DocumentCode
2733655
Title
Interface-Trap Driven NBTI for Ultrathin (EOT~12Ã\x85) Plasma and Thermal Nitrided Oxynitrides
Author
Gupta, G. ; Mahapatra, S. ; Madhav, L. Leela ; Varghese, D. ; Ahmed, K. ; Nouri, F.
Author_Institution
Dept. of Electr. Eng., IIT Bombay, Mumbai
fYear
2006
fDate
26-30 March 2006
Firstpage
731
Lastpage
732
Abstract
Negative bias temperature instability (NBTI) is studied in ultrathin Si oxynitride (SiON) films made by thermal (TNO) and plasma (PNO) processes. Threshold voltage degradation (DeltaVT) and recovery during and after NBTI stress are explained by generation and recovery of interface traps (DeltaNIT)
Keywords
MOSFET; interface states; semiconductor device reliability; semiconductor thin films; silicon compounds; stability; stress analysis; 12 angstrom; SiON; negative bias temperature instability; plasma nitrided oxynitrides; thermal nitrided oxynitrides; threshold voltage degradation; ultrathin films; Hydrogen; Niobium compounds; Passivation; Plasma materials processing; Stress control; Stress measurement; Thermal engineering; Time measurement; Titanium compounds; Tunneling;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Reliability Physics Symposium Proceedings, 2006. 44th Annual., IEEE International
Conference_Location
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN
0-7803-9498-4
Electronic_ISBN
0-7803-9499-2
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/RELPHY.2006.251347
Filename
4017288
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