Abstract: Oxide thin film, electronic devices including the oxide thin film and methods of manufacturing the oxide thin film, the methods including (A) applying an oxide precursor solution comprising at least one of zinc (Zn), indium (In) and tin (Sn) on a substrate, (B) heat-treating the oxide precursor solution to form an oxide layer, and (C) repeating the steps (A) and (B) to form a plurality of the oxide layers.

Abstract: A transistor may include a channel layer formed of an oxide semiconductor. The oxide semiconductor may include GaZnON, and a proportion of Ga content to a total content of Ga and Zn of the channel layer is about 0.5 to about 4.5 at %.

Abstract: Provided are semiconductor films, methods of forming the same, transistors including the semiconductor films, and methods of manufacturing the transistors. Provided are a semiconductor film including zinc (Zn), nitrogen (N), oxygen (O), and fluorine (F), and a method of forming the semiconductor film. Provided are a semiconductor film including zinc, nitrogen, and fluorine, and a method of forming the semiconductor film. Sputtering, ion implantation, plasma treatment, chemical vapor deposition (CVD), or a solution process may be used in order to form the semiconductor films. The sputtering may be performed by using a zinc target and a reactive gas including fluorine. The reactive gas may include nitrogen and fluorine, or nitrogen, oxygen, and fluorine.

Abstract: Provided are transistors, methods of manufacturing the same, and electronic devices including the transistors. A transistor includes a channel layer having a multi-layer structure having first and second layers, the first and second semiconductor layers including a plurality of elements having respective concentrations, and the first layer is disposed closer to a gate than the second layer. The second layer has a higher electrical resistance than the first layer as a result of a combination of the elements and of their respective concentrations. At least one of the first and second layers includes a semiconductor material including zinc, oxygen, and nitrogen. One of the first and second layers includes a semiconductor material including zinc fluoronitride. An oxygen content of the second layer is higher than an oxygen content of the first layer. A fluorine content of the second layer is higher than a fluorine content of the first layer.

Abstract: A thin film transistor (TFT) and a method of driving the same are disclosed. The TFT includes: an active layer; a bottom gate electrode disposed below the active layer to drive a first region of the active layer; and a top gate electrode disposed on the active layer to drive a second region of the active layer. The TFT controls the conductivity of the active layer by using the bottom gate electrode and the top gate electrode.

Abstract: According to example embodiments, a thin film transistor (TFT) includes a channel layer including zinc, nitrogen, and oxygen; an etch stop layer on the channel layer; source and drain electrodes respectively contacting both ends of the channel layer; a gate electrode corresponding to the channel layer; and a gate insulating layer between the channel layer and the gate electrode. The etch stop layer includes fluorine. The channel layer may be on the gate electrode.

Abstract: An oxide transistor includes: a channel layer formed of an oxide semiconductor; a source electrode contacting a first end portion of the channel layer; a drain electrode contacting a second end portion of the channel layer; a gate corresponding to the channel layer; and a gate insulating layer disposed between the channel layer and the gate. The oxide semiconductor includes hafnium-indium-zinc-oxide (HfInZnO). An electrical conductivity of a back channel region of the channel layer is lower than an electrical conductivity of a front channel region of the channel layer.

Abstract: Provided are fluorine-containing zinc targets, methods of fabricating a zinc oxynitride thin film by using the zinc targets, and methods of fabricating a thin film transistor by using the zinc oxynitride thin film. The methods include mounting a fluorine-containing zinc target and a substrate in a sputtering chamber, supplying nitrogen gas and inert gas into the sputtering chamber, and forming a fluorine-containing zinc oxynitride thin film on the substrate.

Abstract: A thin film patterning method may include forming a thin film by coating a precursor solution containing a precursor of metal oxide onto a substrate, soft baking the thin film, exposing the thin film to light by using a photomask, developing the thin film, and hard baking the developed thin film. The precursor may include metal acetate, for example, a zinc acetate-based material, and the metal oxide thin film may include zinc oxide (ZnO).

