Abstract:
Provided are semiconductor films, methods of forming the same, transistors including the semiconductor films, and methods of manufacturing the transistors. Provided are a semiconductor film including zinc (Zn), nitrogen (N), oxygen (O), and fluorine (F), and a method of forming the semiconductor film. Provided are a semiconductor film including zinc, nitrogen, and fluorine, and a method of forming the semiconductor film. Sputtering, ion implantation, plasma treatment, chemical vapor deposition (CVD), or a solution process may be used in order to form the semiconductor films. The sputtering may be performed by using a zinc target and a reactive gas including fluorine. The reactive gas may include nitrogen and fluorine, or nitrogen, oxygen, and fluorine.
Abstract:
Provided are transistors, methods of manufacturing the same, and electronic devices including the transistors. A transistor includes a channel layer having a multi-layer structure having first and second layers, the first and second semiconductor layers including a plurality of elements having respective concentrations, and the first layer is disposed closer to a gate than the second layer. The second layer has a higher electrical resistance than the first layer as a result of a combination of the elements and of their respective concentrations. At least one of the first and second layers includes a semiconductor material including zinc, oxygen, and nitrogen. One of the first and second layers includes a semiconductor material including zinc fluoronitride. An oxygen content of the second layer is higher than an oxygen content of the first layer. A fluorine content of the second layer is higher than a fluorine content of the first layer.
Abstract:
According to example embodiments, a transistor may include a gate electrode, a gate insulating layer, and a channel layer stacked on each other; and a source electrode and a drain electrode contacting first and second regions of the channel layer, respectively. The channel layer may include metal oxynitride. The first and second regions of the channel layer may be treated with a plasma containing hydrogen, and the first and second regions have a higher carrier concentration than a carrier concentration of a remaining region of the channel layer. The first and second regions of the channel layer may have a lower oxygen concentration and a higher nitrogen concentration than that of the remaining region thereof. The metal oxynitride of the channel layer may include a zinc oxynitride (ZnON)-based semiconductor.
Abstract:
A transistor includes a channel layer including an oxynitride semiconductor doped with at least one of hafnium (Hf) and zirconium (Zr), a source on one side portion of the channel layer and a drain on another side portion of the channel layer, a gate corresponding to the channel layer, and a gate insulation layer between the channel layer and the gate.
Abstract:
A solution composition for forming an oxide thin film may include a first compound including zinc, a second compound including indium, and a third compound including magnesium or hafnium, and an electronic device may include an oxide semiconductor including zinc, indium, and magnesium. The zinc and hafnium may be included at an atomic ratio of about 1:0.01 to about 1:1.
Abstract:
According to example embodiments a TFT includes: a substrate; a gate electrode on the substrate; a gate insulating layer on the gate electrode; a channel layer on the gate insulating layer, the channel layer including an indium-rich metal-oxide layer; a first electrode on one end of the channel layer; a second electrode on the other end of the channel layer; and a passivation layer on the channel layer between the first and second electrodes.
Abstract:
Via holes for connecting elements of the panel structure may be formed by performing one process. For example, via holes for connecting a transistor and a conductive layer spaced apart from the transistor may be formed by performing only one process.
Abstract:
According to example embodiments, a thin film transistor (TFT) includes a channel layer including zinc, nitrogen, and oxygen; an etch stop layer on the channel layer; source and drain electrodes respectively contacting both ends of the channel layer; a gate electrode corresponding to the channel layer; and a gate insulating layer between the channel layer and the gate electrode. The etch stop layer includes fluorine. The channel layer may be on the gate electrode.
Abstract:
According to example embodiments, a semiconductor material may include zinc, nitrogen, and fluorine. The semiconductor material may further include oxygen. The semiconductor material may include a compound. For example, the semiconductor material may include zinc fluorooxynitride. The semiconductor material may include zinc oxynitride containing fluorine. The semiconductor material may include zinc fluoronitride. The semiconductor material may be applied as a channel material of a thin film transistor (TFT).
Abstract:
According to example embodiments, a semiconductor material may include zinc, nitrogen, and fluorine. The semiconductor material may further include oxygen. The semiconductor material may include a compound. For example, the semiconductor material may include zinc fluorooxynitride. The semiconductor material may include zinc oxynitride containing fluorine. The semiconductor material may include zinc fluoronitride. The semiconductor material may be applied as a channel material of a thin film transistor (TFT).