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Strain-Induced Mobility Enhancement in Crystalline In<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub> FETs

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Huangbai Liu
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Yan Le
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Wei Shi
李新明 (Xinming Li)
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Gan Liu
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Dong Zhang
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Rui Shao
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Chen Sun
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Xiao Gong
DOI:10.1109/led.2026.3699513delete
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In this work, we demonstrate a flexible-substrate-based strategy for applying uniaxial tensile strain to indium oxide field-effect transistors (In<sub xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">2</sub>O<sub xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">3</sub> FETs) and verify that strain can effectively enhance the mobility of crystalline In<sub xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">2</sub>O<sub xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">3</sub> FETs. Amorphous In<sub xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">2</sub>O<sub xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">3</sub> FETs fabricated by atomic layer deposition (ALD) have a mobility as high as 90 cm<inline-formula xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">${}^{{2}}\cdot $ </tex-math></inline-formula>V<inline-formula xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">${}^{-{1}}\cdot $ </tex-math></inline-formula>s<inline-formula xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">${}^{-{1}}$ </tex-math></inline-formula> and remain stable under bending conditions. Post-deposition annealing (PDA) promotes the crystallization of In<sub xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">2</sub>O<sub xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">3</sub>, increasing the average mobility of the In<sub xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">2</sub>O<sub xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">3</sub> FETs to 125 cm<inline-formula xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">${}^{{2}}\cdot $ </tex-math></inline-formula>V<inline-formula xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">${}^{-{1}}\cdot $ </tex-math></inline-formula>s<inline-formula xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">${}^{-{1}}$ </tex-math></inline-formula>. Upon applying uniaxial tensile strain, the average mobility of the crystalline devices significantly increases by 16%, from 125 to 145 cm<inline-formula xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">${}^{{2}}\cdot $ </tex-math></inline-formula>V<inline-formula xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">${}^{-{1}}\cdot $ </tex-math></inline-formula>s<inline-formula xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">${}^{-{1}}$ </tex-math></inline-formula>. Under uniaxial tensile strain, the positive bias stress (PBS) and negative bias stress (NBS) characteristics of the crystalline In<sub xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">2</sub>O<sub xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">3</sub> FETs remain nearly unchanged, indicating that the applied strain does not noticeably deteriorate device reliability. It should also be noted that the crystalline In<sub xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">2</sub>O<sub xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">3</sub> FETs exhibit depletion-mode characteristics, suggesting that further threshold voltage (<inline-formula xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">${V}_{\text {TH}}\text {)}$ </tex-math></inline-formula> optimization would be beneficial for future applications. Our investigation introduces strain-induced mobility enhancement into oxide semiconductors (OS) FETs, providing a practical approach to further improving the performance of OS FETs.
Keywords:
Strain
flexible In2O3 FETs
crystalline In2O3 FETs
mobility
bias reliability

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