Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
1674516 Thin Solid Films 2007 4 Pages PDF
Abstract

We have investigated the plasma hydrogenation effect on a nanocrystalline silicon (nc-Si) thin film transistor (TFT) fabricated by inductively coupled plasma chemical vapor deposition (ICP-CVD) at 150 °C. The top-gate nc-Si TFT showed a mobility of ∼ 6 cm2/Vs and Vth of 8 V. The hydrogenation employing ICP-CVD was performed at 100 °C for 4 min in order to improve the characteristics of nc-Si TFT. The mobility was increased from ∼ 6 cm2/Vs to 11 cm2/Vs. The Vth of the nc-Si TFTs was decreased to about 6.8 V from 8.1 V. The on-current at the saturation regime also increased by 66% while the off current was increased slightly. The improvement of mobility, threshold voltage and on-current can be attributed to the hydrogen passivation of the Si dangling bonds in the nc-Si film. The experimental results showed that the 100 °C ICP-CVD hydrogenation is effective to improve the 150 °C nc-Si TFT.

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