This paper investigates the negative bias instability (NBS) and positive bias instability (PBS) of titanium oxide (TiOx) thin-film transistors (TFTs) with different annealing temperatures. Structural analyses suggested that TiOx films annealed at 450 and 550 °C had average grain sizes of 200 and 400 nm, respectively. A TiOx TFT annealed at 550 °C exhibited respective threshold voltage (Vth) shifts of only -1.4 and 10.2 V under NBS and PBS conditions. The origin of the instability was found to be a charge trapping mechanism caused by different grain sizes, boundaries, and changes in band edge states below the conduction band, which acted as electron and hole trap sites.
Published in:
Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology B: Microelectronics and Nanometer Structures
(Volume:31
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Issue:
2
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Date of Publication:
Mar 2013
- Page(s):
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021204
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021204-4
- ISSN :
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1071-1023
- Digital Object Identifier :
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10.1116/1.4790572
- Product Type:
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Journals & Magazines
- Date of Current Version :
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07 February 2013
- Issue Date :
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Mar 2013