Explanation of stress-induced damage in thin oxides

被引:133
作者
Bude, JD [1 ]
Weir, BE [1 ]
Silverman, PJ [1 ]
机构
[1] AT&T Bell Labs, Lucent Technol, Murray Hill, NJ 07974 USA
来源
INTERNATIONAL ELECTRON DEVICES MEETING 1998 - TECHNICAL DIGEST | 1998年
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D O I
10.1109/IEDM.1998.746313
中图分类号
TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
学科分类号
0808 ; 0809 ;
摘要
This work presents a physically-based model for anode hole injection which explains both the voltage polarity asymmetry and sub-threshold behavior of Fowler-Nordheim (FN) stress generated oxide damage down to low VG. Also, we have developed an n-well bias technique for PFETs which clearly establishes that this FN stress-induced damage is due to anode hole injection.
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页码:179 / 182
页数:4
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