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A New Electrically Reversible Depassivation/Passivation Mechanism in Polycrystalline Silicon

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 February 2011

Vyshnavi Suntharalingam  and
Stephen J. Fonash
Vyshnavi Suntharalingam
Affiliation:
Electronic Materials and Processing Research Laboratory, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802,
Stephen J. Fonash
Affiliation:
Electronic Materials and Processing Research Laboratory, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802,
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Abstract

An electrically reversible depassivation/passivation phenomenon, recently found for hydrogen passivated polysilicon [1] is further explored in this report. This reversible effect is seen in both ECR and RE hydrogen passivated n-channel thin film transistors (TFTs) but is not seen in the corresponding hydrogen passivated pchannel TFrs, nor is it seen in either n- or p-channel TETs before hydrogenation. This phenomenon has been observed when room temperature bias stressing TFTs fabricated on solid phase or laser crystallized polysilicon films on quartz substrates [1]. A model involving hydrogen release or capture at defects, positively charged hydrogen motion in device electric fields, and subsequent hydrogen capture at other defects has been proposed. This phenomenon has significant implications for polycrystalline silicon TFT’ design and operation. By extension, it also offers significant insight into the stability problems of hydrogenated amorphous silicon.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 424: Symposium H – Flat Panel Display Materials II , 1996 , 207
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1997

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