Abstract: A solution composition for forming an oxide semiconductor includes a metal oxide precursor, and one of a metal thioacetate and a derivative thereof.

Abstract: Transistors having sulfur-doped zinc oxynitride channel layers, and methods of manufacturing the same, include a ZnON channel layer with sulfur content ratio with respect to a zinc content of from about 0.1 at % to about 1.2 at %, a source electrode and a drain electrode respectively formed on a first region and a second region of the channel layer, a gate electrode corresponding to the channel layer, and a gate insulation layer between the channel layer and the gate electrode.

Abstract: According to example embodiments a TFT includes: a substrate; a gate electrode on the substrate; a gate insulating layer on the gate electrode; a channel layer on the gate insulating layer, the channel layer including an indium-rich metal-oxide layer; a first electrode on one end of the channel layer; a second electrode on the other end of the channel layer; and a passivation layer on the channel layer between the first and second electrodes.

Abstract: A transistor includes a first active layer having a first channel region and a second active layer having a second channel region. A first gate of the transistor is configured to control electrical characteristics of at least the first active layer and a second gate is configured to control electrical characteristics of at least the second active layer. A source electrode contacts the first and second active layers. A drain electrode also contacts the first and second active layers.

Abstract: According to example embodiments, a transistor may include a gate electrode, a gate insulating layer, and a channel layer stacked on each other; and a source electrode and a drain electrode contacting first and second regions of the channel layer, respectively. The channel layer may include metal oxynitride. The first and second regions of the channel layer may be treated with a plasma containing hydrogen, and the first and second regions have a higher carrier concentration than a carrier concentration of a remaining region of the channel layer. The first and second regions of the channel layer may have a lower oxygen concentration and a higher nitrogen concentration than that of the remaining region thereof. The metal oxynitride of the channel layer may include a zinc oxynitride (ZnON)-based semiconductor.

Abstract: According to example embodiments, a semiconductor material may include zinc, nitrogen, and fluorine. The semiconductor material may further include oxygen. The semiconductor material may include a compound. For example, the semiconductor material may include zinc fluorooxynitride. The semiconductor material may include zinc oxynitride containing fluorine. The semiconductor material may include zinc fluoronitride. The semiconductor material may be applied as a channel material of a thin film transistor (TFT).

Abstract: According to example embodiments, a semiconductor material may include zinc, nitrogen, and fluorine. The semiconductor material may further include oxygen. The semiconductor material may include a compound. For example, the semiconductor material may include zinc fluorooxynitride. The semiconductor material may include zinc oxynitride containing fluorine. The semiconductor material may include zinc fluoronitride. The semiconductor material may be applied as a channel material of a thin film transistor (TFT).

Abstract: A ZnO-based thin film transistor (TFT) is provided herein. Also provided is a method for manufacturing the TFT. The ZnO-based TFT is very sensitive to the oxygen concentration present in a channel layer. In order to prevent damage to a channel layer of a bottom gate TFT, and to avoid a deep negative threshold voltage resulting from damage to the channel layer, the method for manufacturing the ZnO-based TFT comprises formation of an etch stop layer or a passivation layer comprising unstable or incompletely bonded oxygen, and annealing the layers to induce an interfacial reaction between the oxide layer and the channel layer and to reduce the carrier concentration.

Abstract: A panel structure includes a transistor including a gate electrode, a source electrode and a drain electrode, a power source line, a pixel electrode, and one or more contact plugs formed of a same material as the pixel electrode and electrically connecting the power source line and the source electrode.

Abstract: A solution composition for forming an oxide thin film may include a first compound including zinc, a second compound including indium, and a third compound including magnesium or hafnium, and an electronic device may include an oxide semiconductor including zinc, indium, and magnesium. The zinc and hafnium may be included at an atomic ratio of about 1:0.01 to about 1:1.

Abstract: A transistor includes a channel layer including an oxynitride semiconductor doped with at least one of hafnium (Hf) and zirconium (Zr), a source on one side portion of the channel layer and a drain on another side portion of the channel layer, a gate corresponding to the channel layer, and a gate insulation layer between the channel layer and the gate.