EVAPORATED THIN-FILM DEVICES.

Abstract

A glow discharge technique has been developed for improving the contact between the overlying source electrode and the cadmium sulfide in the coplanar-electrode thin-film transistor. It was demonstrated that aluminum scattered into the gap region during the source-drain evaporation was oxidized upon exposure of the completed unit to air. The effects of vacuum, air, water vapor, and other ambient gases upon unencapsulated TFT's during and after fabrication were studied. An analysis based upon the polycrystalline barrier model has been made to explain the observed de pendence of mobility upon gate bias. Control action has been observed in a coplanar insulated gate transistor using hole conduction in a cadmium telluride film. Geometric design param eters for TFT's based upon field-effect analysis were derived. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 10, 1963
Accession Number
AD0412887

Entities

People

  • A. Waxman
  • F.v. Shallcross
  • H. Borkan
  • P.k. Weimer

Organizations

  • Sarnoff Corporation

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Compound Semiconductors
  • Electrodes
  • Films
  • Glow Discharges
  • Semiconductors
  • Thin Film Transistors
  • Thin Films
  • Transistors
  • Vapors
  • Water Vapor

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Plasma Physics.
  • Semiconductor Device Technology
  • Theoretical Analysis.

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics
  • Microelectronics - Graphene