WO2018149218A1 - 薄膜晶体管及其制备方法、阵列基板及电子设备 - Google Patents
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- the present disclosure relates to the field of display technology, and in particular to a thin film transistor, an array substrate including the same, an electronic device including the array substrate, and a method of fabricating the thin film transistor.
- LTPS low temperature polysilicon technology
- top-gate LTPS TFTs usually require processes such as LS (light-shielding layer), source/drain doping (S/D doping), and lightly doped drain (Ldd doping). The process is complicated and the cost is high.
- the bottom gate LTPS TFT does not require an LS layer and a doping process, but the damage and ohmic contact problems of the active layer by the back channel etching are difficult to solve at the same time.
- the embodiments of the present disclosure aim to solve at least one of the technical problems in the related art to some extent.
- a thin film transistor in one aspect of the disclosure, includes: a gate; a gate insulating layer; an active layer; a source/drain electrode, wherein the material of the active layer is polysilicon, and the source and drain electrodes are disposed near a surface of the gate There is a protective structure.
- the thin film transistor is a bottom gate type thin film transistor.
- the material of the protective structure is an oxide semiconductor.
- the oxide semiconductor comprises indium gallium zinc oxide, indium zinc oxide And at least one of zinc oxide.
- the thin film transistor further includes an ohmic contact structure disposed between the protection structure and the source and drain electrodes.
- the material of the ohmic contact structure is N-type doped amorphous silicon.
- an array substrate is provided.
- the array substrate comprises the thin film transistor described above.
- the array substrate has all the features and advantages of the thin film transistor described above, and will not be further described herein.
- an electronic device comprising the array substrate described above.
- the electronic device has all the features and advantages of the array substrate described above, and will not be further described herein.
- a method of fabricating a thin film transistor includes: forming a gate and a gate insulating layer on a substrate; forming an active layer; forming a protective layer and an electrode in sequence on a side of the active layer and the gate insulating layer away from the substrate a layer; a source-drain electrode and a protective structure are sequentially formed by a patterning process.
- forming a protective layer and an electrode layer in sequence on a side of the active layer and the gate insulating layer away from the substrate includes, on a side of the active layer and the gate insulating layer away from the substrate
- the protective layer, the ohmic contact layer, and the electrode layer are sequentially formed.
- sequentially forming the source and drain electrodes and the protection structure by a patterning process includes sequentially forming the source and drain electrodes, the ohmic contact structure, and the protection structure by a patterning process.
- the source-drain electrodes, the ohmic contact structure, and the protection structure are sequentially formed by a patterning process, including: performing wet etching on the electrode layer to form the source-drain electrodes; and performing dry processing on the ohmic contact layer Etching to form the ohmic contact structure; wet etching the protective layer to form the protective structure.
- FIG. 1 shows a schematic structural view of a thin film transistor according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.
- FIG. 2 shows a schematic structural view of a thin film transistor according to another embodiment of the present disclosure.
- 3A and 3B are schematic diagrams showing the structure of a thin film transistor according to still another embodiment of the present disclosure.
- FIG. 4 shows a schematic flow diagram of a method of fabricating a thin film transistor in accordance with one embodiment of the present disclosure.
- FIG. 5 shows a method of fabricating a thin film transistor according to another embodiment of the present disclosure. Schematic diagram of the process.
- FIG. 6 shows a schematic flow chart of a method of fabricating a thin film transistor according to still another embodiment of the present disclosure.
- 7A, 7B, 7C, 7D, and 7E show schematic flow diagrams of a method of fabricating a thin film transistor in accordance with still another embodiment of the present disclosure.
- 8A, 8B, 8C, 8D, 8E, 8F, and 8G show schematic flow diagrams of a method of fabricating a thin film transistor in accordance with still another embodiment of the present disclosure.
- Embodiments of the present disclosure are described in detail below.
- the embodiments described below are illustrative only and are not to be construed as limiting the disclosure. Where specific techniques or conditions are not indicated in the examples, they are carried out according to the techniques or conditions described in the literature in the art or in accordance with the product specifications. The reagents or instruments used are not indicated by the manufacturer, and are conventional products that can be obtained commercially.
