Journal of Inorganic Materials

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Surface Plasma Passivation of the Polycrystalline Silicon Thin Films by Using NH3 or N2O Gas

ZENG Xiang-Bin1; Johnny K O Sin2; XU Zhong-Yang1; RAO Rui 1   

  1. 1.Department of Electronic Science and Technology Huazhong University of Science and Technology; Wuhan 430074; Chian; 2. Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering; The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Hong Kong, China
  • Received:2000-08-07 Revised:2000-09-25 Published:2001-07-20 Online:2001-07-20

Abstract: The poly-Si thin film was passivated by using NH3 or N2O plasma before deposition of gate diode. The poly-Si TFTs fabricated with this process have better electrical characteristics than those of conventional poly-Si TFT without NH3 or N2O plasma passivation. These devices also have better hot-carrier endurance and thermal stability. Both the nitrogen pile-up at the SiO2/poly-Si interface and the strong Si-N bond formation to terminate the dangling bonds at the grand boundaries of the poly-Si thin film in the channel region are the major causes.

Key words: NH3, N2O, surface passivation, poly-Si TFT

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