The Time Response of the On-Current for the Amorphous In-Ga-Zn-O Thin Film Transistor to the Illumination Pulse

Abstract

In this study, the time response behavior of the amorphous indium gallium zinc oxide (a-IGZO) thin film transistors (TFTs) to the illumination pulse is analyzed. The mechanism is proposed to correlate the oxygen vacancy reacting with the light-induced electron-hole pairs. The temperature effect on the time response to the illumination pulse is also studied. The higher excitation level, either from light or temperature, results in the similar excited and recovering behaviors. The formulas for the time response are proposed to be possibly used in the simulation for the circuit performance in real situation of illumination, which is important in the development of transparent electronics using a-IGZO TFT. (c) The Author(s) 2014. Published by ECS. All rights reserved.