- the present disclosure provides a thin film transistor.
- the thin film transistor includes a gate electrode 10, a gate insulating layer 20, an active layer 30, and source and drain electrodes 40.
- the material of the active layer 30 is polysilicon, and a protective structure 50 is disposed on a surface of the source/drain electrode 40 adjacent to the gate 10.
- the inventors have found that by providing a protective structure on the surface of the source and drain electrodes close to the gate, and the protective structure can be obtained by a wet etching process, damage to the active layer during the etching process can be avoided, and there is no The channel region of the source layer is eroded, and the protective structure can reduce the contact resistance, thereby greatly improving the electrical performance of the thin film transistor.
- the specific structure of the thin film transistor is not particularly limited and may be a structure of a conventional thin film transistor in the art, for example, including but not limited to a bottom gate thin film transistor or a top gate thin film transistor.
- the thin film transistor is a bottom gate type thin film transistor.
- the bottom gate type thin film transistor has a large advantage in process and cost because the doping process and the light shielding layer process can be omitted.
- the material forming the protective structure is not particularly limited as long as the active layer can be protected from being damaged during the etching process and can be removed by a wet etching process.
- the material of the protective structure is an oxide semiconductor formation. Thereby, the effect of preventing the active layer from being damaged is better, and can be effectively removed by wet etching without causing erosion of the active layer.
- the specific kind of the oxide semiconductor is also not particularly limited, and those skilled in the art can flexibly select as needed.
- oxide semiconductors that may be employed include, but are not limited to, at least one of indium gallium zinc oxide, indium zinc oxide, and zinc oxide. Thereby, it has a better protective effect and is easily removed by wet etching.
- the thin film transistor further includes an ohmic contact structure 60 disposed between the protective structure 50 and the source and drain electrode 40.
- the inventors have found that by providing an ohmic contact structure, the contact resistance can be further reduced, the turn-on current Ion can be increased, and the drain current Ioff can be reduced.
- the gate is under negative pressure, the electrons in the active layer are depleted, mainly through hot carriers (holes), and the ohmic contact layer is formed, and the formed PN junction can effectively prevent hole leakage. Current greatly reduces leakage current.
- the specific material for forming the ohmic contact structure is not particularly limited as long as the contact resistance can be effectively exerted, the turn-on current can be increased, and the leakage current can be reduced.
- the material forming the ohmic contact structure is N-type heavily doped amorphous silicon (n+a-Si). As a result, the contact resistance is low, the turn-on current is high, and the leakage current is greatly reduced.
- the thin film transistor described above may also have other structures possessed by conventional thin film transistors in the art.
- the thin film transistor described above may further include a substrate 100 to provide support for the thin film transistor, according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.
- the present disclosure provides an array substrate.
- the array substrate includes the thin film transistor described above.
- the array substrate has all the features and advantages of the thin film transistor described above, and will not be further described herein.
- the array substrate of the present disclosure further has other necessary structures and components of a conventional array substrate, such as gate lines, data lines, and necessary circuit structures, etc. A narrative.
- the present disclosure provides an electronic device.
- the electronic device includes the array substrate described above.
- the electronic device has all the features and advantages of the array substrate described above, and will not be further described herein.
- the specific kind of the electronic device is not particularly limited, and may be any electronic device provided with an array substrate.
- the Electronic devices include, but are not limited to, mobile phones, tablets, televisions, displays, notebook computers, digital photo frames, navigators, and the like, any products or components having display functions.
- the electronic device includes other necessary structures and components of conventional electronic devices.
- the electronic device further includes an array substrate, a color filter substrate, a liquid crystal filled between the array substrate and the color filter substrate, a backlight module, and the like.
- the present disclosure provides a method of fabricating the thin film transistor described above. According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, referring to FIG. 4, the method may include the following steps:
- S100 forming a gate and a gate insulating layer on the substrate.
