With the increasing requirements from large-size and high-resolution flat panel displays (FPDs)
it is necessary to investigate and develop the low-resistance electrodes for amorphous InGaZnO (a-IGZO) thin film transistors (TFTs). In this study
the inverted staggered a-IGZO TFTs using Ag as source/drain (S/D) electrodes were designed and fabricated by magnetron sputtering. It was found that the a-IGZO TFTs with single-layer Ag S/D electrodes exhibited poor performance due to the bad contact between Ag and a-IGZO. On the other hand
the Ag/Ti electrodes
formed by inserting a Ti film between Ag and a-IGZO
could effectively prevent Ag diffusion and form good contact with the active layers. In fact
the a-IGZO TFTs with Ag/Ti electrodes showed much better performance (field effect mobility of 1.73 cm
2
/Vs
subthreshold swing of 2.8 V/()
and on-off current ratio of 210
7
) than those of the a-IGZO TFTs with single-layer Ag source/drain electrodes
proving that Ag electrodes could be potentially used in amorphous oxide TFTs.
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