• DocumentCode
    1471704
  • Title

    Experimental evidence of interface-controlled mechanism of quasi-breakdown in ultrathin gate oxide

  • Author

    Guan, Hao ; Cho, Byung Jin ; Li, M.-F. ; Xu, Zhen ; He, Y.D. ; Dong, Zhong

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Nat. Univ. of Singapore, Singapore
  • Volume
    48
  • Issue
    5
  • fYear
    2001
  • fDate
    5/1/2001 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    1010
  • Lastpage
    1013
  • Abstract
    The quasi-breakdown (QB) mechanism of thin gate oxide was investigated through observation of defects generation during stress. It has been found that the amount of interface traps reaches the same critical value at the onset point of QB regardless of stress conditions, implying that QB in thin oxide is triggered by a critical amount of interface traps
  • Keywords
    MOS capacitors; MOSFET; dielectric thin films; electric breakdown; interface states; 37 angstrom; 45 angstrom; CMOS technology; MOS capacitors; MOSFET; Si-SiO2; critical value; defects generation; interface traps; interface-controlled mechanism; quasi-breakdown; stress conditions; ultrathin gate oxide; CMOS technology; Carbon capture and storage; Current density; Electron traps; Helium; Leakage current; MOSFET circuits; Semiconductor device noise; Stress; Tunneling;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electron Devices, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9383
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/16.918254
  • Filename
    918254