Electrical response to uniaxial tensile strain of a-Si:H TFTs fabricated on polyimide foils

Helena Gleskova, Sigurd Wagner

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Abstract

The electro-mechanical response of amorphous silicon thin-film transistors fabricated on polyimide foil depends on the transistors’ strain history. As long as the tensile strain applied to the transistor is kept below the electrical failure strain, the sensitivity of the field-effect mobility to tensile strain weakens with increasing number of load cycles. Once electrical failure is reached, the electro-mechanical response is controlled by the duration for which the TFT was held at failure strain. TFTs held at the failure strain for several hours do not recover. TFTs held at failure strain for only a short period of time do recover, and one cannot distinguish their transfer characteristics from those of a virgin TFT. However, their electron mobility, while still increasing with rising tensile strain, responds more weakly to strain than a virgin TFT.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)2627-2631
Number of pages5
JournalJournal of Non-Crystalline Solids
Volume354
Issue number19-25
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 May 2008
Event22nd International Conference on Amorphous and Nanocrystalline Silicon - Breckenridge, Colorado, United States
Duration: 20 Aug 2007 → 24 Aug 2007

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Keywords

  • amorphous silicon
  • thin-film transistor
  • mechanical properties
  • plastic substrate
  • strain

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Gleskova, Helena ; Wagner, Sigurd. / Electrical response to uniaxial tensile strain of a-Si:H TFTs fabricated on polyimide foils. In: Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids. 2008 ; Vol. 354, No. 19-25. pp. 2627-2631.
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Gleskova, H & Wagner, S 2008, 'Electrical response to uniaxial tensile strain of a-Si:H TFTs fabricated on polyimide foils', Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids, vol. 354, no. 19-25, pp. 2627-2631. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jnoncrysol.2007.09.069

Electrical response to uniaxial tensile strain of a-Si:H TFTs fabricated on polyimide foils. / Gleskova, Helena; Wagner, Sigurd.

In: Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids, Vol. 354, No. 19-25, 01.05.2008, p. 2627-2631.

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Gleskova H, Wagner S. Electrical response to uniaxial tensile strain of a-Si:H TFTs fabricated on polyimide foils. Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids. 2008 May 1;354(19-25):2627-2631. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jnoncrysol.2007.09.069

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