Continuous-Wave Laser Lateral Crystallization of A-Si Thin Films on Polyimide Using a Heatsink Layer Embedded in the Buffer SiO2

Autor: Yukiharu Uraoka, Muhammad Arif, Nobuo Sasaki, Shigeto Sugimoto, Jun Gotoh
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: Journal of Electronic Materials. 50:2974-2980
ISSN: 1543-186X
0361-5235
DOI: 10.1007/s11664-021-08751-9
Popis: Continuous-wave laser crystallization of amorphous Si (a-Si) thin films on a polyimide (PI)-coated glass substrate is studied by using a single scan of a highly uniform top-flat line-beam with a 123 nm SiO2 cap layer and a thin buffer layer at room temperature in air. The total buffer layer thickness is reduced to as thin as 1.55 μm including the heatsink a-Si layer and two SiO2 layers. Damage to the polyimide during the crystallization is successfully suppressed by the heatsink layer. An 88.3% {100} surface fraction is obtained for a 60-nm-thick Si thin film within 15° on polyimide even with a low scan velocity of 15 mm/s.
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