Nanometer-scale electrical characterization of stressed ultrathin SiO2 films using conducting atomic force microscopy

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Porti, M
Nafría, M
Aymerich, X
Olbrich, A
Ebersberger, B
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[1] Univ Autonoma Barcelona, Dept Elect Engn, Bellaterra 08193, Spain
[2] Infineon Technol AG, D-81730 Munich, Germany
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10.1063/1.1382624
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O59 [应用物理学];
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A conductive atomic force microscope has been used to electrically stress and to investigate the effects of degradation in the conduction properties of ultrathin (<6 nm) SiO2 films on a nanometer scale (areas of approximate to 100 nm(2)). Before oxide breakdown, switching between two states of well-defined conductivity and sudden changes of conductivity were observed, which are attributed to the capture/release of single charges in the defects generated during stress. (C) 2001 American Institute of Physics.
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