Low temperature thin film transistors with hollow cathode plasma-assisted atomic layer deposition based GaN channels

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Bolat, S. [1 ,2 ]
Ozgit-Akgun, C. [2 ,3 ]
Tekcan, B. [1 ,2 ]
Biyikli, N. [2 ,3 ]
Okyay, A. K. [1 ,2 ,3 ]
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[1] Bilkent Univ, Dept Elect & Elect Engn, TR-06800 Ankara, Turkey
[2] Bilkent Univ, Natl Nanotechnol Res Ctr, UNAM, TR-06800 Ankara, Turkey
[3] Bilkent Univ, Inst Mat Sci & Nanotechnol, TR-06800 Ankara, Turkey
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10.1063/1.4884061
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We report GaN thin film transistors (TFT) with a thermal budget below 250 degrees C. GaN thin films are grown at 200 degrees C by hollow cathode plasma-assisted atomic layer deposition (HCPA-ALD). HCPA-ALD-based GaN thin films are found to have a polycrystalline wurtzite structure with an average crystallite size of 9.3 nm. TFTs with bottom gate configuration are fabricated with HCPA-ALD grown GaN channel layers. Fabricated TFTs exhibit n-type field effect characteristics. N-channel GaN TFTs demonstrated on-to-off ratios (I-ON/I-OFF) of 10(3) and sub-threshold swing of 3.3 V/decade. The entire TFT device fabrication process temperature is below 250 degrees C, which is the lowest process temperature reported for GaN based transistors, so far. (C) 2014 AIP Publishing LLC.
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