with spinel structure were deposited by rf magnetron sputtering at various Ar/O$_2$ ratios. Thin film phosphors were heat-treated in air and $N_2$+vacuum atmosphere, respectively. Effects of Ar/O$_2$ ratios and annealing conditions on the structural and photoluminescence (PL) and cathodeluminescence (CL) properties were investigated. Luminous properties were more improved by inhibiting the films from contacting with oxygen during heat treatment.

• The Transactions of the Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers C
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• v.51 no.7
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• pp.298-304
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• 2002

Transmuted impurity atoms formed in neutron-irradiated ZnO thin films were theoretically identified first and then experimentally confirmed by photoluminescence (PL). ZnO thin films grown by plasma-assisted molecular beam epitaxy were irradiated by neutron beam at room temperature. The ZnO films consist of eight constituent (Zn and O) isotropes, of which four are transmutable by neutron-irradiation; $^{64}$ , $^{68}$ Zn, $^{70}$ Zn and $^{18}$ O were expected to transmute into $^{65}$ Cu, $^{69}$ Ga, $^{71}$ Ga, and $^{19}$ F, respectively. The concentrations of these transmuted atoms were estimated in this study by considering natural abundance, neutron fluence and neutron cross section. The neutron-irradiated ZnO thin films were characterized by PL. In the PL spectra of the ZnO thin films, the Cu-related PL peaks were seen, but the Ga- or F-associated PL peaks were absent. This observation confirmed the existence of $^{65}$ Cu in the ZnO, but it could not do the formation of the other two. In this paper, the emission mechanism of Cu impurities is described and the reason for the absence of the Ga- or F-associated PL peaks is discussed as well.

• Journal of the Korea Institute of Information and Communication Engineering
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• v.22 no.1
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• pp.117-124
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• 2018

Junctionless amorphous InGaZnO thin film transistors with different film thickness have been fabricated. Their device performance parameters were extracted and gate oxide breakdown voltages were analyzed with different film thickness. The device performances were enhanced with increase of film thickness but the gate oxide breakdown voltages were decreased. The device performances were enhanced with increase of temperatures but the gate oxide breakdown voltages were decreased due to the increased drain current. The drain current under illumination was increased due to photo-excited electron-hole pair generation but the gate oxide breakdown voltages were decreased. The reason for decreased breakdown voltage with increase of film thickness, operation temperature and light intensity was due to the increased number of channel electrons and more injection into the gate oxide layer. One should decide the gate oxide thickness with considering the film thickness and operating temperature when one decides to replace the junctionless amorphous InGaZnO thin film transistors as BEOL transistors.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers Conference
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• 2004.11a
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• pp.218-221
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• 2004

The electronic state of ZnO doped with Al, Ga and In, which belong to III family elements in periodic table, was calculated using the density functional theory. In this study, the program used for the calculation on theoretical structures of ZnO and doped ZnO was Vienna Ab-initio Simulation Package (VASP), which is a sort of pseudo potential method. The detail of electronic structure was obtained by the describe variational $X{\alpha}(DV-X{\alpha})$(DV-Xa) method, which is a sort of molecular orbital full potential method. The optimized crystal structures obtained by calculations were compared to the measured structure. The density of state and energy levels of dopant elements was shown and discussed in association with properties.

• Proceedings of the Korean Vacuum Society Conference
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• 2013.08a
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• pp.177-177
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• 2013

