• DocumentCode
    1266663
  • Title

    Floating-island TFT leakage caused by process step reduction

  • Author

    Tsujimura, Takatoshi ; Tokuhiro, Osamu ; Morooka, Mitsuo ; Miyamoto, Takashi ; Miwa, Kohichi ; Yoshimura, Yuhsuke ; Andry, Paul ; Libsch, Frank

  • Author_Institution
    LCD Tech. Dev., IBM Japan, Kanagawa, Japan
  • Volume
    49
  • Issue
    4
  • fYear
    2002
  • fDate
    4/1/2002 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    576
  • Lastpage
    583
  • Abstract
    The leakage mechanism for a top-gate thin-film transistor (TFT) produced using the fewest process steps in the industry is analyzed in order to achieve a high-contrast liquid crystal display (LCD). Using a T-shaped TFT structure, the OFF and ON channel lengths are defined independently, so that the leakage can be reduced with no ON current decrease
  • Keywords
    leakage currents; liquid crystal displays; semiconductor technology; thin film transistors; OFF channel lengths; ON channel lengths; T-shaped TFT structure; XGA TFT LCD panel; floating-island TFT leakage; high-contrast liquid crystal display; leakage mechanism; process step reduction; thin-film transistor; top-gate TFT; Cathode ray tubes; Computer displays; Costs; Electrodes; Etching; Fabrication; Insulation; Liquid crystal displays; Resists; Thin film transistors;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electron Devices, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9383
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/16.992865
  • Filename
    992865