• Journal of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers
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• v.16 no.4
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• pp.292-297
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• 2003

We fabricated a single crystal silicon thin film transistor for active matrix organic light emitting displays(AMOLEDs) using silicon on insulator wafer (SOI wafer). Poly crystal silicon thin film transistor(poly-Si TFT) Is actively researched and developed nowsdays for a pixel switching devices of AMOLEDs. However, poly-Si TFT has some disadvantages such as high off-state leakage currents and low field-effect mobility due to a trap of grain boundary in active channel. While single crystal silicon TFT has many advantages such as high field effect mobility, low off-state leakage currents, low power consumption because of the low threshold voltage and simultaneous integration of driving ICs on a substrate. In our experiment, we compared the property of poly-Si TFT with that of SOI TFT. Poly-Si TFT exhibited a field effect mobility of 34 $\textrm{cm}^2$/Vs, an off-state leakage current of about l${\times}$10$\^$-9/ A at the gate voltage of 10 V, a subthreshold slope of 0.5 V/dec and on/off ratio of 10$\^$-4/, a threshold voltage of 7.8 V. Otherwise, single crystal silicon TFT on SOI wafer exhibited a field effect mobility of 750 $\textrm{cm}^2$/Vs, an off-state leakage current of about 1${\times}$10$\^$-10/ A at the gate voltage of 10 V, a subthreshold slope of 0.59 V/dec and on/off ratio of 10$\^$7/, a threshold voltage of 6.75 V. So, we observed that the properties of single crystal silicon TFT using SOI wafer are better than those of Poly Si TFT. For the pixel driver in AMOLEDs, the best suitable pixel driver is single crystal silicon TFT using SOI wafer.

• 한국정보디스플레이학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2003.07a
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• pp.675-678
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• 2003

We studied the electrical characteristics of pentacene-based organic field-effect transistors (FETs) with polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA) or poly-4-vinylphenol (PVP) as the gate insulator. PMMA or PVP was spin-coated on the indium tin oxide glass substrate that serves as gate electrodes. The source-drain current dependence on the gate voltage shows the FET characteristics of the hole accumulation type. The transistor with PVP shows a higher field-effect mobility of 0.14 $cm^{2}/Vs$ compared with 0.045 $cm^{2}/Vs$ for the transistor with PMMA. The atomic force microscope (AFM) images indicate that the grain size of the pentacene on PVP is larger than that on PMMA. X-ray diffraction (XRD) patterns for the pentacene deposited on PVP exhibit a new Bragg reflection at $19.5{\pm}0.2^{\circ}$, which is absent for the pentacene on PMMA. This peak corresponds to the flat-lying pentacene molecules with less intermolecular spacing.

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers
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• v.24 no.12
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• pp.988-991
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• 2011

We fabricated a copper phthalocyanine (CuPc) based field-effect transistor with different device structure as a bottom and top contact FET. Also, we used a $SiO_2$ as a gate insulator and analyzed using a current-voltage (I-V) characteristics of the bottom and top contact CuPc FET device. In order to discuss the channel formation, we were observed the capacitance-gate voltage(C-V) characteristics of the bottom and top contact CuPc FET device.

• Electrical & Electronic Materials
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• v.11 no.10
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• pp.94-99
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• 1998

Suitable replacement materials for ultrathin SiO2 in deeply scaled MOSFETs such as lattice polarizable films, which have much higherpermittivities than SiO2, have bandgaps of only 3.0 to 4.0 eV. Due to these small bandgaps, the reliability of these films as a gate insulator is a serious concern. Ramped voltage, time dependent dielectric breakdown, and hot carrier effect measurements were done on 190 layers of TiO2 which were deposited through the metal-organic chemical vapor deposition of titanium tetrakis-isopropoxide (TTIP). Measurements of the high and low frequency capacitance indicate that virtually no interface state are created during constant current injection stress. The increase in leakage upon electrical stress suggests that uncharged, near-interface states may be created in the TiO2 film near the SiO2 interfacial layer that allow a tunneling current component at low bias.

