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Shubham Dadhich, Vivek Upadhyaya, Garima Mathur. Fabrication, TCAD and compact model verification of TIPS-pentacene organic thin film transistor[J]. Journal of Semiconductors, 2025, In Press. doi: 10.1088/1674-4926/24090029
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S Dadhich, V Upadhyaya, and G Mathur, Fabrication, TCAD and compact model verification of TIPS-pentacene organic thin film transistor[J]. J. Semicond., 2025, accepted doi: 10.1088/1674-4926/24090029
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Fabrication, TCAD and compact model verification of TIPS-pentacene organic thin film transistor
DOI: 10.1088/1674-4926/24090029
CSTR: 32376.14.1674-4926.24090029
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Abstract
As organic thin film transistors (OTFTs) are set to play a crucial role in flexible and cost-effective electronic applications, this paper investigates a high-mobility 6,13-bis(triisopropylsilylethynyl) Pentacene (TIPS-Pentacene) OTFT for use in flexible electronics. The development of such high-mobility devices necessitates precise device modeling to support technology optimisation and circuit design. The details of numerical simulation technique is discussed, in which, the electrical behavior of the device is well captured by fine tuning basic semiconductor equations. This technology computer-aided design (TCAD) has been validated with eprimental data. In addition, we have discussed about compact model fitting of the devices as well as parameter extraction procedure employed. This includes verification of ATLAS FEM based results against experimental data gained from fabricated OTFT devices. Simulations for p-type TFT-based inverter are also performed to assess the performance of compact model in simple circuit simulation. -
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