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Three mask polysilicon thin film transistor biosensor

Three mask polysilicon thin film transistor biosensor
Three mask polysilicon thin film transistor biosensor
Biosensors are commonly produced using a silicon-on-insulator (SOI) CMOS process and advanced lithography to define nanowires. In this paper, a simpler and cheaper junctionless three-mask process is investigated, which uses thin-film technology to avoid the use of SOI wafers, in situ doping to avoid the need for ion implantation and direct contact to a low-doped polysilicon film to eliminate the requirement for heavily doped source/drain contacts. Furthermore, TiN is used to contact the biosensor source/drain because it is a hard resilient material that allows the biosensor chip to be directly connected to a printed circuit board without wire bonding. pH sensing experiments, combined with device modeling, are used to investigate the effects of contact and series resistance on the biosensor performance, as this is a key issue when contacting directly to low-doped silicon. It is shown that in situ phosphorus doping concentrations in the range 4 × 10(17) – 3 × 10(19) cm(?3) can be achieved using 0.1% PH3 flows between 4 and 20 sccm. Furthermore, TiN makes an ohmic contact to the polysilicon even at the bottom end of this doping range. Operation as a biosensor is demonstrated by the detection of C-reactive protein, an inflammatory biomarker for respiratory disease.
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Sun, Kai
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Zeimpekis, Ioannis
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Lombardini, Marta
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Ditshego, Nonofo M. Jack
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Pearce, Stuart J.
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Ashburn, Peter
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Sun, Kai
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Zeimpekis, Ioannis
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Pearce, Stuart J.
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Thomas, Owain
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de Planque, Maurits R.R.
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Chong, Harold M.H.
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Sun, Kai, Zeimpekis, Ioannis, Lombardini, Marta, Ditshego, Nonofo M. Jack, Pearce, Stuart J., Kiang, Kian Shen, Thomas, Owain, de Planque, Maurits R.R., Chong, Harold M.H., Morgan, Hywel and Ashburn, Peter (2014) Three mask polysilicon thin film transistor biosensor. IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices, 61 (6), 2170-2176. (doi:10.1109/TED.2014.2315669).

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Abstract

Biosensors are commonly produced using a silicon-on-insulator (SOI) CMOS process and advanced lithography to define nanowires. In this paper, a simpler and cheaper junctionless three-mask process is investigated, which uses thin-film technology to avoid the use of SOI wafers, in situ doping to avoid the need for ion implantation and direct contact to a low-doped polysilicon film to eliminate the requirement for heavily doped source/drain contacts. Furthermore, TiN is used to contact the biosensor source/drain because it is a hard resilient material that allows the biosensor chip to be directly connected to a printed circuit board without wire bonding. pH sensing experiments, combined with device modeling, are used to investigate the effects of contact and series resistance on the biosensor performance, as this is a key issue when contacting directly to low-doped silicon. It is shown that in situ phosphorus doping concentrations in the range 4 × 10(17) – 3 × 10(19) cm(?3) can be achieved using 0.1% PH3 flows between 4 and 20 sccm. Furthermore, TiN makes an ohmic contact to the polysilicon even at the bottom end of this doping range. Operation as a biosensor is demonstrated by the detection of C-reactive protein, an inflammatory biomarker for respiratory disease.

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e-pub ahead of print date: 22 April 2014
Published date: 1 June 2014
Organisations: Nanoelectronics and Nanotechnology

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Local EPrints ID: 363790
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/363790
PURE UUID: 7dbb0004-76c8-462e-a8c1-449f901b9f09
ORCID for Ioannis Zeimpekis: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-7455-1599
ORCID for Kian Shen Kiang: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-7326-909X
ORCID for Maurits R.R. de Planque: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-8787-0513
ORCID for Harold M.H. Chong: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-7110-5761
ORCID for Hywel Morgan: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0003-4850-5676

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Date deposited: 03 Apr 2014 12:41
Last modified: 15 Mar 2024 03:38

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Author: Kai Sun
Author: Marta Lombardini
Author: Nonofo M. Jack Ditshego
Author: Stuart J. Pearce
Author: Kian Shen Kiang ORCID iD
Author: Owain Thomas
Author: Maurits R.R. de Planque ORCID iD
Author: Harold M.H. Chong ORCID iD
Author: Hywel Morgan ORCID iD
Author: Peter Ashburn

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