We have studied the effect of the hydrogen ion doping on the free surface of back channel etched a Si:H TFTs. The hydrogen ion doping on the back channel etched TFT reduces the off-state photo leakage current by one order of magnitude. The reduction o...
We have studied the effect of the hydrogen ion doping on the free surface of back channel etched a Si:H TFTs. The hydrogen ion doping on the back channel etched TFT reduces the off-state photo leakage current by one order of magnitude. The reduction of the photo-leakage current is due to the creation of defect states at the free surface by hydrogen ion doping. After hydrogen ion doping on the free surface, the field effect mobility change little, but the threshold voltage increases, which is due to the state creation in a-Si:H by ionized H ions.
Furthermore, the off-state leakage current under frontlight illumination can be reduced by 2 orders magnitude by hydrogen ion doping on the back channel of a Si:H TFT.