• 한국결정성장학회지
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• 제14권1호
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• pp.33-36
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• 2004

고밀도 GaN 타겟의 레이저 어블레이션으로 상온에서 비정질 GaN 박막을 제조하였다. 다양한 Ar 압력 및 레이저 에너지로 증착된 박막의 표면미세구조 및 조성분석 결과, 10Pa의 압력하에 증착된 박막은 smooth한 표면을 갖는 비정질 GaN로 구성되었음을 확인하였으며, 특히 200mJ/pu1se로 증착된 박막은 저 에너지에서 증착된 박막과 비교하여 결정성의 증가 및 화학양론에 가까운 조성을 나타냈다. 상온 photoluminescence spectra로부터 비정질 GaN 박막은 약 2.8eV에서 강한 band gap발광특성이 관측되었으며, 200mJ/pu1se의 10 Pa에서 가장 높은 발광효율을 나타냈다.

• 한국전기전자재료학회논문지
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• 제36권5호
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• pp.488-493
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• 2023

The effect of sputtering power on the amorphous Ga₂O₃ thin film deposited using the radio frequency sputtering system was evaluated. Amorphous Ga₂O₃ is cheaper and more efficiently fabricated than crystalline Ga₂O₃, and is studied in various fields such as RRAM, photodetector, and flexible devices. In this study, amorphous Ga₂O₃ was deposited by radio frequency sputtering system and represented a transmittance of over 80% in the visible light region and a homogeneous and dense surface. The optical band gap energy decreased as the sputtering power increased owing to the quantum size effect. Thus, the specific band gap of amorphous Ga₂O₃ can be obtained by adjusting the sputtering power, it indicates amorphous Ga₂O₃ can be used in various fields.

• 한국정보통신학회논문지
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• 제22권1호
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• pp.117-124
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• 2018

박막 두께가 다른 무접합 비정질 InGaZnO 막막 트랜지스터를 제작하고 박막 두께, 동작 온도 및 빛의 세기에 따른 소자의 성능 변수를 추출하고 게이트 산화층 항복전압을 분석하였다. 박막의 두께가 클수록 소자의 성능이 우수하나 드레인 전류의 증가로 게이트 산화층 항복전압은 감소하였다. 고온에서도 소자의 성능은 개선되었으나 게이트 산화층 항복 전압은 감소하였다. 빛의 세기가 증가할수록 광자에 의해 생성된 전자로 드레인 전류는 증가 하였으나 역시 게이트 산화층 항복전압은 감소하였다. 박의 두께가 클수록, 고온일수록, 빛의 세기가 강할수록 채널의 전자수가 증가하여 산화층으로 많이 주입되었기 때문이다. 무접합 a-IGZO 트랜지스터를 BEOL 트랜지스터로 사용하기 위해서는 박막 두께 및 동작 온도를 고려해서 산화층 두께를 설정해야 됨을 알 수 있었다.

• 한국전기전자재료학회논문지
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• 제29권2호
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• pp.69-74
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• 2016

In this study, we proposed an a-IGZO (amorphous In-Ga-Zn-O) TFT (thin-film transistor) with off-planed source/drain structure. Furthermore, two different electrode materials (ITO and Ti) were applied to the source and drain contacts for performance improvement of a-IGZO TFTs. When the ITO with a large work-function and the Ti with a small work-function are applied to drain electrode and source contact, respectively, the electrical performances of a-IGZO TFTs were improved; an increased driving current, a decreased leakage current, a high on-off current ratio, and a reduced subthreshold swing. As a result of gate bias stress test at various temperatures, the off-planed S/D a-IGZO TFTs showed a degradation mechanism due to electron trapping and both devices with ITO-drain or Ti-drain electrode revealed an equivalent instability.

• 한국진공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국진공학회 2012년도 제43회 하계 정기 학술대회 초록집
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• pp.256-256
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• 2012

Oxide semiconductors such as zinc tin oxide (ZTO) or indium gallium zinc oxide (IGZO) have attracted a lot of research interest owing to their high potential for application as thin film transistors (TFTs) [1,2]. However, the instability of oxide TFTs remains as an obstacle to overcome for practical applications to electronic devices. Several studies have reported that the electrical characteristics of ZnO-based transistors are very sensitive to oxygen, hydrogen, and water [3,4,5]. To improve the reliability issue for the amorphous InGaZnO (a-IGZO) thin-film transistor, back channel passivation layer is essential for the long term bias stability. In this study, we investigated the instability of amorphous indium-gallium-zinc-oxide (IGZO) thin film transistors (TFTs) by the back channel contaminations. The effect of back channel contaminations (humidity or oxygen) on oxide transistor is of importance because it might affect the transistor performance. To remove this environmental condition, we performed vacuum seasoning before the deposition of hybrid passivation layer and acquired improved stability. It was found that vacuum seasoning can remove the back channel contamination if a-IGZO film. Therefore, to achieve highly stable oxide TFTs we suggest that adsorbed chemical gas molecules have to be eliminated from the back-channel prior to forming the passivation layers.

