On the ESD behavior of pentacene channel organic thin film transistors

Detailed physical insight into the ESD behavior and unique failure mechanisms of Pentacene Organic Thin Film Transistors (OTFTs) is reported. Orders of magnitude difference in channel current under ESD time scales, when compared to DC time scales, is discovered. Moreover, unique three stage TLP characteristics with snapback state and novel failure mechanism are reported. Finally, influence of channel field and Surface Assembled Monolayer (SAM) on the carrier transport and failure threshold is addressed.