Electron Injection Mechanism in Top-gate Amorphous Silicon Thin-film Transistors with Self-Aligned Silicide Source and Drain

We have successfully demonstrated top-gate a-Si TFT with self-aligned nickel silicide source/drsain (S/D). We have shown, by examining contact resistance, the dominant electron injection mechanism is tunneling from silicide S/D to the channel. Further, we show that the contact resistance has no influence on device threshold and little effect on effective mobility down to L=5 mum.