Abstract:
According to example embodiments, a semiconductor material may include zinc, nitrogen, and fluorine. The semiconductor material may further include oxygen. The semiconductor material may include a compound. For example, the semiconductor material may include zinc fluorooxynitride. The semiconductor material may include zinc oxynitride containing fluorine. The semiconductor material may include zinc fluoronitride. The semiconductor material may be applied as a channel material of a thin film transistor (TFT).
Abstract:
According to example embodiments, a semiconductor material may include zinc, nitrogen, and fluorine. The semiconductor material may further include oxygen. The semiconductor material may include a compound. For example, the semiconductor material may include zinc fluorooxynitride. The semiconductor material may include zinc oxynitride containing fluorine. The semiconductor material may include zinc fluoronitride. The semiconductor material may be applied as a channel material of a thin film transistor (TFT).
Abstract:
Transistors having sulfur-doped zinc oxynitride channel layers, and methods of manufacturing the same, include a ZnON channel layer with sulfur content ratio with respect to a zinc content of from about 0.1 at % to about 1.2 at %, a source electrode and a drain electrode respectively formed on a first region and a second region of the channel layer, a gate electrode corresponding to the channel layer, and a gate insulation layer between the channel layer and the gate electrode.
Abstract:
Provided are transistors, methods of manufacturing the same, and electronic devices including the transistors. A transistor includes a channel layer having a multi-layer structure having first and second layers, the first and second semiconductor layers including a plurality of elements having respective concentrations, and the first layer is disposed closer to a gate than the second layer. The second layer has a higher electrical resistance than the first layer as a result of a combination of the elements and of their respective concentrations. At least one of the first and second layers includes a semiconductor material including zinc, oxygen, and nitrogen. One of the first and second layers includes a semiconductor material including zinc fluoronitride. An oxygen content of the second layer is higher than an oxygen content of the first layer. A fluorine content of the second layer is higher than a fluorine content of the first layer.
Abstract:
According to example embodiments, a transistor may include a gate electrode, a gate insulating layer, and a channel layer stacked on each other; and a source electrode and a drain electrode contacting first and second regions of the channel layer, respectively. The channel layer may include metal oxynitride. The first and second regions of the channel layer may be treated with a plasma containing hydrogen, and the first and second regions have a higher carrier concentration than a carrier concentration of a remaining region of the channel layer. The first and second regions of the channel layer may have a lower oxygen concentration and a higher nitrogen concentration than that of the remaining region thereof. The metal oxynitride of the channel layer may include a zinc oxynitride (ZnON)-based semiconductor.
Abstract:
A transistor includes a channel layer including an oxynitride semiconductor doped with at least one of hafnium (Hf) and zirconium (Zr), a source on one side portion of the channel layer and a drain on another side portion of the channel layer, a gate corresponding to the channel layer, and a gate insulation layer between the channel layer and the gate.