- any method for forming a gate and a gate insulating layer known in the art may be used, for example, including but not limited to forming a gate and a gate insulating layer by physical vapor deposition or chemical vapor deposition. It may be a method of vacuum sputtering, deposition, or the like. It can be understood by those skilled in the art that in this step, the gate and the gate insulating layer may be formed directly at a predetermined position, or the entire layer structure may be formed on the substrate in advance, and then patterned by etching or the like. In addition, this step may also include steps such as doping.
- the material of the substrate, the gate, and the gate insulating layer is not particularly limited, and the substrate, the gate, and the gate insulating layer may be formed using materials conventional in the art.
- the substrate includes, but is not limited to, a glass substrate, the gate may be a metal gate, or the like, and the material forming the gate insulating layer may be a polymer, an oxide, or the like.
- a layer structure covering the gate insulating layer may be formed first, and then an active layer satisfying the requirements is formed by patterning or the like.
- the method of forming the active layer may be physical vapor deposition or chemical vapor deposition, and specifically may be vacuum sputtering, deposition, or the like.
- the material forming the active layer may be polysilicon.
- the thin film transistor has good electrical properties.
- an amorphous silicon layer may be formed on the upper surface of the gate insulating layer in advance, and then the amorphous silicon layer is converted into a polysilicon layer by an excimer laser crystallization process, and then the active layer is obtained by patterning.
- S300 forming a protective layer and an electrode layer in sequence on a side of the active layer and the gate insulating layer away from the substrate.
- the protective layer and the electrode layer may be formed by physical vapor deposition or chemical vapor deposition.
- the material forming the protective layer may be an oxide semiconductor. Specifically, it includes, but is not limited to, at least one of indium gallium zinc oxide, indium zinc oxide, and zinc oxide. Thereby, it has a better protective effect and is easily removed by wet etching.
- the material forming the electrode layer may be any material in the art that can form a source-drain electrode, and those skilled in the art can select as needed.
- the protective layer and the electrode layer may be formed by physical vapor deposition or chemical vapor deposition, for example, including but not limited to, vacuum sputtering, deposition, or the like.
- S400 Forming source and drain electrodes and a protection structure are sequentially formed by a patterning process.
- the electrode layer and the protective layer are etched by wet etching, which does not damage the active layer, and effectively improves the electrical performance of the thin film transistor.
- the thin film transistor described above can be obtained quickly and efficiently by this method, and since a protective structure is formed on the surface of the source/drain electrode near the gate, it can be obtained by a wet etching process, thereby effectively avoiding The active layer is damaged during the dry etching process, and the active layer is not eroded.
- the protective structure can reduce the contact resistance and greatly improve the electrical performance of the thin film transistor.
- the material of the active layer is polysilicon.
- step S300 the protective layer, the ohmic contact layer, and the electrode layer are sequentially formed on a side of the active layer and the gate insulating layer away from the substrate;
- step S400 the source/drain electrode, the ohmic contact structure, and the protection structure are sequentially formed by a patterning process.
- the inventors have found that by providing an ohmic contact structure, the contact resistance can be further reduced, the turn-on current can be increased, and the leakage current can be reduced.
- the gate is under negative pressure, the electrons in the active layer are depleted, mainly through hot carriers (holes), and the ohmic contact layer is formed, and the formed PN junction can effectively prevent hole leakage. Current greatly reduces leakage current.
- the material forming the ohmic contact layer may be N-type doped amorphous silicon, whereby the contact resistance is low, the turn-on current is high, and the leak current is greatly reduced.
- the source-drain electrode, the ohmic contact structure, and the protection structure are sequentially formed by a patterning process, including: S410: wet etching the electrode layer to form the source-drain electrode; S420 : dry etching the ohmic contact layer to form a An ohmic contact structure; S430: wet etching the protective layer to form the protective structure.
- the electrode layer may be etched by wet etching, and then the ohmic contact layer is etched by dry etching, and then the protective layer is etched by wet etching.
- the active layer can be effectively prevented from being damaged in the dry etching, and the protective layer can be patterned by wet etching. It does not erode the active layer, which greatly improves the electrical performance of the thin film transistor.
