• DocumentCode
    3318484
  • Title

    Dependence of LDD device optimization on stressing parameters at 77 K

  • Author

    Song, M. ; Cable, J.S. ; MacWilliams, K.P. ; Woo, J.C.S.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Elect. Eng., California Univ., Los Angeles, CA, USA
  • fYear
    1990
  • fDate
    9-12 Dec. 1990
  • Firstpage
    223
  • Lastpage
    226
  • Abstract
    The optimization of lightly doped drain (LDD) devices to minimize hot-carrier-induced device degradation at cryogenic temperature is studied. The degradation behavior of LDD devices at 77 K does not follow the simple behavior modeled by substrate current (I/sub sub/). Also, for a given device, the maximum degradation is not observed at the maximum I/sub sub/ gate bias. Furthermore, the optimum LDD design is found to depend on the specific stressing bias conditions at 77 K. Therefore, the conventional DC acceleration technique cannot predict operating device lifetime or the optimum cryogenic LDD design.<>
  • Keywords
    hot carriers; insulated gate field effect transistors; life testing; reliability; 77 K; LDD MOSFETs; accelerated testing; cryogenic temperature; degradation behavior; device lifetime prediction; device optimization; hot-carrier-induced device degradation; lightly doped drain; stressing parameters; substrate current; Acceleration; Cryogenics; Degradation; Hot carriers; Temperature;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Electron Devices Meeting, 1990. IEDM '90. Technical Digest., International
  • Conference_Location
    San Francisco, CA, USA
  • ISSN
    0163-1918
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/IEDM.1990.237188
  • Filename
    237188