• DocumentCode
    1340823
  • Title

    Analytical model for current transport in organic thin-film transistors

  • Author

    Kwok, H.L.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Victoria Univ., BC, Canada
  • Volume
    147
  • Issue
    2
  • fYear
    2000
  • fDate
    4/1/2000 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    125
  • Lastpage
    128
  • Abstract
    The I-V characteristics of organic thin-film transistors are examined and a model is proposed that could explain the behaviour of the drain current in the `subthreshold´ mode. The model proposes that an injection current at the source dominates the `subthreshold´ current at positive gate voltage and the magnitude of this current is modulated by space charge residing in the bulk of the thin film. It is further proposed that a guard ring around the source could minimise the injection current
  • Keywords
    MOSFET; electric current; organic semiconductors; semiconductor device models; space charge; thin film transistors; I-V characteristics; analytical model; current transport; drain current; injection current minimisation; organic TFT; organic thin-film transistors; positive gate voltage; source guard ring; space charge; subthreshold current; subthreshold mode;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Circuits, Devices and Systems, IEE Proceedings -
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    1350-2409
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/ip-cds:20000028
  • Filename
    844455