Thin oxide breakdown mechanism of constant voltage stress on MOSFETs

J. H. Chen; C. T. Wei; S. C. Wong; Y. H. Wang

Thin oxide breakdown mechanism of constant voltage stress on MOSFETs

J. H. Chen, C. T. Wei, S. C. Wong, Y. H. Wang

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Abstract

The breakdown mechanism of constant-voltage stress in MOSFETs has been investigated. The results show that the transient evolution of stress current dominates the breakdown mechanism of the thin oxide. Due to the stress current decreasing with time induced by trapped charges, the trapped charge increases with stress time, i.e. proportional to T_s^0.4. As the results indicate, the relation between trapped charges and time-to-breakdown, the trapped charge generation rate could be obtained. By investigating stress-induced degradations, the impacts of positive constant voltage stress and negative constant voltage stress for device degradation are also analyzed and compared.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	10-13
Number of pages	4
Journal	Physica Scripta T
Volume	101
Publication status	Published - 2002 Jan 1
Event	Proceedings of the 19th Nordic Semiconductor Meeting - Lyngby, Denmark Duration: 2001 May 20 → 2001 May 23

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Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
Mathematical Physics
Condensed Matter Physics

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