• DocumentCode
    1063565
  • Title

    Leakage current mechanism in sub-micron polysilicon thin-film transistors

  • Author

    Olasupo, K.R. ; Hatalis, M.K.

  • Author_Institution
    AT&T Bell Labs., Allentown, PA, USA
  • Volume
    43
  • Issue
    8
  • fYear
    1996
  • fDate
    8/1/1996 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    1218
  • Lastpage
    1223
  • Abstract
    We have studied leakage current in sub-micron p-channel polysilicon thin-film-transistor. Our study revealed that thermionic emission is the dominant mechanism at low drain bias (-0.1 V) while thermionic field emission dominate at moderately high drain bias. At high drain bias (>-5.0 V), tunneling was observed to be the dominant leakage mechanism
  • Keywords
    elemental semiconductors; leakage currents; semiconductor device models; silicon; thin film transistors; tunnelling; -0.1 to -5 V; 0.35 to 1 mum; Si-SiO2; coded channel length; drain bias dependence; leakage current mechanism; leakage current model; p-channel polysilicon TFT; sub-micron polysilicon thin-film transistors; thermionic emission; thermionic field emission; tunneling; Active matrix liquid crystal displays; Annealing; Fabrication; Leakage current; Silicon; Temperature dependence; Thermionic emission; Thin film transistors; Tunneling; Voltage;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electron Devices, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9383
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/16.506772
  • Filename
    506772