High Mobility Thin Film Transistors Fabricated on a Plastic Substrate at a Processing Temperature of 110°C

Abstract

We present results from excimer laser processed poly-silicon thin film transistors fabricated on a plastic substrate. Except for the temperature rise during excimer laser irradiation for crystallization, the highest processing temperature that the substrate was subjected to was 110°C. Transistor field-effect mobility of 250 cm 2 /V·s and sub-threshold swing of 0.16 V/decade were measured in these devices. These are the best characteristics reported to date for a thin film transistor (TFT) on a plastic substrate. The performance is attributed to our optimized laser crystallization process of helium sputtered Si films, laser-assisted low-temperature doping processes, and transient annealing.