Abstract
Amorphous In-Ga-Zn-O (a-IGZO) thin-film transistors (TFTs) are employed in current flat-panel displays. It is known that deposition conditions and post-deposition thermal annealing affect structure and electrical properties of a-IGZO thin films. It was previously reported that total pressure during sputter-deposition deteriorates subthreshold swing, defect density and operation characteristics of a-IGZO TFTs. Here, we provide comprehensive results on effects of total pressure on film density, chemical composition, and TFT characteristics. Rutherford backscattering measurements detected a small amount of argon incorporated in all of the a-IGZO films. We found that increasing the total pressure deteriorated TFT characteristics; i.e., saturation mobility was dropped from 10 to 4 cm <sup xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">2</sup> /(V·s), subthreshold swing was increased from 0.2 to 0.5 V/dec, and threshold voltage was positive-shifted from 2 to 15 V. It is related to increased oxygen concentration and decreased weight density of the a-IGZO films. Thermal desorption spectra showed that amounts of weakly-bonded oxygen increased as the total pressure increased, which is considered to be related to the TFT deterioration.
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