Abstract: Techniques are provided herein for forming thin film transistor (TFT) structures having one or more doped contact regions. The addition of certain dopants can be used to increase conductivity and provide higher thermal stability in the contact regions of the TFT. Memory structures having TFT structures are arranged in a two-dimensional array within one or more interconnect layers and stacked in a vertical direction such that multiple tiers of memory structure arrays are formed within the interconnect region. Any of the TFT structures within the memory structures may include one or more contacts that are doped with additional elements. The doping profile of the contacts can be tuned to optimize performance, stability, and reliability of the TFT structure. Furthermore, additional doping may be performed within the area beneath the contacts and extending into the semiconductor region.

Abstract: Techniques for forming thin film transistors (TFTs) having multilayer and/or concentration gradient semiconductor regions. An example integrated circuit includes a gate electrode, a gate dielectric on the gate electrode, and a semiconductor region on the gate dielectric. In some cases, the semiconductor region includes a plurality of compositionally different material layers, at least two layers of the different material layers each being a semiconductor layer. In some other cases, the semiconductor region includes a single layer having a material concentration gradient extending from a bottom surface of the single layer (adjacent to the gate dielectric) to a top surface of the single layer. The integrated circuit further includes first and second conductive contacts that each contact a respective portion of the semiconductor region.