THE EFFECTS OF LOW-ANGLE OFF-AXIS SUBSTRATE ORIENTATION ON MOSFET PERFORMANCE AND RELIABILITY

被引:29
作者
CHUNG, JE
CHEN, J
KO, PK
HU, CM
LEVI, M
机构
[1] UNIV CALIF BERKELEY,ELECTR RES LAB,BERKELEY,CA 94720
[2] ROME AIR DEV CTR,GRIFFISS AFB,NY 13441
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D O I
10.1109/16.75175
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TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
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0808 ; 0809 ;
摘要
In this paper, the effects of low-angle off-axis substrate orientation on MOSFET performance and reliability are examined. When [100] wafers are tilted off axis from 0-degrees to 8-degrees around the [011] axis, two principal effects are observed. First, for current flow normal to the axis of rotation, inversion-layer mobility is lower than for current flow in the parallel direction. This mobility difference is due to anisotropy in the inversion-layer effective mass as well as increased surface roughness in the normal compared with the parallel direction. Second, as the substrate is rotated off axis, the susceptibility of gate oxide to defect-related breakdown is enhanced. The off-axis surface exhibits increased surface roughness, which promotes nonuniform oxidation and can significantly degrade VLSI reliability.
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页码:627 / 633
页数:7
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