• DocumentCode
    2345709
  • Title

    A C-V examination of the electrically reversible depassivation/passivation mechanism in polycrystalline silicon

  • Author

    Suntharalingam, V. ; Fonash, S.J.

  • Author_Institution
    Electron. Mater. & Process. Res. Lab., Pennsylvania State Univ., University Park, PA, USA
  • fYear
    1996
  • fDate
    26-26 June 1996
  • Firstpage
    74
  • Lastpage
    75
  • Abstract
    Recently, we reported the first observations of an electrically reversible depassivation/passivation phenomenon in hydrogen passivated polycrystalline silicon and presented a model for it based on hydrogen release and drift. Here we show our latest finding obtained in studying the depassivation/passivation phenomenon for an RF-hydrogenated polycrystalline silicon n-channel TFT using high frequency capacitance-voltage characterization.
  • Keywords
    capacitance; elemental semiconductors; passivation; semiconductor technology; silicon; thin film transistors; RF hydrogenation; Si; depassivation; high frequency capacitance-voltage characteristics; n-channel TFT; passivation; polycrystalline silicon; Capacitance; Capacitance-voltage characteristics; Crystallization; Hydrogen; Passivation; Silicon; Stress; Switches; Thin film transistors; Voltage;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Device Research Conference, 1996. Digest. 54th Annual
  • Conference_Location
    Santa Barbara, CA, USA
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-3358-6
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/DRC.1996.546320
  • Filename
    546320