- a method of fabricating the thin film transistor described above includes:
- a gate 10 is formed on the substrate 100 as shown in FIG. 7A;
- the polysilicon layer 32 is patterned to form the active layer 30, wherein the positive projection area of the active layer 30 on the gate 10 is smaller than the area of the gate 10, as shown in FIG. 7C;
- a protective layer 52 and an electrode layer 42 are sequentially formed on the upper surfaces of the active layer 30 and the gate insulating layer 20, as shown in FIG. 7D;
- the protective layer 52 and the electrode layer 42 are wet-etched to form the protective structure 50 and the source-drain electrodes 40, as shown in Fig. 7E, to obtain a thin film transistor.
- a method of fabricating a thin film transistor includes:
- a gate 10 is formed on the substrate 100 as shown in FIG. 8A;
- a gate insulating layer 20 and an amorphous silicon layer are sequentially formed on the upper surface of the substrate 100 and the gate electrode 10, and an amorphous silicon layer is subjected to an excimer laser crystallization treatment to form a polysilicon layer 32, as shown in FIG. 8B;
- the polysilicon layer 32 is patterned to form the active layer 30, wherein the orthographic projection area of the active layer 30 on the gate 10 is smaller than the area of the gate 10, as shown in FIG. 8C;
- a protective layer 52, an ohmic contact layer 62 and an electrode layer 42 are sequentially formed on the upper surfaces of the active layer 30 and the gate insulating layer 20, as shown in FIG. 8D;
- the electrode layer 42 is etched by wet etching to form the source and drain electrodes 40, as shown in FIG. 8E;
- the ohmic contact layer 62 is etched by dry etching to form an ohmic contact structure 60, as shown in FIG. 8F;
- the protective layer 52 is etched by wet etching to form a protective structure 50, as shown in FIG. 8G, to obtain a thin film transistor.
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- 一种薄膜晶体管,包括栅极、栅绝缘层、有源层以及源漏电极,其中所述有源层的材料为多晶硅,在所述源漏电极靠近所述栅极的表面设置有保护结构。
- 根据权利要求1所述的薄膜晶体管,其中所述薄膜晶体管为底栅型薄膜晶体管。
- 根据权利要求1所述的薄膜晶体管,其中所述保护结构的材料为氧化物半导体。
- 根据权利要求3所述的薄膜晶体管,其中所述氧化物半导体包括铟镓锌氧化物、氧化铟锌和氧化锌中的至少一种。
- 根据权利要求1-4任一项所述的薄膜晶体管,还包括欧姆接触结构,所述欧姆接触结构设置在所述保护结构和所述源漏电极之间。
- 根据权利要求5所述的薄膜晶体管,其中所述欧姆接触结构的材料为N型掺杂的非晶硅。
- 一种阵列基板,包括权利要求1-6中任一项所述的薄膜晶体管。
- 一种电子设备,包括权利要求7所述的阵列基板。
- 一种制备薄膜晶体管的方法,包括步骤:在衬底上形成栅极和栅绝缘层;形成有源层,其中所述有源层的材料为多晶硅;在所述有源层和栅绝缘层远离所述衬底的一侧依次形成保护层和电极层;以及通过构图工艺依次形成源漏电极和保护结构。
- 根据权利要求9所述的方法,其中在所述有源层和栅绝缘层远离所述衬底的一侧依次形成保护层和电极层包括:在所述有源层和栅绝缘层远离所述衬底的一侧依次形成所述保护层、欧姆接触层和所述电极层。
- 根据权利要求10所述的方法,其中通过构图工艺依次形成源漏电极和保护结构包括,通过对所述保护层、所述欧姆接触层和所述电极层进行构图工艺,依次形成所述源漏电极、欧姆接触结构和所述保护结构
- 根据权利要求11所述的方法,其中形成所述源漏电极、所述 欧姆接触结构和所述保护结构的步骤包括:对所述电极层进行湿法刻蚀,形成所述源漏电极;对所述欧姆接触层进行干法刻蚀,形成所述欧姆接触结构;以及对所述保护层进行湿法刻蚀,形成所述保护结构。
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