DocumentCode
2380684
Title
Plasma induced damage from via etching in pMOSFETs
Author
Cellere, G. ; Valentin, M.G. ; Baraldo, A. ; Paccagnella, A.
Author_Institution
Dipt. di Elettronica e Inf., Padova Univ., Italy
fYear
2002
fDate
2002
Firstpage
114
Lastpage
117
Abstract
In this paper, we present a study of micro breakdown (MB), soft breakdown (SB), and conventional hard breakdown (HB) on pMOSFET devices. In particular, we report evident damage due to via etching.
Keywords
MOSFET; plasma materials processing; semiconductor device breakdown; semiconductor device measurement; semiconductor device reliability; sputter etching; conventional hard breakdown; micro breakdown; pMOSFET devices; pMOSFETs; plasma induced damage; soft breakdown; via etching; Electric breakdown; Etching; Fingers; Leakage current; MOSFETs; Plasma applications; Plasma devices; Plasma materials processing; Stress; Voltage;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Plasma- and Process-Induced Damage, 2002 7th International Symposium on
Print_ISBN
0-9651577-7-6
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/PPID.2002.1042622
Filename
1042622
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