Impacts of fluorine ion implantation with low-temperature solid-phase crystallized activation on high-κ LTPS-TFT

Ming Wang Ma*, Chih Yang Chen, Chun Jung Su, Woei Cherngm Wu, Yi Hong Wu, Tsung Yu Yang, kuo Hsing Kao, Tien-Sheng Chao, Tan Fu Lei

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Abstract

In this letter, fluorine ion implantation with lowtemperature solid-phase crystallized activation scheme is used to obtain a high-performance HfO 2 low-temperature poly-Si thin-film transistor (LTPS-TFT) for the first time. The secondary ion mass spectrometer (SIMS) analysis shows a different fluorine pro-file compared to that annealed at high temperature. About one order current reduction of I min is achieved because 25% grainboundary traps are passivated by fluorine implantation. In addition, the threshold voltage instability of hot carrier stress is also improved with the introduction of fluorine. The LTPS-TFT with HfO 2 gate dielectric and fluorine preimplantation can simultaneously achieve low V TH ∼ 1.32 V, excellent subthreshold swing ∼ 0.141 V/ dec, and high I ON /Imin current ratio ∼ 1.98 × 10 7 .

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)168-170
Number of pages3
JournalIEEE Electron Device Letters
Volume29
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Feb 2008

Keywords

  • Fluorine implantation
  • High-κ hot carrier stress
  • Low-temperature poly-Si thin-film transistors (LTPS-TFTs)

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