• 한국재료학회지
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• 제20권8호
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• pp.401-407
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• 2010

We studied the influence of different types of metal electrodes on the performance of solution-processed zinc tin oxide (ZTO) thin-film transistors. The ZTO thin-film was obtained by spin-coating the sol-gel solution made from zinc acetate and tin acetate dissolved in 2-methoxyethanol. Various metals, Al, Au, Ag and Cu, were used to make contacts with the solution-deposited ZTO layers by selective deposition through a metal shadow mask. Contact resistance between the metal electrode and the semiconductor was obtained by a transmission line method (TLM). The device based on an Al electrode exhibited superior performance as compared to those based on other metals. Kelvin probe force microscopy (KPFM) allowed us to measure the work function of the oxide semiconductor to understand the variation of the device performance as a function of the types metal electrode. The solution-processed ZTO contained nanopores that resulted from the burnout of the organic species during the annealing. This different surface structure associated with the solution-processed ZTO gave a rise to a different work function value as compared to the vacuum-deposited counterpart. More oxygen could be adsorbed on the nanoporous solution-processed ZTO with large accessible surface areas, which increased its work function. This observation explained why the solution-processed ZTO makes an ohmic contact with the Al electrode.

• 전기전자학회논문지
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• 제23권2호
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• pp.375-379
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• 2019

Zn와 Sn의 원자비가 2:1인 타겟을 고주파 스파터링하여 $ZnO-SnO_2(ZTO)$박막을 증착하고 열처리에 따른 구조적 특성변화를 조사하였다. 이 ZTO박막을 활성층으로 사용하여 투명박막트랜지스터(TTFT)를 제조하였다. 약 100 nm 두께의 $SiO_2$위에 100 nm의 $Si_3N_4$막을 기른 후 TTFT의 게이트 절연막으로 채택하였다. TTFT의 전달 특성을 통해 이동도, 문턱전압, 작동전류-차단전류 비($I_{on}/I_{off}$), 계면트랩밀도를 구하였다. 기판 가열 및 후속 열처리가 ZTO TTFT의 특성 변화에 미치는 영향을 분석하였다.

• 한국정보디스플레이학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국정보디스플레이학회 2007년도 7th International Meeting on Information Display 제7권1호
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• pp.875-877
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• 2007

Zinc tin oxide (ZTO) sol-gel solution was synthesized for ink-jet printable semiconducting ink. Bottom-contact type TFT was produced by printing the ZTO layer between the source and drain electrodes. The transistor involving the ink-jet printed ZTO had the $mobility\;{\sim}\;0.01\;cm^2V^{-1}s^{-1}$. We demonstrated the direct-writing of semiconducting oxide for solution processed TFT fabrication.

• 반도체디스플레이기술학회지
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• 제13권1호
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• pp.43-49
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• 2014

Zinc-tin oxides (ZTO) thin film transistors have been fabricated at different process pressure via re sputtering technique. TFT properties were improved by depositing channel layers at lower pressure. From the analysis of TFTs comprised of multi layer channel, deposited consecutively at different sputtering pressure, it was suggested that the electrical characteristics of TFTs were mainly affected by interfacial layer due to their high conductance, however, the stability under the NBIS condition was influenced by whole bulk layer due to low concentration of positive charges, which might be generated by the oxygen vacancy transition, from Vo0 to $Vo^{2+}$. Those improvements were attributed to increasing sputtered target atoms and decreasing harmful effects of oxygen molecules by adopting low sputtering pressure condition.

• 한국전기전자재료학회논문지
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• 제26권5호
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• pp.373-379
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• 2013

Mg-doped zinc tin oxide (ZTO:Mg) thin films were prepared on glasses by rf magnetron sputtering. $O_2$ was introduced into the chamber during the sputtering. The optical properties of the films as a function of oxygen flow rate were studied. The crystal structure, elementary properties, and depth profiles of the films were investigated by X-ray diffraction (XRD), x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), and secondary ion mass spectrometry (SIMS), respectively. Bottom-gate transparent thin film transistors were fabricated on $N^+$ Si wafers, and the variation of mobility, threshold voltage etc. with the oxygen flow rate were observed.

• 한국정보디스플레이학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국정보디스플레이학회 2009년도 9th International Meeting on Information Display
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• pp.1582-1585
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• 2009

The effects of bias stress on spin-coated zinc tin oxide (ZTO) transistors are investigated. Applying a positive bias stress results in the displacement of the transfer curves in the positive direction without changing the field effect mobility or the subthreshold behavior. Device instability appears to be a consequence of the charging and discharging of temporal trap states at the interface and in the zinc tin oxide channel region.

