Engineering Bilayer AlOx /YAlOx Dielectric Stacks for Hysteresis-Free Switching in Solution-Processed Metal-Oxide Thin-Film Transistors

Autor: Sami Bolat, Evangelos Agiannis, Shih-Chi Yang, Moritz H. Futscher, Abdesselam Aribia, Ivan Shorubalko, Yaroslav E. Romanyuk
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2022
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Zdroj: Frontiers in Electronics, Vol 2 (2022)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2673-5857
DOI: 10.3389/felec.2021.804474
Popis: Solution processing and low-temperature annealing (T < 300°C) of the precursor compounds promise low-cost manufacturing for future applications of flexible oxide electronics. However, thermal budget reduction comes at the expense of increased charge trapping residuals in the dielectric layers, which result in hysteretic switching of transistors. This work reports on a novel bilayer dielectric scheme combining aluminum oxide (AlOx) as a positive charge trapping insulator and yttrium aluminum oxide (YAlOx) as a negative charge trapping dielectric to obtain hysteresis free switching in the solution-processed metal-oxide thin-film transistors. Devices were processed at a thermal budget of 250°C, without an encapsulation layer. The presence of H+ and OH− in the AlOx were found responsible for the hysteresis in the switching, which was suppressed successfully with the thickness optimization of the YAlOx in the dielectric stack. Fabricated devices yield ON/OFF ratios of 106, sub-pA level gate leakage currents, a subthreshold swing of 150 mV/decade, and field-effect mobility of 1.5 cm2/V-sec.
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