Bias Stability of a-IGZO TFT and a new Shift-Register Design Suitable for a-IGZO TFT

We have fabricated a-IGZO TFT and investigated the stability under positive DC and AC bias stress. The threshold voltage of a-IGZO TFT shifts positively under those biases, and that reduces on-current. For this reason, conventional shift-register circuit employing TFTs which stressed by positive bias will be unstable, may do not work properly. We have designed a new 6-transistor shift-register, which has less transistors than prior circuits. The TFTs of the proposed shift-register are not suffering from positive DC or AC stress, mainly kept unbiased. Despite the compact design, the stable output signal was verified through the SPICE simulation even under RC delay of clock signal.

Authors:

• Young Wook Lee
• Sun-Jae Kim
• Soo-Yeon Lee
• Moon-Kyu Song
• Woo-Geun Lee Min-Koo Han

Keywords:

• Indium Gallium Zinc Oxide (IGZO)
• Thin FilmTransistor (TFT)
• shift-register

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