• Transactions on Electrical and Electronic Materials
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• 제12권6호
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• pp.271-274
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• 2011

Screen-printed source and drain electrodes were used for a spin-coated and inkjet-processed zinc-tin oxide (ZTO) TFTs for the first time. Source and drain were silver nanoparticles. Channel length was patterned using screen printing technology. Different silver nanoinks and process parameters were tested to find optimal source and drain contacts Relatively good electrical properties of a screen-printed inkjet-processed oxide TFT were obtained as follows; a mobility of 1.20 $cm^2$/Vs, an on-off current ratio of $10^6$, a Vth of 5.4 V and a subthreshold swing of 1.5 V/dec.

• Transactions on Electrical and Electronic Materials
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• 제16권2호
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• pp.62-64
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• 2015

We have investigated zinc tin oxide (ZTO) thin films under various silicon ratios. ZTO TFTs were fabricated by solution processing with the bottom gate structure. Furthermore, annealing process was performed at different temperatures in various annealing conditions, such as air, vacuum and wet ambient. Completed fabrication of ZTO TFT, and the performance of TFT has been compared depending on the annealing conditions by measuring the transfer curve. In addition, structure in ZTO thin films has been investigated by X-ray diffraction spectroscopy (XRD) and Scanning electron microscope (SEM). It is confirmed that the electrical performance of ZTO TFTs are improved by adopting optimized annealing conditions. Optimized annealing condition has been found for obtaining high mobility.

• 대한전기학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한전기학회 2011년도 제42회 하계학술대회
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• pp.1477-1478
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• 2011

Solution processed zinc tin oxide (ZTO) thin films were studied using a spin coating for the fabrication of thin film transistors and simple circuits. The solution processed thin film transistors (W/L = 100/10 ${\mu}m$) have the average saturation mobility of 1.9 $cm^2$/Vs, threshold voltage of 20 V, and subthreshold slope of 0.5 V/decade. The dc characteristics of an inverter with $W_{load}=100\;{\mu}m$ and $W_{drive}=10\;{\mu}m$, measured under votage supply of $V_{DD}$ = +50 V. The inverter beta ratio is 20 ($R=(W_{drived}/L_{drive})/(W_{load}/L_{load})=20$) and $gain_{max}$ is 2. The characteristics of an oscillator were measured under voltage supply of $V_{DD}$ = +60 V.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제19권6호
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• pp.709-714
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• 2018

반도체소자의 접합특성에 따라서 분극의 특성이 달라지는 원인을 조사하였다. 반도체소자의 접합특성은 최종적인 반도체소자의 효율과 관련되기 때문에 중요한 요소이며, 효율을 높이기 위해서는 반도체접합 특성을 이해하는 것은 매우 중요하다. 다양한 성질의 접합을 얻기위하여 n형의 실리콘 위에 절연물질인 carbon doped silicon oxide (SiOC) 박막을 증착하였으며, 아르곤 (Ar) 유량에 따라서 반도체기판의 특성이 달라지는 것을 확인하였다. 전도체인 tin doped zinc oxide (ZTO) 박막을 절연체인 SiOC 위에 증착하여 소자의 전도성을 살펴보았다. SiOC 박막의 특성은 플라즈마에 의하여 이온화현상이 일어날 때 Ar 유량에 따라서 이온화되는 경향이 달라지면서 반도체 계면에서의 공핍현상이 달라졌으며, 공핍층 형성이 많이 일어나는 곳에서 쇼키접합 특성이 잘 형성되는 것을 확인하였다. 아르곤 가스의 유량이 많은 경우 이온화 반응이 많이 일어나고 따라서 접합면에서 전자 홀쌍의 재결합반응에 의하여 전하들이 없어지게 되면 절연특성이 좋아지고 공핍층의 전위장벽이 증가되며, 쇼키접합의 형성이 유리해졌다. 쇼키접합이 잘 이루어지는 SiOC 박막에서 ZTO를 증착하였을 때 SiOC와 ZTO 사이의 계면에서 전하들이 재결합되면서 전기적으로 안정된 ZTO 박막을 형성하고, ZTO의 전도성이 증가되었다. 두께가 얇은 반도체소자에서 흐르는 낮은 전류를 감지하기 위해서는 쇼키접합이 이루어져야 하며, 낮은 전류만으로도 전기신호의 품질이 우수해지고 또한 채널층인 ZTO 박막에서의 전류의 발생도 많아지는 것을 확인하였다.