• DocumentCode
    2711600
  • Title

    Transistor aging and reliability in 14nm tri-gate technology

  • Author

    Novak, S. ; Parker, C. ; Becher, D. ; Liu, M. ; Agostinelli, M. ; Chahal, M. ; Packan, P. ; Nayak, P. ; Ramey, S. ; Natarajan, S.

  • Author_Institution
    Logic Technol. Dev. Quality & Reliability, Intel Corp., Hillsboro, OR, USA
  • fYear
    2015
  • fDate
    19-23 April 2015
  • Abstract
    This paper details the transistor aging and gate oxide reliability of Intel´s 14nm process technology. This technology introduces Intel´s 2nd generation tri-gate transistor and the 4th generation of high-κ dielectrics and metal-gate electrodes. The reliability metrics reported here highlight reliability gains attained through transistor optimizations as well as intrinsic challenges from device scaling.
  • Keywords
    MOSFET; ageing; reliability; gate oxide reliability; high-κ dielectrics; metal-gate electrodes; size 14 nm; transistor aging; transistor optimizations; trigate technology; trigate transistor; Degradation; Hot carriers; Integrated circuit reliability; Logic gates; Stress; Transistors; 14nm; Bias Temperature Instability; Fin-FET; High-k; Hot Carriers; Oxide Breakdown; metal gate;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Reliability Physics Symposium (IRPS), 2015 IEEE International
  • Conference_Location
    Monterey, CA
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/IRPS.2015.7112692
  • Filename
    7112692