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Micro-Crystalline Silicon in Image Sensor
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 28 February 2011
Abstract
Amorphous semiconductors play a major role in the field of electronic imaging. The function of an image sensor is to generate an electrical signal corresponding to the light distribution in the optical image. The photodiodes convert light into electrical signal. We investigated the linear image sensor driven by thin film transistor as an switching element, with each photodiode connected to the corresponding thin film transistor. The photo/dark conductivity of photodiode are compared in the case of amorphous silicon and microcrystalline. The influences in contact resistance between microcrystalline n+ layer and the source/drain metal electrode, electron mobility, threshold voltage, and on-off current ratio of thin film transistor with intrinsic microcrystalline silicon channel layer were also investigated.
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