We have demonstrated improvement of ON/OFF ratio and reduction of leakage current in polysilicon thin film transistors by (A) inserting a thin polycrystalline silicon-germanium layer in the middle of the channel to confine the carriers away from the highly defective polysilicodsilicon-dioxide interface by using the bandgap offset in the valence band, and (B) introducing nearintrinsic regions at the source/drain ends of the channel to reduce the peak lateral electric field in the channel, thereby reducing field emission through grain boundaries.
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