CHARACTERISTICS OF NARROW-CHANNEL POLYSILICON THIN-FILM TRANSISTORS

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YAMAUCHI, N [1 ]
HAJJAR, JJJ [1 ]
REIF, R [1 ]
NAKAZAWA, K [1 ]
TANAKA, K [1 ]
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[1] MIT, DEPT ELECT ENGN & COMP SCI, CAMBRIDGE, MA 02139 USA
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10.1109/16.119042
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TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
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0808 ; 0809 ;
摘要
The effect of channel width on the characteristics of polysilicon thin-film transistors (TFT) was investigated. n-channel TFT's with a channel length L of 20-mu-m and a channel width W ranging from 20 to 0.5-mu-m were fabricated and characterized. The most prominent effect of reducing the TFT channel was a drastic decrease in threshold voltage when W was reduced to less than 5-mu-m. This decrease was found to be correlated with the decrease in grain-boundary trap density.
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