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The a-IGZO deposited by using the rf sputtering method features a conductive or an insulator characteristic based on amount of oxygen. We demonstrated that a post-treatment affects the resistance patterns of particular-sized InGaZnO(IGZO) thin films in a-IGZO thin-film transistors (TFTs). Post-annealing shifted the driving voltage of a-IGZO TFT to positive or negative values, depending on the annealing temperatures. Post-annealing may introduce oxygen vacancies or desorbed oxygen in the IGZO thin film. The changed driving voltage of IGZO TFTs coincides with the shift of the resistance pattern of IGZO. The fabricated a-IGZO TFTs exhibited a field effect mobility of 6.2 cm2/Vs, an excellent subthreshold gate swing of 0.32 V/decade, and a high I on/off ratio of > 109. Under positive bias illumination stress (PBIS) and negative bias illumination stress (NBIS), after 3,600 seconds, the device threshold voltage shifted about 0.2 V and 0.3 V, respectively.
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Kim, WB., Lee, D.K. & Ryu, S.O. Improvements in the bias illumination stability of amorphous InGaZnO thin-film transistors by using thermal treatments. Journal of the Korean Physical Society 65, 151–155 (2014). https://doi.org/10.3938/jkps.65.151
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