Photo-Leakage Currents in Organic Thin-Film Transistor

  • Cho, Sang-Mi (Advanced Display Research Center, Kyung Hee University, School of Electrical, Electronics and Computer Engineering, Dankook University) ;
  • Han, Seung-Hoon (Advanced Display Research Center, Kyung Hee University) ;
  • Kim, Jun-Hee (Advanced Display Research Center, Kyung Hee University) ;
  • Lee, Sun-Hee (Advanced Display Research Center, Kyung Hee University) ;
  • Choo, Dong-June (Advanced Display Research Center, Kyung Hee University) ;
  • Uchiike, H. (Advanced Display Research Center, Kyung Hee University) ;
  • Oh, Myung-Hwan (School of Electrical, Electronics and Computer Engineering, Dankook University) ;
  • Jang, Jin (Advanced Display Research Center, Kyung Hee University)
  • Published : 2005.07.19

Abstract

We report the light illumination effect on the performance of pentacene organic thin-film transistor (OTFT). The TFT performance with and without illumination were measured at various temperatures. The off-state currents increase linearly with light intensity in the region of gate voltage where the holes are majority carriers in the TFT channel. The minimum photocurrents of OTFT increase with increasing light intensity.

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