Hybrid Insulator Organic Thin Film Transistors With Improved Mobility Characteristics

  • Park, Chang-Bum (Inter-University Semiconductor Research Center and School of Electrical Engineering, Seoul National University) ;
  • Jin, Sung-Hun (Inter-University Semiconductor Research Center and School of Electrical Engineering, Seoul National University) ;
  • Park, Byung-Gook (Inter-University Semiconductor Research Center and School of Electrical Engineering, Seoul National University) ;
  • Lee, Jong-Duk (Inter-University Semiconductor Research Center and School of Electrical Engineering, Seoul National University)
  • Published : 2005.07.19

Abstract

Hybrid insulator pentacene thin film transistors (TFTs) were fabricated with thermally grown oxide and cross-linked polyvinylalcohol (PVA) including surface treatment by dilute ploymethylmethacrylate (PMMA) layers on $n^+$ doped silicon wafer. Through the optimization of $SiO_2$ layer thickness in hybrid insulator structure, carrier mobility was increased to above 35 times than that of the TFT only with the gate insulator of $SiO_2$ at the same transverse electric field. The carrier mobility of 1.80 $cm^2$/V-s, subthreshold swing of 1.81 V/decade, and $I_{on}$/ $I_{off}$ current ratio > 1.10 × $10^5$ were obtained at low bias (less than -30 V) condition. The result is one of the best reported performances of pentacne TFTs with hybrid insulator including cross-linked PVA material at low voltage operation.

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