• 한국정보디스플레이학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2000.01a
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• pp.69-70
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• 2000

There are currently considerable interest in the applications of conjugated polymers, oligomers, and small molecules for thin-film electronic devices. Organic materials have potential advantages to be utilized as semiconductors in field-effect transistors and light-emitting diodes. In this study, pentacene thin-film transistors (TFTs) were fabricated on glass substrate. Aluminums were used for gate electrodes. Silicon dioxide was deposited as a gate insulator by PECVD and patterned by reactive ion etching (R.I.E). Gold was used for the electrodes of source and drain. The active semiconductor pentacene layer was thermally evaporated in vacuum at a pressure of about $10^{-8}$ Torr and a deposition rate $0.3{\AA}/s$. The fabricated devices exhibited the field-effect mobility as large as 0.07 $cm^2/V.s$ and on/off current ratio as larger than $10^7$.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers Conference
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• 2007.06a
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• pp.230-231
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• 2007

we fabricated a pentacene thin-film transistor with an $Al_2O_3$ layer of ALD as a gate insulator and obtained a device with better electrical characteristics at low operating voltages (below 16V). This device was found to have a field-effect mobility of $0.03cm^2/Vs$, a threshold voltage of -6V, an subthreshold slope of 1 V/decade, and an on/off current ratio of $10^6$.

• Journal of the Korean Applied Science and Technology
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• v.25 no.3
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• pp.388-394
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• 2008

본 논문에서는 용액 공정을 이용한 고분자 절연층을 갖는 top-gate 구조의 펜타센 박막 트랜지스터(Thin Film Transistor, TFT)의 특성을 연구하였다. Top-gate 구조의 펜타센 TFT 제작에 앞서 유기 반도체인 펜타센의 결정성 성장을 돕기 위해서 가교된 PVP (cross-linked poly(4-vinylphenol))를 유리 기판 상에 스핀 코팅을 이용하여 형성한 후, 노광 공정을 통해 니켈/은 구조를 갖는 채널 길이 $10{\mu}m$의 소오스, 드레인 전극을 형성하였다. 그리고 열 증착을 이용하여 60 nm 두께의 펜타센 층을 성막하였고, 고분자 절연체로서 PVA(polyvinyl alchol) 또는 가교된 PVA를 용액공정인 스핀 코팅을 이용하여 형성한 후 열 증착으로 알루미늄 게이트 전극을 성막하였다. 이로써 제작된 소자들의 전기적 특성을 확인한 결과 가교된 PVA를 사용한 펜타센 TFT 보다 PVA를 게이트 절연체로 사용한 소자가 전기적 특성이 우수한 것으로 관찰되었다. 이는 PVA의 가교 공정에 의한 펜타센 박막의 성능 퇴화에 기인한 것으로 사료된다. 실험 결과 $0.9{\mu}m$ 두께의 PVA 게이트 절연막을 사용한 top-gate 구조의 펜타센 TFT의 전계 효과 이동도와 문턱전압, 그리고 전류 점멸비는 각각, 약 $3.9{\times}10^{-3}\;cm^2/Vs$, -11.5 V, $3{\times}10^5$으로써 본 연구에서 제안된 소자가 용액 공정형 top-gate 유기 TFT 소자로서 우수한 성능을 나타냄을 알 수 있었다.

• 한국정보디스플레이학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2004.08a
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• pp.889-892
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• 2004

We developed a high performance bottom contact, organic thin-film transistor (OTFT) array on plastic using a self-organized process. The effect of OTS treatment on the PVP gate insulator for the performance of OTFT on plastic has been studied The OTFT without OTS exhibited a field-effect mobility of 0.1 $cm^2$/Vs on/off current ratio of > $10^7$. On the other hand, OTFT with OTS, exhibited a field-effect mobility of 1.3 $cm^2$/Vs and on/off current ratio of>$10^8$.

• 한국정보디스플레이학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2007.08b
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• pp.1305-1307
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• 2007

We show that the electrical properties of organic thinfilm transistors(OTFTs) can be enhanced by controlling the morphology of interface between screen printed electrodes and gate dielectrics. Modified surface of the insulator layer($SiO_2$) affect on the interface energy of electrode on $SiO_2$ layer. Contact angle measurement and FT-IR spectrum shows that the interface is properly modified. OTFTs device with high efficiency has been realized through modification of interface layer.

• Journal of information and communication convergence engineering
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• v.13 no.4
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• pp.257-263
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• 2015

In this study, organic field-effect transistors (OFETs) using a copper phthalocyanine (CuPc) material as an active layer and SiO₂ as a gate insulator were fabricated with varying active layer thicknesses and channel lengths. Further, using a thermal evaporation method in a high-vacuum system, we fabricated a CuPc FET device of the top-contact type and used Au materials for the source and drain electrodes. In order to discuss the channel formation and FET characteristics, we observed the typical current-voltage characteristics and calculated the threshold voltage of the CuPc FET device. We also found that the capacitance reached approximately 97 pF at a negative applied voltage and increased upon the accumulation of carriers at the interface of the metal and the CuPc material. We observed the typical behavior of a FET when used as an n-channel FET. Moreover, we calculated the threshold voltage to be about 15-20 V at V_DS = -80 V.