中国物理B ›› 2015, Vol. 24 ›› Issue (7): 77307-077307.doi: 10.1088/1674-1056/24/7/077307

• CONDENSED MATTER: ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE, ELECTRICAL, MAGNETIC, AND OPTICAL PROPERTIES • 上一篇    下一篇

Temperature-dependent bias-stress-induced electrical instability of amorphous indium-gallium-zinc-oxide thin-film transistors

钱慧敏a b, 于广a b, 陆海a b, 武辰飞a b, 汤兰凤a b, 周东a b, 任芳芳a b, 张荣a b, 郑有炓a b, 黄晓明c   

  1. a Jiangsu Provincial Key Laboratory of Advanced Photonic and Electronic Materials, and Schoolof Electronic Science and Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, China;
    b Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, China;
    c Peter Grünberg Research Center, Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Nanjing 210003, China
  • 收稿日期:2015-01-22 修回日期:2015-03-04 出版日期:2015-07-05 发布日期:2015-07-05
  • 基金资助:

    Project supported by the National Basic Research Program of China (Grant Nos. 2011CB301900 and 2011CB922100) and the Priority Academic Program Development of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions, China

Temperature-dependent bias-stress-induced electrical instability of amorphous indium-gallium-zinc-oxide thin-film transistors

Qian Hui-Min (钱慧敏)a b, Yu Guang (于广)a b, Lu Hai (陆海)a b, Wu Chen-Fei (武辰飞)a b, Tang Lan-Feng (汤兰凤)a b, Zhou Dong (周东)a b, Ren Fang-Fang (任芳芳)a b, Zhang Rong (张荣)a b, Zheng You-Liao (郑有炓)a b, Huang Xiao-Ming (黄晓明)c   

  1. a Jiangsu Provincial Key Laboratory of Advanced Photonic and Electronic Materials, and Schoolof Electronic Science and Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, China;
    b Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, China;
    c Peter Grünberg Research Center, Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Nanjing 210003, China
  • Received:2015-01-22 Revised:2015-03-04 Online:2015-07-05 Published:2015-07-05
  • Contact: Lu Hai E-mail:hailu@nju.edu.cn
  • Supported by:

    Project supported by the National Basic Research Program of China (Grant Nos. 2011CB301900 and 2011CB922100) and the Priority Academic Program Development of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions, China

摘要:

The time and temperature dependence of threshold voltage shift under positive-bias stress (PBS) and the following recovery process are investigated in amorphous indium-gallium-zinc-oxide (a-IGZO) thin-film transistors. It is found that the time dependence of threshold voltage shift can be well described by a stretched exponential equation in which the time constant τ is found to be temperature dependent. Based on Arrhenius plots, an average effective energy barrier Eτstress= 0.72 eV for the PBS process and an average effective energy barrier Eτrecovery= 0.58 eV for the recovery process are extracted respectively. A charge trapping/detrapping model is used to explain the threshold voltage shift in both the PBS and the recovery process. The influence of gate bias stress on transistor performance is one of the most critical issues for practical device development.

关键词: amorphous indium gallium zinc oxide, thin-film transistors, positive bias stress, trapping model, interface states

Abstract:

The time and temperature dependence of threshold voltage shift under positive-bias stress (PBS) and the following recovery process are investigated in amorphous indium-gallium-zinc-oxide (a-IGZO) thin-film transistors. It is found that the time dependence of threshold voltage shift can be well described by a stretched exponential equation in which the time constant τ is found to be temperature dependent. Based on Arrhenius plots, an average effective energy barrier Eτstress= 0.72 eV for the PBS process and an average effective energy barrier Eτrecovery= 0.58 eV for the recovery process are extracted respectively. A charge trapping/detrapping model is used to explain the threshold voltage shift in both the PBS and the recovery process. The influence of gate bias stress on transistor performance is one of the most critical issues for practical device development.

Key words: amorphous indium gallium zinc oxide, thin-film transistors, positive bias stress, trapping model, interface states

中图分类号:  (Amorphous semiconductors; glasses)

  • 73.61.Jc
73.40.Qv (Metal-insulator-semiconductor structures (including semiconductor-to-insulator)) 73.20.At (Surface states, band structure, electron density of states) 79.40.+z (Thermionic emission)