• 한국전기전자재료학회논문지
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• 제23권4호
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• pp.293-297
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• 2010

We have studied the optical and electrical properties of a-IGZO thin films on the n-type semiconductor fabricated by RF magnetron sputtering method. The ceramic target was used in which $In_2O_3$, $Ga_2O_3$ and ZnO powder were mixed with 1:1:2 mol% ratio and furnished. The RF power was set at 25 W, 50 W, 75 W and 100 W as a variable process condition. The transmittance of the films in the visible range was above 80%, and it was 92% in the case of 25 W power. AFM analysis showed that the roughness increased as increasing RF power, and XRD showed amorphous structure of the films without any peak. The films are electrically characterized by high mobility above 10 $cm^2/V{\cdot}s$ at low RF power, high carrier concentration and low resistivity. It is required to study further finding the optimal process condition such as lowering the RF power, prolonging the deposition ratio and qualification analysis.

• JSTS:Journal of Semiconductor Technology and Science
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• 제11권3호
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• pp.153-161
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• 2011

In this work, we report the physics-based SPICE model of amorphous oxide semiconductor (AOS) thin-film transistors (TFTs) and demonstrate the SPICE simulation of amorphous InGaZnO (a-IGZO) TFT inverter by using Verilog-A. As key physical parameter, subgap density-of-states (DOS) is extracted and used for calculating the electric potential, carrier density, and mobility along the depth direction of active thin-film. It is confirmed that the proposed DOS-based SPICE model can successfully reproduce the voltage transfer characteristic of a-IGZO inverter as well as the measured I-V characteristics of a-IGZO TFTs within the average error of 6% at $V_{DD}$=20 V.

• 한국정보통신학회논문지
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• 제21권9호
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• pp.1627-1634
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• 2017

비정질 InGaZnO 박막 두께가 다른 무접합 트랜지스터를 제작하고 두께에 따른 양과 음의 게이트 스트레스 전압 및 빛을 비춘 상태에서 소자 불안정성을 분석하였다. 채널 박막 두께가 얇을수록 게이트 스트레스 및 빛이 인가된 상태에서 문턱전압 및 드레인 전류 변화가 큰 것을 알 수 있었다. 그 원인을 stretched-exponential 모델과 소자 시뮬레이션을 수행하여 설명하였다. 박막이 얇을수록 캐리어 트랩핑 시간이 짧기 때문에 전자나 홀이 빨리 활성화되는 것과 채널 박막의 뒷부분에서 채널의 수직 전계가 증가하여 전자나 홀을 많이 축적할 수 있는 것으로 설명하였다. IGZO 무접합 트랜지스터 제작에서 채널 박막의 두께를 결정할 때 채널 박막 두께가 얇을수록 소자 불안정성이 큰 것을 고려해야 됨을 알 수 있다.

• 한국진공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국진공학회 2010년도 제39회 하계학술대회 초록집
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• pp.166-166
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• 2010

Recently, TFTs based on amorphous oxide semiconductors (AOSs) such as ZnO, InZnO, ZnSnO, GaZnO, TiOx, InGaZnO(IGZO), SnGaZnO, etc. have been attracting a grate deal of attention as potential alternatives to existing TFT technology to meet emerging technological demands where Si-based or organic electronics cannot provide a solution. Since, in 2003, Masuda et al. and Nomura et al. have reported on transparent TFTs using ZnO and IGZO as active layers, respectively, much efforts have been devoted to develop oxide TFTs using aforementioned amorphous oxide semiconductors as their active layers. In this thesis, I report on the performance of thin-film transistors using amorphous indium gallium zinc oxides for an active channel layer at room temperature. $SiO_2$ was employed as the gate dielectric oxide. The amorphous indium gallium zinc oxides were deposited by RF magnetron sputtering. The carrier concentration of amorphous indium gallium zinc oxide was controlled by oxygen pressure in the sputtering ambient. Devices are realized that display a threshold voltage of 1.5V and an on/off ration of > $10^9$ operated as an n-type enhancement mode with saturation mobility with $9.06\;cm^2/V{\cdot}s$. The devices show optical transmittance above 80% in the visible range. In conclusion, the fabrication and characterization of thin-film transistors using amorphous indium gallium zinc oxides for an active channel layer were reported. The operation of the devices was an n-type enhancement mode with good saturation characteristics.

• 대한전기학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한전기학회 2009년도 제40회 하계학술대회
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• pp.1277_1278
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• 2009

Amorphous oxide semiconductor $InGaZnO_4$(IGZO) is a very promising candidate of channel layer in transparent thin film trasisitor(TTFT) because of its high mobility and high transparency in visible light region. Amorphous IGZO films were deposited at room temperature on a fused silica substrate using pulsed laser deposition method. In-situ post annealing was carried out at 150-450C right after film deposition. The $O_2$ partial pressures during the deposition and the post annealing was fixed to 10mTorr. The electron transport properties of the amorphous IGZO films were improved by thermal annealing. The temperature range in which the improvement of the electrical properties, was 150C~300C.