IEICE Transactions on Electronics
Online ISSN : 1745-1353
Print ISSN : 0916-8524
Fundamentals and Applications of Advanced Semiconductor Devices
Effective Laser Crystallizations of Si Films and the Applications on Panel
Takashi NOGUCHITatsuya OKADA
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2014 Volume E97.C Issue 5 Pages 401-404

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Excimer laser annealing at 308nm in UV and semiconductor blue laser-diode annealing at 445nm were performed and compared in term of the crystallization depending on electrical properties of Si films. As a result for the thin Si films of 50nm thickness, both lasers are very effective to enlarge the grain size and to activate electrically the dopant atoms in the CVD Si film. Smooth Si surface can be obtained using blue-laser annealing of scanned CW mode. By improving the film quality of amorphous Si deposited by sputtering for subsequent crystallization, both laser annealing techniques are effective for LTPS applications not only on conventional glass but also on flexible sheet. By conducting the latter advanced annealing technique, small grain size as well as large grains can be controlled. As blue laser is effective to crystallize even rather thicker Si films of 1µm, high performance thin-film photo-sensor or photo-voltaic applications are also expected.

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