High-performance metal-induced laterally crystallized polycrystalline silicon p-channel thin-film transistor with TaN/HfO2 gate stack structure

Abstract

In this letter, high-performance low-temperature poly-Si p-channel thin-film transistor with metal-induced lateral-crystallization (MILC) channel layer and TaN/HfO2 gate stack is demonstrated for the first time. The devices of low threshold voltage V-TH similar to 0.095 V, excellent subthreshold swing S.S. similar to 83 mV/dec., and high field-effect mobility mu(FE) similar to 240 cm(2)/V center dot s are achieved without any defect passivation methods. These significant improvements are due to the MILC channel film and the very high gate-capacitance density provided by HfO2 gate dielectric with the effective oxide thickness of 5.12 mn.