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Improvement of contact resistance in flexible a-IGZO thin-film transistors by CF4/O-2 plasma treatment

Knobelspies, S.
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Takabayashi, A.  
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Daus, A.
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December 1, 2018
Solid-State Electronics

In this work, we analyze the effect of CF4/O-2 plasma treatment on the contact interface between the amorphous Indium-Gallium-Zinc-Oxide (a-IGZO) semiconductor and Titanium-Gold electrodes. First, the influence of CF4/O-2 plasma treatment is evaluated using transmission line structures and compared to pure O-2 and CF4 plasma, resulting in a reduction of the contact resistance RC by a factor of 24.2 compared to untreated interfaces. Subsequently, the CF4/O-2 plasma treatment is integrated in the a-IGZO thin-film transistor (TFT) fabrication process flow. We achieve a reduction of the gate bias dependent RC by a factor up to 13.4, which results in an increased current drive capability. Combined with an associated channel length reduction, the effective linear field-effect mobility mu(lin,FE,eff) is increased by up to 74.6% for the CF4/O-2 plasma treated TFTs compared to untreated reference devices.

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research article
DOI
10.1016/j.sse.2018.10.002
Web of Science ID

WOS:000449116500004

Author(s)
Knobelspies, S.
Takabayashi, A.  
Daus, A.
Cantarella, G.
Muenzenrieder, N.
Troester, G.
Date Issued

2018-12-01

Publisher

PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD

Published in
Solid-State Electronics
Volume

150

Start page

23

End page

27

Subjects

Engineering, Electrical & Electronic

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Physics, Applied

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Physics, Condensed Matter

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Engineering

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Physics

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a-igzo

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flexible electronics

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thin-film transistor

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contact resistance

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plasma treatment

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cf4

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performance

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