Abstract

We report high performance p-type poly-Si thin-film transistors (TFTs) achieved by lateral grain growth of amorphous silicon (a-Si) by using a continuous-wave blue diode laser of wavelength 445 nm. The blue laser beam is efficiently absorbed into the a-Si film, such that full melting and lateral crystallization is achieved in all thicknesses investigated, 50-200 nm. TFTs fabricated with 75-, 100-, and 125-nm-thick poly-Si films laterally grown by the blue laser annealing exhibited field-effect mobility of 108 ± 7, 104 ± 9, and 134 ± 12 cm <sup xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">2</sup> /V · s, and subthreshold swing of 210±51, 191±16, and 193±53 mV/decade, respectively, and high ON/OFF current ratio of ~10 <sup xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">8</sup> .

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