디스플레이 화소 스위치 소자로 수소화된 비정질 실리콘 박막 트랜지스터를 금속 산화물 반도체 박막 트랜지스터(thin film transistor, TFT)로 대체하기 위한 연구가 활발히 진행되고 있다. 금속 산화물 중에서 박막 트랜지스터의 활성층으로 응용이 가능한 가장 대표적인 물질은 인듐(In), 갈륨(Ga), 아연(Zn), 산소(O) 화합물인 InGaZnO이다. InGaZnO TFT의 전기적 특성은 비정질 실리콘보다 우수한 것으로 확인이 되었지만, 소자의 신뢰성은 아직까지 해결해야 할 문제로 남아있다. 본 연구에서는 InGaZnO TFT를 제작하여 게이트 바이어스와 빛을 소자에 동시에 인가했을 때 발생하는 소자의 열화현상을 분석하였다. 다양한 채널 폭과 길이를 갖는 InGaZnO TFT를 제작하고 동시에 활성층의 구조를 두가지로 제작하였다. 첫번째는 활성층의 폭이 소오스/드레인 전극 폭보다 넓은 구조(active wide, AW)이고 두번째는 활성층의 폭이 소오스/드레인 전극 폭보다 좁은 구조(active narrow, AN) 구조이다. 이들 소자에 대해 +20 V의 게이트 바이어스와 빛을 동시에 인가하여 10000초 후의 소자 특성을 초기 특성과 비교하였을 때는 열화가 거의 발생하지 않았다. 반면 -20 V의 게이트 바이어스와 빛을 동시에 인가하여 10000초 후의 소자 특성을 초기 특성과 비교하면 전달특성 곡선이 음의 게이트 전압 방향으로 이동함과 동시에 문턱전압이하의 동작 영역에서 전달특성 곡선의 hump가 발생하였다. 이 hump 특성은 AW 구조의 소자와 AN 구조의 소자에서 나타나는 정도가 다름을 확인하였다. 이러한 열화 현상의 원인으로 음의 게이트 바이어스와 빛이 동시에 인가될 경우 InGaZnO 박막 내에는 활성층 내에 캐리어 밀도를 증가시키는 donor type의 defect가 발생하는 것으로 추정할 수 있었다. 추가적으로 활성층의 테두리 영역에서는 이러한 defect의 발생이 더 많이 발생함을 알 수 있었다. 따라서, 활성층의 테두리 영역이 소오스/드레인 전극과 직접 연결이 되는 AN 구조에서는 hump의 발생정도가 AW 구조보다 더 심하게 발생한 것으로 분석되었다.

• 한국정보디스플레이학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2009.10a
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• pp.1002-1004
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• 2009

Solution-processed indium-gallium-zinc-oxide thin-film transistors were fabricated by sol-gel method. By a combinatorial study of InGaZnO multi-component system, optimum molar ratio of In, Ga, and Zn has been selected. By adjusting the In:Ga:Zn molar ratio, TFTs with field-effect mobility of 0.5 ~ 1.5 $cm^2$/V-s, threshold voltage of -5 ~ 5 V, and subthreshold slope of 1.5 ~ 2.5 V/decade were achieved.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers Conference
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• 2004.05a
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• pp.181-184
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• 2004

The green emitting phosphor, $ZnGa_2O_4:Mn$ thin film with spinel structure were deposited by rf magnetron sputtering. Thin film phosphors were heat-treated in nitrogen, vacuum and air atmosphere, respectively. The effects of the substrates, heat-treatment conditions and the sputtering parameters were investigated. The growing behavior and luminescent properties of thin films depend on the crystallinity of the substrates. The Ga/Zn atomic ratios and luminescent characteristics were dependent on the annealing conditions.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2006.10a
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• pp.48-49
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• 2006

Highly conductive and transparent films of Ga-doped ZnO have been prepared by pulsed laser deposition using a ZnO target with 3 wt% ${Ga_2}{O_3}$ dopant. Films with the resistivity as low as $3.3{\times}10^{-4}{\Omega}cm$ and the transmittance above 80 % at the wavelength of 400 to 800 nm can be fabricated on glass substrate at room temperature. It is shown that a stable resistivity for the use in oxidation ambient at high temperature can be obtained for the films. Heat treatments were performed to examine the thermal stability of ZnO and GZO films at ptemperature range from $100^{\circ}C$ to $400^{\circ}C$ in $O_2$ ambient for 30 minutes. The resistivity of ZnO film annealed at $400^{\circ}C$ increased by two orders of magnitude, in case of GZO film was relatively stable up to at $400^{\circ}C$. For practical applications at high temperatures the thermal stability of resistivity of GZO thin films might become an advantage for transparent electrodes.

• Journal of the Semiconductor & Display Technology
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• v.9 no.3
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• pp.41-45
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• 2010

The ZnO thin films doped with Ga(GZO) and both Ga and Ge(GZO:Ge) were deposited on glass substrate by using RF sputtering system respectively. Structural, morphological and optical properties of the films deposited in the same condition were investigated. Structural properties of the films were investigated by Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscopy, FE-SEM images and X-ray diffraction, XRD analysis. These studies showed shape of films' surface and direction of film growth respectively. It's showed that all films were deposited by vertical orientation strongly. It can be confirmed that all dopants of targets were included in deposited films by results of EDX analysis. UV-Vis spectrometer results showed that all samples had highly transparent characteristics in visible region and have similar 3.28~3.31 eV band gap. It was found that existence of all dopants by EDX analysis. Morphology and roughness of surface of each film were clearly shown by Atomic Force Microscopy, AFM images. It was found in this research that film doped with Ge more dense and stable with hardly any difference in gap energy compared to ZnO films.