Title :
Extraction of the Channel Mobility in InGaZnO TFTs Using Multifrequency Capacitance–Voltage Method
Author :
Cho, In-Tak ; Park, Ick-Joon ; Kong, Dongsik ; Kim, Dae Hwan ; Lee, Jong-Ho ; Song, Sang-Hun ; Kwon, Hyuck-In
Author_Institution :
Inter-Univ. Semicond. Res. Center, Seoul Nat. Univ., Seoul, South Korea
fDate :
6/1/2012 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
In this letter, we propose a mobility-extraction method using the frequency-independent capacitances extracted from the multifrequency capacitance-voltage method in amorphous indium-gallium-zinc-oxide (a-IGZO) thin-film transistors (TFTs). This method does not use the long-channel metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistor (MOSFET) current-voltage ( I-V) model and can include the effect of subgap states on the calculation of the mobility. Considering that the I-V characteristics of the disordered semiconductor transistor do not exactly follow those of the long-channel MOSFET model and the subgap states significantly affect the electrical behavior of the disordered semiconductor transistors, the proposed method is expected to be useful in the extraction of the exact values of the mobilities in disordered semiconductor transistors including a-IGZO TFTs.
Keywords :
amorphous semiconductors; capacitance measurement; carrier mobility; gallium compounds; indium compounds; thin film transistors; zinc compounds; I-V characteristic; InGaZnO; MOSFET; TFT; a-IGZO thin-film transistor; amorphous indium-gallium-zinc-oxide; channel mobility extraction; current-voltage model; electrical behavior; frequency-independent capacitance; metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistor; multifrequency capacitance-voltage method; semiconductor transistor; subgap state; Capacitance; Frequency measurement; Logic gates; MOSFET circuits; Mathematical model; Thin film transistors; Amorphous indium–gallium–zinc–oxide (a-IGZO); mobility; multifrequency capacitance–voltage ($C$ –$V$) method; subgap states; thin-film transistor (TFT);
Journal_Title :
Electron Device Letters, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/LED.2012.2190377