Abstract :
Hysteresis effects are often observed in voltage sweeps of organic field-effect transistors (OTFTs), resulting in threshold voltage shifts. While commonly associated with bias stress effects, the origins of hysteresis are diverse, with limited scientific studies providing a complete understanding of hysteresis in OFETs. Here we use a physics-based model for Organic Thin Film to investigate hysteresis effects in OTFTS. Unlike many previous studies, our model allows for a more in-depth investigation of this phenomenon. Our method demonstrates a strong agreement between measurement and the model using parameter values obtained through the extraction process given by the Unified Modelling and Extraction Method (UMEM). In our quantitative analysis, we examined the hysteresis behavior in transistors of different channel lengths. For a transistor with a channel length of 200 μm, the threshold voltage shift (ΔV T ) between backward and forward sweeps was 0.15 V. In contrast, for a transistor with a channel length of 5 μm, ΔV T was observed to be 0.3 V. Additionally, we observed that the characteristics temperature ( T 0 ) of the Density of States (DOS) increases, which impacts the trapping behavior.
Zaibi, Amer & Abdelmoneam, Ahmed & Golec, Patryk & Estrada, Magali & Cerdeira, Antonio & Kadura, Lina & Calvet, Laurie & Iniguez, Benjamin. (2024). A Unified Physics-Based Model for Analyzing Hysteresis in Organic Thin-Film Transistors. IEEE Journal on Flexible Electronics PP. 1-1. (2024) 10.1109/JFLEX.2024.3523866.
