• DocumentCode
    1423997
  • Title

    Strained Single-Grain Silicon n- and p-Channel Thin-Film Transistors by Excimer Laser

  • Author

    Baiano, Alessandro ; Ishihara, Ryoichi ; van der Cingel, Johan ; Beenakker, Kees

  • Author_Institution
    Delft Inst. of Microsyst. & Nanoelectron., Delft Univ. of Technol., Delft, Netherlands
  • Volume
    31
  • Issue
    4
  • fYear
    2010
  • fDate
    4/1/2010 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    308
  • Lastpage
    310
  • Abstract
    We have investigated the carrier mobility enhancement of the n- and p-channel single-grain silicon thin-film transistors by the ??-Czochralski process at a low-temperature process (< 350??C). The high laser energy density near the ablation phenomenon that completely melts the grain filter during the crystallization is responsible for the high tensile strain of the silicon grains, which leads to carrier mobility enhancement.
  • Keywords
    carrier mobility; crystal growth from melt; crystallisation; excimer lasers; silicon; thin film transistors; ??-Czochralski process; ablation phenomenon; carrier mobility enhancement; crystallization; excimer laser; grain filter; laser energy density; strained single-grain silicon n-channel; strained single-grain silicon p-channel; tensile strain; thin-film transistors; Crystal growth; excimer laser; laser annealing; single-grain silicon thin-film transistors (SG-TFTs); tensile strain;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electron Device Letters, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0741-3106
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/LED.2010.2040131
  • Filename
    5419083